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title: doublet — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «doublet» in the school dictionary: A doublet is a close-fitting jacket with a short skirt, worn by men in the past (old use, from the 1500s–1600s). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# doublet

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**Who acts:** doublet, prince, he · **What happens:** be, wear, tear, fall, have · **To what, where:** fitting jacket, past, red velvet doublet, doublet, gold buttons

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A doublet is a close-fitting jacket with a short skirt, worn by men in the past (old use, from the 1500s–1600s).

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:doublet:m1:1
# text = A doublet is a close-fitting jacket with a short skirt, worn by men in the past (old use, from the 1500s–1600s).
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	doublet	doublet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	fitting	fitting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	jacket	jacket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	skirt	skirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	past	past	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
20	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	from	from	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	1500s	1500	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	–	-	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	1600s	1600	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a doublet | a fitting jacket |  |  |  | with a short skirt | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear** | participle |  | a fitting jacket *not said here* |  | the past |  | by men | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: 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}

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The prince wore a red velvet doublet.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:doublet:x1:1
# text = The prince wore a red velvet doublet.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	velvet	velvet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	doublet	doublet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | the prince | a red velvet doublet |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent doublet=Source |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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His doublet was torn when he fell from the horse.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:doublet:x2:1
# text = His doublet was torn when he fell from the horse.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	doublet	doublet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	torn	tear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	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 | **tear** | past · passive |  | His doublet |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **fall** | past | he |  |  |  |  | from the horse | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from horse=Initial\_Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The old king's doublet had gold buttons.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:doublet:x3:1
# text = The old king's doublet had gold buttons.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	doublet	doublet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	buttons	button	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the old king's doublet | gold buttons |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent button=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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