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title: neckerchief — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «neckerchief» in the school dictionary: A neckerchief is a square of cloth worn knotted round the neck, like a small scarf. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# neckerchief

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**Who acts:** neckerchief, She, Ib · **What happens:** be, knot, tie, ask · **To what, where:** square, neckerchief, double bow

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«neckerchief» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: [neckerchief in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/neckerchief.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A neckerchief is a square of cloth worn knotted round the neck, like a small scarf.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:neckerchief:m1:1
# text = A neckerchief is a square of cloth worn knotted round the neck, like a small scarf.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	neckerchief	neckerchief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	worn	worn	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	knotted	knot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	round	round	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	scarf	scarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 neckerchief | a square |  |  |  | of cloth | tree rules |
| 2 | **knot** | present · passive |  | a square |  |  |  | round the neck | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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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She tied the neckerchief in a double bow.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:neckerchief:x1:1
# text = She tied the neckerchief in a double bow.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tied	tie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	neckerchief	neckerchief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	double	double	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bow	bow	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 | **tie** | past | She | the neckerchief |  | a double bow |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neckerchief=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Ib asked about the pretty neckerchief.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:neckerchief:x2:1
# text = Ib asked about the pretty neckerchief.
1	Ib	Ib	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	pretty	pretty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	neckerchief	neckerchief	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 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Ib |  |  |  |  | about the pretty neckerchief | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about neckerchief=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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