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title: caparisoned — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «caparisoned» in the school dictionary: Caparisoned means dressed in fine decorated cloth and trappings, as a horse is for a grand ride or parade. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# caparisoned

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**Who acts:** horse, knights, caparisoned steed · **What happens:** caparison, mean, dress, decorate, be, ride · **To what, where:** fine decorated cloth, caparisoned horses, gate, horse, gold, door

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«caparisoned» 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: [caparisoned in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/caparisoned.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Caparisoned means dressed in fine decorated cloth and trappings, as a horse is for a grand ride or parade.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:caparisoned:m1:1
# text = Caparisoned means dressed in fine decorated cloth and trappings, as a horse is for a grand ride or parade.
1	Caparisoned	caparison	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	dressed	dress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	decorated	decorate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	trappings	trapping	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
19	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	parade	parade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **caparison** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **dress** *not said to happen* | participle |  |  |  | fine decorated cloth and trappings |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **decorate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is** | present | a horse |  |  |  |  | for a grand ride or parade | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The knights rode caparisoned horses through the gate.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:caparisoned:x1:1
# text = The knights rode caparisoned horses through the gate.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	knights	knight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	caparisoned	caparison	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | past | the knights | caparisoned horses |  | the gate |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent horse=Theme through gate=Trajectory |
| 2 | **caparison** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The prince's horse was caparisoned in gold and red.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:caparisoned:x2:1
# text = The prince's horse was caparisoned in gold and red.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	caparisoned	caparison	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **caparison** | past · passive |  | the prince's horse |  | gold |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The caparisoned steed waited at the door.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:caparisoned:x3:1
# text = The caparisoned steed waited at the door.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	caparisoned	caparison	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	steed	steed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **caparison** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wait** | past | the caparisoned steed |  |  | the door |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at door=Location |

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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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