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title: brocade — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «brocade» in the school dictionary: Brocade is a rich cloth woven with patterns, often with gold or silver thread. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# brocade

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**Who acts:** Brocade, queen, They, lining · **What happens:** be, weave, wear, show · **To what, where:** rich cloth, gown, splendid velvets, us, pink roses, silver brocade

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«brocade» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [brocade in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/brocade.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Brocade is a rich cloth woven with patterns, often with gold or silver thread.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brocade:m1:1
# text = Brocade is a rich cloth woven with patterns, often with gold or silver thread.
1	Brocade	brocade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	woven	weave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	patterns	pattern	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	often	often	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Brocade | a rich cloth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **weave** | participle |  | a rich cloth *not said here* |  |  |  | with patterns; with gold or silver thread | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The queen wore a gown of silver brocade.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brocade:x1:1
# text = The queen wore a gown of silver brocade.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gown	gown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	brocade	brocade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | the queen | a gown of silver brocade |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent gown=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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They showed us splendid velvets and brocades.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brocade:x2:1
# text = They showed us splendid velvets and brocades.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	splendid	splendid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	velvets	velvet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	brocades	brocade	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | past | They | splendid velvets and brocades | us |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient velvet=Topic |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The lining was pink roses on silver brocade.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brocade:x3:1
# text = The lining was pink roses on silver brocade.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lining	lining	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	pink	pink	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	brocade	brocade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the lining | pink roses |  | silver brocade |  |  | tree rules |

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**Text:** the school dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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