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title: cortege — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «cortege» in the school dictionary: A cortege is a slow procession of people, often for a funeral or a grand occasion, moving in order. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# cortege

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**Who acts:** cortege, funeral, long cortege, crowd · **What happens:** be, move, pass, follow, cheer · **To what, where:** slow procession, order, king, city, coffin, church

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A cortege is a slow procession of people, often for a funeral or a grand occasion, moving in order.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cortege:m1:1
# text = A cortege is a slow procession of people, often for a funeral or a grand occasion, moving in order.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cortege	cortege	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	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	procession	procession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	often	often	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	acl	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	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 cortege | a slow procession and a funeral or a grand occasion |  |  |  | of people | tree rules |
| 2 | **move** | gerund | a funeral or a grand occasion *not said here* |  |  | order |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in order=Trajectory |

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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 cortege of the king passed through the city.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cortege:x1:1
# text = The cortege of the king passed through the city.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cortege	cortege	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | participle |  | the king *not said here* |  | the city |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through city=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A long cortege followed the coffin to the church.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cortege:x2:1
# text = A long cortege followed the coffin to the church.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cortege	cortege	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	coffin	coffin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | past | a long cortege | the coffin |  | the church |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent coffin=Theme to church=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The crowd cheered as the cortege moved past.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cortege:x3:1
# text = The crowd cheered as the cortege moved past.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	cheered	cheer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cortege	cortege	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	past	past	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cheer** | participle |  | the crowd *not said here* |  |  |  | as the cortege | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **move** | past | the crowd |  |  |  |  | past *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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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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