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title: tress — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «tress» in the school dictionary: A tress is a long lock or strand of hair, especially one that hangs down. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# tress

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**Who acts:** tress, She, girl · **What happens:** be, hang down, comb, fall, cut off · **To what, where:** long lock, long golden tresses, face, one tress

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A tress is a long lock or strand of hair, especially one that hangs down.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tress:m1:1
# text = A tress is a long lock or strand of hair, especially one that hangs down.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tress	tress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	lock	lock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	strand	strand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	conj	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	hangs	hang	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	down	down	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a tress | a long lock or strand of hair |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hang down** | present |  |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «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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She combed her long golden tresses.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tress:x1:1
# text = She combed her long golden tresses.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	combed	comb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tresses	tress	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **comb** | past | She | her long golden tresses |  |  |  |  | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tress=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A tress of hair fell across her face.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tress:x2:1
# text = A tress of hair fell across her face.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tress	tress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	across	across	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | a tress of hair |  |  | tress's face |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme across face=Initial\_Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The girl cut off just one tress.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tress:x3:1
# text = The girl cut off just one tress.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	tress	tress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	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 | **cut off** | participle | the girl *not said here* | one tress |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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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