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title: divan — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «divan» in the school dictionary: A low couch, usually without a back or arms, often covered with cushions and placed against a wall. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# divan

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**Who acts:** Guests · **What happens:** cover, place, rest, sit · **To what, where:** arms, wall, caliph, divan

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«divan» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: [divan in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/divan.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A low couch, usually without a back or arms, often covered with cushions and placed against a wall.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:divan:m1:1
# text = A low couch, usually without a back or arms, often covered with cushions and placed against a wall.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	couch	couch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	often	often	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl:relcl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	cushions	cushion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	conj	_	_
18	against	against	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | participle |  | arms *not said here* |  |  |  | with cushions; often *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with cushion=Theme |
| 2 | **place** | participle |  |  |  | a wall |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent against wall=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The caliph rested on his divan.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:divan:x1:1
# text = The caliph rested on his divan.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	caliph	caliph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	rested	rest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	divan	divan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rest** | participle |  | the caliph *not said here* |  | his divan |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on divan=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Guests sat on a divan around the table.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:divan:x2:1
# text = Guests sat on a divan around the table.
1	Guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	divan	divan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	around	around	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	table	table	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 | **sit** | past | Guests |  |  | a divan |  | around the table | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on divan=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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