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title: surcoat — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «surcoat» in the school dictionary: A surcoat was a loose coat or tunic worn over a knight's armour in old times. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# surcoat

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**Who acts:** surcoat, Paperarello, knight · **What happens:** be, wear, fasten, pull · **To what, where:** loose coat, armour, ear, surcoat

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A surcoat was a loose coat or tunic worn over a knight's armour in old times.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:surcoat:m1:1
# text = A surcoat was a loose coat or tunic worn over a knight's armour in old times.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	surcoat	surcoat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	loose	loose	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	tunic	tunic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
10	over	over	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	armour	armour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | a surcoat | a loose coat or tunic |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear** | participle |  | a loose coat or tunic *not said here* |  | a knight's armour | time |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: 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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Paperarello fastened the ear inside his surcoat.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:surcoat:x1:1
# text = Paperarello fastened the ear inside his surcoat.
1	Paperarello	Paperarello	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fastened	fasten	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	surcoat	surcoat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fasten** | past | Paperarello | the ear |  | Paperarello's surcoat |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The knight pulled his surcoat over his armour.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:surcoat:x2:1
# text = The knight pulled his surcoat over his armour.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	surcoat	surcoat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	over	over	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	armour	armour	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 | **pull** | past | the knight | knight's surcoat |  | knight's armour |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent surcoat=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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