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title: sheepskin — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «sheepskin» in the school dictionary: A sheepskin is the skin of a sheep, with its wool still on, used as a coat or a rug. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# sheepskin

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**Who acts:** sheepskin, He, boy, wolf · **What happens:** be, use, wear, sit, hide, fool · **To what, where:** skin, sheepskin coat, cold, soft sheepskin rug, wolf, sheepskin

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A sheepskin is the skin of a sheep, with its wool still on, used as a coat or a rug.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sheepskin:m1:1
# text = A sheepskin is the skin of a sheep, with its wool still on, used as a coat or a rug.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sheepskin	sheepskin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	wool	wool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
13	still	still	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	on	on	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
17	as	as	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
20	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	rug	rug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	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 sheepskin | the skin and sheepskin's wool |  |  |  | of a sheep | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  | the skin and sheepskin's wool *not said here* |  |  |  | as a coat or a rug | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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He wore a sheepskin coat in the cold.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sheepskin:x1:1
# text = He wore a sheepskin coat in the cold.
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	sheepskin	sheepskin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cold	cold	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 sheepskin coat |  | the cold |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent coat=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The boy sat on a soft sheepskin rug.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sheepskin:x2:1
# text = The boy sat on a soft sheepskin rug.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	sheepskin	sheepskin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	rug	rug	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 | **sit** | past | the boy |  |  | a soft sheepskin rug |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on rug=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The wolf hid himself in a sheepskin to fool the shepherd.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sheepskin:x3:1
# text = The wolf hid himself in a sheepskin to fool the shepherd.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sheepskin	sheepskin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	fool	fool	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | the wolf | wolf |  | a sheepskin |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Patient in sheepskin=Location |
| 2 | **fool** | to-infinitive | the wolf *not said here* | the shepherd |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shepherd=Patient |

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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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