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title: scabbard — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «scabbard» in the school dictionary: The case or sheath that a sword or knife slides into when it is not being used. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# scabbard

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**Who acts:** case, sword, jewels, He · **What happens:** slide, not use, be, wear · **To what, where:** knife, scabbard, gold scabbard, belt

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The case or sheath that a sword or knife slides into when it is not being used.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:scabbard:m1:1
# text = The case or sheath that a sword or knife slides into when it is not being used.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	sheath	sheath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	slides	slide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	into	into	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
12	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
16	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slide** | present | the case or sheath |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **use** | present · passive |  | knife |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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 sword slid quietly into the scabbard.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:scabbard:x1:1
# text = The sword slid quietly into the scabbard.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	slid	slide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	scabbard	scabbard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **slide** | past | the sword |  |  | the scabbard |  | quietly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into scabbard=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The jewels in the scabbard are splendid.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:scabbard:x2:1
# text = The jewels in the scabbard are splendid.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	scabbard	scabbard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	splendid	splendid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the jewels in the scabbard |  |  |  |  | splendid *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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He wore a gold scabbard at his belt.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:scabbard:x3:1
# text = He wore a gold scabbard at his belt.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	scabbard	scabbard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	belt	belt	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 | **wear** | past | He | a gold scabbard |  | his belt |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent scabbard=Theme |

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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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