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title: cowl — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «cowl» in the school dictionary: A hood, especially a loose hood on a monk's robe; old use. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# cowl

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**Who acts:** monk, he, old man · **What happens:** shape, keep out, pull, creep, wear, hide · **To what, where:** rain, cowl, head, grey cowl, face

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«cowl» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [cowl in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cowl.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A hood, especially a loose hood on a monk's robe; old use.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cowl:m1:1
# text = A hood, especially a loose hood on a monk's robe; old use.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hood	hood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	loose	loose	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hood	hood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	monk	monk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	robe	robe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
14	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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A cap-shaped cover on the top of a chimney to keep out rain.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cowl:m2:1
# text = A cap-shaped cover on the top of a chimney to keep out rain.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	shaped	shape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	cover	cover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	chimney	chimney	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shape** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **keep out** | to-infinitive |  | rain |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rain=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The monk pulled his cowl over his head.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cowl:x1:1
# text = The monk pulled his cowl over his head.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	monk	monk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	cowl	cowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	head	head	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 | **pull** | past | the monk | monk's cowl |  | monk's head |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cowl=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Under a grey cowl he crept past the guards.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cowl:x2:1
# text = Under a grey cowl he crept past the guards.
1	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cowl	cowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	crept	creep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	past	past	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **creep** | past | he |  |  | a grey cowl |  | past the guards | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under cowl=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The old man wore a cowl to hide his face.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cowl:x3:1
# text = The old man wore a cowl to hide his face.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cowl	cowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | the old man | a cowl |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cowl=Theme |
| 2 | **hide** | to-infinitive | the old man *not said here* | man's face |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient |

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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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