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title: crinoline — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «crinoline» in the school dictionary: A stiff frame or petticoat worn under a long skirt to make it stand out wide. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# crinoline

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**Who acts:** skirt, She, crinoline, doorway, little girl · **What happens:** wear, make, stand out, walk, look, want · **To what, where:** stiff frame, long skirt, skirt, room, doorway, new crinoline

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

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A stiff frame or petticoat worn under a long skirt to make it stand out wide.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crinoline:m1:1
# text = A stiff frame or petticoat worn under a long skirt to make it stand out wide.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	stiff	stiff	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	frame	frame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	petticoat	petticoat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	skirt	skirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	out	out	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
16	wide	wide	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | participle |  | a stiff frame or petticoat *not said here* |  | a long skirt |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | skirt |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **stand out** | infinitive | skirt *not said here* |  |  |  |  | wide *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She walked into the room in a crinoline.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crinoline:x1:1
# text = She walked into the room in a crinoline.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	crinoline	crinoline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | She |  |  |  |  | into the room *result*; in a crinoline | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into room=Result |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The lady's crinoline made the doorway look small.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crinoline:x2:1
# text = The lady's crinoline made the doorway look small.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	crinoline	crinoline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	doorway	doorway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
9	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the lady's crinoline | the doorway |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | infinitive | the doorway *not said here* |  |  |  |  | small *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The little girl wanted a new crinoline for the dance.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crinoline:x3:1
# text = The little girl wanted a new crinoline for the dance.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	crinoline	crinoline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the little girl | a new crinoline |  |  |  | for the dance | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot crinoline=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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