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title: pantaloon — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «pantaloon» in the school dictionary: Pantaloons were loose trousers worn long ago. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# pantaloon

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**Who acts:** Pantaloons, pantaloon, old man, gentlemen, clown · **What happens:** be, wear, point, tie · **To what, where:** loose trousers, silly old man, old plays, pantaloons, ankle, foolish pantaloon

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Pantaloons were loose trousers worn long ago.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pantaloon:m1:1
# text = Pantaloons were loose trousers worn long ago.
1	Pantaloons	pantaloon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	loose	loose	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	trousers	trousers	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
7	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Pantaloons | loose trousers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear** | participle |  | loose trousers *not said here* |  |  |  | ago *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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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In old plays, a pantaloon is a silly old man.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pantaloon:m2:1
# text = In old plays, a pantaloon is a silly old man.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	plays	play	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pantaloon	pantaloon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a pantaloon | a silly old man |  | old plays |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The old man pointed to his pantaloons.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pantaloon:x1:1
# text = The old man pointed to his pantaloons.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	pointed	point	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	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	pantaloons	pantaloon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **point** | past | the old man |  | man's pantaloons |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to pantaloon=Recipient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Long ago, gentlemen wore pantaloons tied at the ankle.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pantaloon:x2:1
# text = Long ago, gentlemen wore pantaloons tied at the ankle.
1	Long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
2	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	gentlemen	gentleman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	pantaloons	pantaloon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ankle	ankle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | gentlemen | pantaloons |  |  |  | ago *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent pantaloon=Source |
| 2 | **tie** | participle |  | pantaloons *not said here* |  | the ankle |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The clown in the old play was a foolish pantaloon.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pantaloon:x3:1
# text = The clown in the old play was a foolish pantaloon.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	clown	clown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	foolish	foolish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	pantaloon	pantaloon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the clown in the old play | a foolish pantaloon |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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