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title: parasol — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «parasol» in the school dictionary: A parasol is a small umbrella held over the head to keep off the sun. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# parasol

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**Who acts:** parasol, lady, slave, She · **What happens:** be, hold, keep off, shelter · **To what, where:** small umbrella, head, sun., pink parasol, great parasol, face

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A parasol is a small umbrella held over the head to keep off the sun.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:parasol:m1:1
# text = A parasol is a small umbrella held over the head to keep off the sun.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	parasol	parasol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	umbrella	umbrella	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
13	off	off	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sun.	sun.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a parasol | a small umbrella |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** | participle |  | a small umbrella *not said here* |  | the head |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over head=Location |
| 3 | **keep off** | to-infinitive |  | the sun. |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sun.=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 lady held a pink parasol against the sun.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:parasol:x1:1
# text = The lady held a pink parasol against the sun.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	pink	pink	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	parasol	parasol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	against	against	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sun.	sun.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | the lady | a pink parasol |  | the sun. |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent parasol=Theme against sun.=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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A slave held a great parasol over his head.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:parasol:x2:1
# text = A slave held a great parasol over his head.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	slave	slave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	parasol	parasol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | participle | a slave | a great parasol |  | slave's head |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent parasol=Theme over head=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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She sheltered her face with a silk parasol.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:parasol:x3:1
# text = She sheltered her face with a silk parasol.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sheltered	shelter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	parasol	parasol	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 | **shelter** | past | She | her face |  |  |  | with a silk parasol | vn odge-46-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent face=Theme with parasol=Location |

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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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