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title: pillowcase — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «pillowcase» in the school dictionary: A pillowcase is a cloth cover that goes over a pillow to keep it clean. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# pillowcase

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**Who acts:** pillowcase, cloth cover, you, We, Halloween, ones · **What happens:** be, go, keep, take off, wash, put · **To what, where:** cloth cover, pillow, pillowcase, It, clean pillowcase, dinosaurs

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«pillowcase» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [pillowcase in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pillowcase.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A pillowcase is a cloth cover that goes over a pillow to keep it clean.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pillowcase:m1:1
# text = A pillowcase is a cloth cover that goes over a pillow to keep it clean.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pillowcase	pillowcase	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	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	cover	cover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	over	over	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pillow	pillow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a pillowcase | a cloth cover |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | present | a cloth cover |  |  | a pillow |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over pillow=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **keep** | to-infinitive | a cloth cover *not said here* | pillowcase |  |  |  | clean *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It can be taken off and washed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pillowcase:m2:1
# text = It can be taken off and washed.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	washed	wash	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take off** | can · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **wash** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Put a clean pillowcase on your pillow.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pillowcase:x1:1
# text = Put a clean pillowcase on your pillow.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	pillowcase	pillowcase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	pillow	pillow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | a clean pillowcase |  | your pillow |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent pillowcase=Theme on pillow=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My pillowcase has dinosaurs on it.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pillowcase:x2:1
# text = My pillowcase has dinosaurs on it.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	pillowcase	pillowcase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | My pillowcase | dinosaurs |  | it |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinosaur=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We wash the pillowcases every week.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pillowcase:x3:1
# text = We wash the pillowcases every week.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wash	wash	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pillowcases	pillowcase	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | present | We | the pillowcases |  |  | week |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pillowcase=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
On Halloween he carried his candy in a pillowcase.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pillowcase:x4:1
# text = On Halloween he carried his candy in a pillowcase.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Halloween	Halloween	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	candy	candy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pillowcase	pillowcase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | Halloween | Halloween's candy |  | Halloween |  | in a pillowcase | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent candy=Value in pillowcase=Location |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
At the party we had a pillowcase race, hopping inside them.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pillowcase:x5:1
# text = At the party we had a pillowcase race, hopping inside them.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	pillowcase	pillowcase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	hopping	hop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
11	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | we | a pillowcase race |  | the party |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Patient |
| 2 | **hop** | gerund | we *not said here* |  |  |  |  | inside them *= they* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside they=Trajectory |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The pillowcase was wet from my tears after the sad film.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pillowcase:x6:1
# text = The pillowcase was wet from my tears after the sad film.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pillowcase	pillowcase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	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** | past | the pillowcase |  |  | my tears after the sad film |  | wet *property* | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The ones this size did not eat people, only lettuce, but they always scorched the sheets and pillowcases dreadfully.

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pillowcase:x7:1
# text = The ones this size did not eat people, only lettuce, but they always scorched the sheets and pillowcases dreadfully.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod:unmarked	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	lettuce	lettuce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	16	advmod	_	_
16	scorched	scorch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	sheets	sheet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	pillowcases	pillowcase	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	_
21	dreadfully	dreadfully	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **eat** | past · do-support | the ones  this size | people |  |  |  | lettuce *obl* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient |
| 2 | **scorch** | past | people | the sheets and pillowcases |  |  |  | always, dreadfully *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sheet=Patient |

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