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title: drapery — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «drapery» in the school dictionary: cloth that hangs down in soft folds, such as curtains or long robes. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# drapery

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**Who acts:** cloth, lady, Heavy red drapery · **What happens:** hang down, wear, hang, hide · **To what, where:** soft folds, robe, window, statue, folds

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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cloth that hangs down in soft folds, such as curtains or long robes.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:drapery:m1:1
# text = cloth that hangs down in soft folds, such as curtains or long robes.
1	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hangs	hang	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	folds	fold	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	11	case	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	curtains	curtain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	robes	robe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	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 | **hang down** | present | cloth |  |  | soft folds and curtains or long robes |  | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in fold=Location |

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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 lady wore a robe of soft drapery.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:drapery:x1:1
# text = The lady wore a robe of soft drapery.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lady	lady	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	5	det	_	_
5	robe	robe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	drapery	drapery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | the lady | a robe of soft drapery |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent robe=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Heavy red drapery hung over the window.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:drapery:x2:1
# text = Heavy red drapery hung over the window.
1	Heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	drapery	drapery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hung	hang	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | past | Heavy red drapery |  |  | the window |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over window=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The statue was hidden under folds of drapery.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:drapery:x3:1
# text = The statue was hidden under folds of drapery.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	statue	statue	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	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	folds	fold	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	drapery	drapery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past · passive |  | the statue |  | folds of drapery |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient under fold=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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