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title: swaddle — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «swaddle» in the school dictionary: To swaddle is to wrap a baby tightly in soft cloth so it cannot move its arms or legs much. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# swaddle

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**Who acts:** baby, Swaddling, cloths, mother, stork · **What happens:** swaddle, be, not move, use, carry · **To what, where:** soft cloth, arms, clothes, cloths, baby, Babies

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To swaddle is to wrap a baby tightly in soft cloth so it cannot move its arms or legs much.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:swaddle:m1:1
# text = To swaddle is to wrap a baby tightly in soft cloth so it cannot move its arms or legs much.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	swaddle	swaddle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	wrap	wrap	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	tightly	tightly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
14	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
17	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
19	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	_
21	much	much	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swaddle** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  | soft cloth |  | tightly, wrap *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **move** | can | baby | baby's arms or legs |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme arm=Result |

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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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Swaddling clothes are the cloths used for this. (old use).

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*Sentence 1:* Swaddling clothes are the cloths used for this.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:swaddle:m2:1
# text = Swaddling clothes are the cloths used for this.
1	Swaddling	swaddle	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	1	obj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cloths	cloth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swaddle** | gerund |  | clothes |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme clothes=Destination |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Swaddling | the cloths |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **use** | past | the cloths |  |  |  |  | for this | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 2:* (old use).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:swaddle:m2:2
# text = (old use).
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The mother swaddled the baby in a blanket.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:swaddle:x1:1
# text = The mother swaddled the baby in a blanket.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	swaddled	swaddle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	blanket	blanket	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 | **swaddle** | past | the mother | the baby |  |  |  | in a blanket | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent baby=Destination in blanket=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The stork carried a baby in swaddling clothes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:swaddle:x2:1
# text = The stork carried a baby in swaddling clothes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stork	stork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	swaddling	swaddle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | the stork | a baby |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme |
| 2 | **swaddle** | gerund | the stork *not said here* | clothes |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme clothes=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Babies were often swaddled tightly long ago.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:swaddle:x3:1
# text = Babies were often swaddled tightly long ago.
1	Babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	often	often	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	swaddled	swaddle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	tightly	tightly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
7	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swaddle** | past · passive |  | Babies |  |  |  | ago, often *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |

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