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title: pinafore — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «pinafore» in the school dictionary: A pinafore is an apron, worn over a dress to keep it clean. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# pinafore

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**Who acts:** pinafore, She, girls, Gretel · **What happens:** be, wear, keep, put, fill, empty · **To what, where:** apron, dress, pinafore, loose dress, blouse, clean white pinafore

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A pinafore is an apron, worn over a dress to keep it clean.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pinafore:m1:1
# text = A pinafore is an apron, worn over a dress to keep it clean.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pinafore	pinafore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	apron	apron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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 pinafore | a apron |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear** | participle |  | a apron *not said here* |  | a dress |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | pinafore |  |  |  | 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}

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A pinafore can also be a loose dress with no sleeves, worn over a blouse.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pinafore:m2:1
# text = A pinafore can also be a loose dress with no sleeves, worn over a blouse.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pinafore	pinafore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	loose	loose	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	sleeves	sleeve	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	_
14	over	over	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	blouse	blouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | can | a pinafore | a loose dress |  |  |  | with no sleeves | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear** | participle | a pinafore *not said here* |  |  | a blouse |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She put on a clean white pinafore for school.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pinafore:x1:1
# text = She put on a clean white pinafore for school.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pinafore	pinafore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | past | She |  |  | a clean white pinafore |  | for school | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on pinafore=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The girls filled their pinafores with berries.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pinafore:x2:1
# text = The girls filled their pinafores with berries.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	filled	fill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	pinafores	pinafore	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	berries	berry	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 | **fill** | past | the girls | girls's pinafores |  |  |  | with berries | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent pinafore=Patient with berry=Instrument |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Gretel emptied her pinafore of pearls.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pinafore:x3:1
# text = Gretel emptied her pinafore of pearls.
1	Gretel	Gretel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	emptied	empty	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	pinafore	pinafore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **empty** | past | Gretel | Gretel's pinafore of pearls |  |  |  |  | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent pinafore=Source |

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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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