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title: papoose — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «papoose» in the school dictionary: A papoose is a baby carried on its mother's back or in a cradle, wrapped tightly in cloth. The word is old and comes from a North American language. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# papoose

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**Who acts:** papoose, word, mother, Old books · **What happens:** be, carry, wrap, come, swaddle, use · **To what, where:** baby, back, cloth, North American language, Babies, papoose

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A papoose is a baby carried on its mother's back or in a cradle, wrapped tightly in cloth. The word is old and comes from a North American language.

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*Sentence 1:* A papoose is a baby carried on its mother's back or in a cradle, wrapped tightly in cloth.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:papoose:m1:1
# text = A papoose is a baby carried on its mother's back or in a cradle, wrapped tightly in cloth.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	papoose	papoose	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	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	cradle	cradle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	wrapped	wrap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
18	tightly	tightly	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a papoose | a baby |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **carry** | participle |  | a baby *not said here* |  | papoose's mother's back or a cradle |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **wrap** | participle |  | a baby *not said here* |  | cloth |  | tightly *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in cloth=Destination |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* The word is old and comes from a North American language.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:papoose:m1:2
# text = The word is old and comes from a North American language.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
10	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the word |  |  |  |  | old *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | present | the word *not said here* |  |  | a North American language |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from language=Initial\_Location |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Babies were swaddled tightly, like papooses.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:papoose:x1:1
# text = Babies were swaddled tightly, like papooses.
1	Babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	swaddled	swaddle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	tightly	tightly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	papooses	papoose	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 | **swaddle** | past · passive |  | Babies |  |  |  | like papooses; tightly *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The mother carried her papoose on her back.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:papoose:x2:1
# text = The mother carried her papoose on her back.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	papoose	papoose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	back	back	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 | **carry** | past | the mother | mother's papoose |  | mother's back |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent papoose=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Old books used the word papoose for a baby.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:papoose:x3:1
# text = Old books used the word papoose for a baby.
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	papoose	papoose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | Old books | the word papoose |  |  |  | for a baby | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent papoose=Theme for baby=Eventuality |

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