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title: cassock — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «cassock» in the school dictionary: A cassock is a long robe worn by priests and church helpers. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# cassock

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**Who acts:** cassock, priest, He · **What happens:** be, wear, keep · **To what, where:** long robe, long black cassock, biscuit, pocket

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A cassock is a long robe worn by priests and church helpers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cassock:m1:1
# text = A cassock is a long robe worn by priests and church helpers.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cassock	cassock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	robe	robe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	priests	priest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	helpers	helper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a cassock | a long robe |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear** | participle |  | a long robe *not said here* |  |  |  | by priests and church helpers | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

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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 priest wore a long black cassock.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cassock:x1:1
# text = The priest wore a long black cassock.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	priest	priest	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	7	det	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cassock	cassock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | the priest | a long black cassock |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent cassock=Source |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The altar boy's cassock was red.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cassock:x2:1
# text = The altar boy's cassock was red.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	cassock	cassock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the altar boy's cassock |  |  |  |  | red *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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He kept a biscuit in the pocket of his cassock.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cassock:x3:1
# text = He kept a biscuit in the pocket of his cassock.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	biscuit	biscuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	cassock	cassock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | He | a biscuit |  | the pocket of his cassock |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent biscuit=Theme in pocket=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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