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title: harlequin — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «harlequin» in the school dictionary: A harlequin is a clown character in old plays and pantomime, in a patchwork suit of bright diamonds and a mask. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# harlequin

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**Who acts:** harlequin, everyone, She · **What happens:** be, mean, pattern, dance, make, laugh · **To what, where:** clown character, old plays, bright diamond shapes, patchwork suit, everyone, harlequin hat · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A harlequin is a clown character in old plays and pantomime, in a patchwork suit of bright diamonds and a mask.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:harlequin:m1:1
# text = A harlequin is a clown character in old plays and pantomime, in a patchwork suit of bright diamonds and a mask.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	harlequin	harlequin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	clown	clown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	plays	play	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	pantomime	pantomime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	patchwork	patchwork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	suit	suit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	mask	mask	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a harlequin | a clown character and a patchwork suit of bright diamonds and a mask |  | old plays and pantomime |  |  | tree rules |

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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: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Harlequin means patterned in bright diamond shapes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:harlequin:m2:1
# text = Harlequin means patterned in bright diamond shapes.
1	Harlequin	harlequin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	patterned	pattern	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	diamond	diamond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	shapes	shape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	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 | **mean** | present | Harlequin |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **pattern** | participle |  |  |  | bright diamond shapes |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Harlequin danced in his patchwork suit.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:harlequin:x1:1
# text = Harlequin danced in his patchwork suit.
1	Harlequin	Harlequin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	danced	dance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	patchwork	patchwork	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	suit	suit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	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 | **dance** | past | Harlequin |  |  | Harlequin's patchwork suit |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in suit=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The harlequin made everyone laugh.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:harlequin:x2:1
# text = The harlequin made everyone laugh.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	harlequin	harlequin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	obj	_	_
5	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the harlequin | everyone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **laugh** | infinitive | everyone *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She wore a harlequin hat.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:harlequin:x3:1
# text = She wore a harlequin hat.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	harlequin	harlequin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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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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