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title: counterpane — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «counterpane» in the school dictionary: A counterpane is a decorated cover laid over a bed, on top of the sheets and blankets. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# counterpane

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**Who acts:** counterpane, rose leaf, velvet counterpane · **What happens:** decorate, be, lay, cover, make · **To what, where:** decorated cover, bed, beds, counterpane

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A counterpane is a decorated cover laid over a bed, on top of the sheets and blankets.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:counterpane:m1:1
# text = A counterpane is a decorated cover laid over a bed, on top of the sheets and blankets.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	counterpane	counterpane	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	decorated	decorate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	cover	cover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	laid	lay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	sheets	sheet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	blankets	blanket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decorate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | a counterpane | a decorated cover and top of the sheets and blankets |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **lay** | participle |  | a decorated cover and top of the sheets and blankets *not said here* |  | a bed |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent over bed=Destination |

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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 beds were covered with white counterpanes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:counterpane:x1:1
# text = The beds were covered with white counterpanes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	beds	bed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	counterpanes	counterpane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **cover** | past · passive |  | the beds |  |  |  | with white counterpanes | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with counterpane=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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A rose-leaf made a counterpane for the little bed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:counterpane:x2:1
# text = A rose-leaf made a counterpane for the little bed.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	counterpane	counterpane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | a rose leaf | a counterpane |  |  |  | for the little bed | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent counterpane=Product for bed=Asset |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The velvet counterpane was warm and green.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:counterpane:x3:1
# text = The velvet counterpane was warm and green.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	velvet	velvet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	counterpane	counterpane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the velvet counterpane |  |  |  |  | warm *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the velvet counterpane *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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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