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title: tunic — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «tunic» in the school dictionary: A tunic is a loose piece of clothing, like a long shirt, that reaches to the hips or knees and is worn over other clothes. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# tunic

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**Who acts:** tunic, that, She, man, soldiers · **What happens:** be, reach, wear, take, put on, meet · **To what, where:** loose piece, other clothes, tunic, him, road, grey tunics

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A tunic is a loose piece of clothing, like a long shirt, that reaches to the hips or knees and is worn over other clothes.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tunic:m1:1
# text = A tunic is a loose piece of clothing, like a long shirt, that reaches to the hips or knees and is worn over other clothes.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tunic	tunic	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	loose	loose	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	clothing	clothing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	shirt	shirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	reaches	reach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	parataxis	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	hips	hip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
20	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	conj	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
23	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux:pass	_	_
24	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	conj	_	_
25	over	over	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	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 tunic | a loose piece and a long shirt |  |  |  | of clothing | tree rules |
| 2 | **reach** | present | that |  |  |  |  | to the hips or knees | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **wear** | present · passive | that *not said here* |  |  | other clothes |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative» |

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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 took the tunic and put it on.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tunic:x1:1
# text = She took the tunic and put it on.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	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	tunic	tunic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | She | the tunic |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tunic=Theme |
| 2 | **put on** | infinitive | She *not said here* | tunic |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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A man in a red tunic met him on the road.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tunic:x2:1
# text = A man in a red tunic met him on the road.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tunic	tunic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | past | a man in a red tunic | him *= he* |  | the road |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The soldiers wore grey tunics and leather belts.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tunic:x3:1
# text = The soldiers wore grey tunics and leather belts.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tunics	tunic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	belts	belt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | the soldiers | grey tunics and leather belts |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tunic=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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