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title: kirtle — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «kirtle» in the school dictionary: A long dress or tunic worn in old times, by women and sometimes men. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# kirtle

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**Who acts:** women, girls, She, He · **What happens:** wear, leave, pull, run out · **To what, where:** long dress, kirtles, green kirtle

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A long dress or tunic worn in old times, by women and sometimes men.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kirtle:m1:1
# text = A long dress or tunic worn in old times, by women and sometimes men.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	tunic	tunic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	15	advmod	_	_
15	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | participle · passive | women and men | a long dress or tunic |  |  | time |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=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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The girls left their kirtles by the fire.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kirtle:x1:1
# text = The girls left their kirtles by the fire.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	kirtles	kirtle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past | the girls | girls's kirtles |  |  |  | by the fire | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent kirtle=Theme by fire=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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She wore a green kirtle to the feast.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kirtle:x2:1
# text = She wore a green kirtle to the feast.
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	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	kirtle	kirtle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	feast	feast	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 | **wear** | past | She | a green kirtle |  |  |  | to the feast | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent kirtle=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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He pulled on his kirtle and ran out.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kirtle:x3:1
# text = He pulled on his kirtle and ran out.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	kirtle	kirtle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | past | He |  |  |  |  | on his kirtle | vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent on kirtle=Theme |
| 2 | **run out** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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