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title: waistband — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «waistband» in the school dictionary: A waistband is the band of cloth around the waist of trousers or a skirt, where small things can be tucked. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# waistband

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**Who acts:** waistband, She, trousers, He · **What happens:** be, tuck, have, take · **To what, where:** band, waist, small things, letter, waistband, tight waistband

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A waistband is the band of cloth around the waist of trousers or a skirt, where small things can be tucked.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:waistband:m1:1
# text = A waistband is the band of cloth around the waist of trousers or a skirt, where small things can be tucked.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	waistband	waistband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	band	band	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	around	around	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	waist	waist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	trousers	trousers	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	skirt	skirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
17	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	22	advmod	_	_
18	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj:pass	_	_
20	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
21	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	aux:pass	_	_
22	tucked	tuck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a waistband | the band |  | the waist of trousers or a skirt |  | of cloth | tree rules |
| 2 | **tuck** | can · passive |  | small things |  |  |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She tucked the letter into her waistband.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:waistband:x1:1
# text = She tucked the letter into her waistband.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tucked	tuck	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	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	waistband	waistband	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 | **tuck** | past | She | the letter |  | her waistband |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme into waistband=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His trousers had a tight waistband.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:waistband:x2:1
# text = His trousers had a tight waistband.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	trousers	trousers	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	waistband	waistband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | His trousers | a tight waistband |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent waistband=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He took the bracelet from his waistband.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:waistband:x3:1
# text = He took the bracelet from his waistband.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	bracelet	bracelet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	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	waistband	waistband	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 | **take** | past | He | the bracelet |  | his waistband |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent bracelet=Theme from waistband=Initial\_Location |

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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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