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title: damask — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «damask» in the school dictionary: A rich cloth with patterns woven into it, used for curtains and tablecloths. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# damask

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**Who acts:** mirrors, curtains, damask roses · **What happens:** weave, use, be, damask · **To what, where:** patterns, cloth, rich cloth, mirrors, hangings, garden

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A rich cloth with patterns woven into it, used for curtains and tablecloths.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:damask:m1:1
# text = A rich cloth with patterns woven into it, used for curtains and tablecloths.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	patterns	pattern	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	woven	weave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	curtains	curtain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	tablecloths	tablecloth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weave** | participle |  | patterns *not said here* |  | cloth |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into it=Destination |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  | a rich cloth with patterns *not said here* |  |  |  | for curtains and tablecloths | vn eat-39.1 «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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

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A pinkish-red colour, as in «damask roses».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:damask:m2:1
# text = A pinkish-red colour, as in «damask roses».
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	pinkish	pinkish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	damask	damask	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Everywhere were mirrors, lights, flowers and damask hangings.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:damask:x1:1
# text = Everywhere were mirrors, lights, flowers and damask hangings.
1	Everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	mirrors	mirror	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	damask	damask	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	hangings	hanging	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | mirrors and lights and flowers |  |  |  | everywhere *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **damask** | present | mirrors and lights and flowers | hangings |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The curtains were of damask with gold tassels.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:damask:x2:1
# text = The curtains were of damask with gold tassels.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	curtains	curtain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	damask	damask	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	tassels	tassel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the curtains |  |  |  |  | of damask; with gold tassels | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
There were damask roses in the garden.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:damask:x3:1
# text = There were damask roses in the garden.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	damask	damask	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | damask roses |  |  | the garden; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garden=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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