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title: teepee — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «teepee» in the school dictionary: A teepee is a cone-shaped tent of poles covered with skins or cloth, used by some Native American peoples. (Also spelled tepee.). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# teepee

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**Who acts:** teepee, Iktomi, family, We · **What happens:** shape, be, cover, use, spell, sit · **To what, where:** shaped tent, poles, skins, tepee, teepee, history book

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A teepee is a cone-shaped tent of poles covered with skins or cloth, used by some Native American peoples. (Also spelled tepee.).

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*Sentence 1:* A teepee is a cone-shaped tent of poles covered with skins or cloth, used by some Native American peoples.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:teepee:m1:1
# text = A teepee is a cone-shaped tent of poles covered with skins or cloth, used by some Native American peoples.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teepee	teepee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	cone	cone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	shaped	shape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	poles	pole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	skins	skin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
18	by	by	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
19	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	22	det	_	_
20	Native	native	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
21	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	peoples	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shape** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **is a** | present | a teepee | a shaped tent |  |  |  | of poles | tree rules |
| 3 | **cover** | participle |  | poles *not said here* |  |  |  | with skins or cloth | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with skin=Theme |
| 4 | **use** | participle |  | skins or cloth *not said here* |  |  |  | by some Native American peoples | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* (Also spelled tepee.).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:teepee:m1:2
# text = (Also spelled tepee.).
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Also	also	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	spelled	spell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	tepee	tepee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spell** | participle |  | tepee |  |  |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Iktomi sat alone in his teepee.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:teepee:x1:1
# text = Iktomi sat alone in his teepee.
1	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	teepee	teepee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | Iktomi |  |  | Iktomi's teepee |  | alone *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in teepee=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The family slept warm inside the teepee.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:teepee:x2:1
# text = The family slept warm inside the teepee.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	teepee	teepee	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 | **sleep** | past | the family |  |  | the teepee |  | warm *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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We drew a teepee in our history book.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:teepee:x3:1
# text = We drew a teepee in our history book.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	teepee	teepee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past | We | a teepee |  | our history book |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent teepee=Theme in book=Destination |

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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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