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title: doorpost — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «doorpost» in the school dictionary: A doorpost is one of the upright posts on either side of a door, which hold up the top part of the frame. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# doorpost

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**Who acts:** doorpost, She, He, cat · **What happens:** be, hold up, hang, knock, rub, purr · **To what, where:** one, top part, coat, doorpost, wooden doorpost

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A doorpost is one of the upright posts on either side of a door, which hold up the top part of the frame.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:doorpost:m1:1
# text = A doorpost is one of the upright posts on either side of a door, which hold up the top part of the frame.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	doorpost	doorpost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	upright	upright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	posts	post	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	either	either	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
17	hold	hold	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
18	up	up	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	top	top	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	frame	frame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a doorpost | one |  |  |  | of the upright posts on either side of a door | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold up** | present |  | the top part of the frame |  |  |  |  | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot part=Theme |

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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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She hung her coat on the doorpost.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:doorpost:x1:1
# text = She hung her coat on the doorpost.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hung	hang	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	doorpost	doorpost	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 | **hang** | past | She | her coat |  | the doorpost |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent coat=Theme on doorpost=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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He knocked three times on the wooden doorpost.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:doorpost:x2:1
# text = He knocked three times on the wooden doorpost.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	knocked	knock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	doorpost	doorpost	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 | **knock** | past | He |  |  | the wooden doorpost | time |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on doorpost=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The cat rubbed against the doorpost and purred.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:doorpost:x3:1
# text = The cat rubbed against the doorpost and purred.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rubbed	rub	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	against	against	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	doorpost	doorpost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	purred	purr	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | participle | the cat |  |  | the doorpost |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent against doorpost=Destination |
| 2 | **purr** | participle | the cat *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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