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title: kaftan — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «kaftan» in the school dictionary: A kaftan is a long, loose robe with wide sleeves, worn in parts of the Middle East and Asia. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# kaftan

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**Who acts:** kaftan, merchant, Grandmother · **What happens:** be, wear, sew, say · **To what, where:** long loose robe, wide sleeves, parts, silk kaftan, kaftan, fine one · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A kaftan is a long, loose robe with wide sleeves, worn in parts of the Middle East and Asia.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kaftan:m1:1
# text = A kaftan is a long, loose robe with wide sleeves, worn in parts of the Middle East and Asia.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kaftan	kaftan	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	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	loose	loose	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	robe	robe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	sleeves	sleeve	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	Middle	Middle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	East	East	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	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 kaftan | a long loose robe |  |  |  | with wide sleeves | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear** | participle |  | wide sleeves *not said here* |  | parts of the Middle East and Asia |  |  | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The merchant wore a silk kaftan.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kaftan:x1:1
# text = The merchant wore a silk kaftan.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	merchant	merchant	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	6	det	_	_
5	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	kaftan	kaftan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grandmother sewed a kaftan for the feast.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kaftan:x2:1
# text = Grandmother sewed a kaftan for the feast.
1	Grandmother	Grandmother	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sewed	sew	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kaftan	kaftan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	feast	feast	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 | **sew** | past | Grandmother | a kaftan |  |  |  | for the feast | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent kaftan=Material for feast=Beneficiary |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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This kaftan is a very fine one, said the old tailor.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kaftan:x3:1
# text = This kaftan is a very fine one, said the old tailor.
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	kaftan	kaftan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	tailor	tailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a fine one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | this kaftan | the old tailor |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent tailor=Topic |

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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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