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title: moccasin — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «moccasin» in the school dictionary: A moccasin is a soft leather shoe with no hard heel, first worn by Native American peoples. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# moccasin

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**Who acts:** moccasin, He, boy, pair · **What happens:** be, wear, pull, walk, make, have · **To what, where:** soft leather shoe, moccasins, deerskin, two shoes

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«moccasin» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: [moccasin in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/moccasin.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A moccasin is a soft leather shoe with no hard heel, first worn by Native American peoples.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moccasin:m1:1
# text = A moccasin is a soft leather shoe with no hard heel, first worn by Native American peoples.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	moccasin	moccasin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	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	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	shoe	shoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
10	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	heel	heel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	14	advmod	_	_
14	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	Native	native	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
17	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	peoples	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a moccasin | a soft leather shoe |  |  |  | with no hard heel | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear** | participle |  | a soft leather shoe *not said here* |  |  |  | by Native American peoples; first *property* | 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 -->
He pulled on his soft moccasins.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moccasin:x1:1
# text = He pulled on his soft moccasins.
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	_	6	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	moccasins	moccasin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **pull** | past | He |  |  |  |  | on his soft moccasins | vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent on moccasin=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The boy walked quietly in his moccasins.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moccasin:x2:1
# text = The boy walked quietly in his moccasins.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	moccasins	moccasin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | the boy |  |  | boy's moccasins |  | quietly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in moccasin=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Moccasins are made from deerskin.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moccasin:x3:1
# text = Moccasins are made from deerskin.
1	Moccasins	moccasin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	deerskin	deerskin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	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** | present · passive |  | Moccasins |  | deerskin |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from deerskin=Material |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A pair of moccasins has two shoes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moccasin:x4:1
# text = A pair of moccasins has two shoes.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	moccasins	moccasin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | a pair of moccasins | two shoes |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=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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