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title: aluminium — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «aluminium» in the school dictionary: Aluminium is a light, silver-coloured metal that does not rust. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# aluminium

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**Who acts:** Aluminium, silver coloured metal, you, magnet, We · **What happens:** be, not rust, use, make, wrap, not stick · **To what, where:** light, metal, drink cans, sandwiches, aluminium foil, Aluminium

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«aluminium» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [aluminium in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/aluminium.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Aluminium is a light, silver-coloured metal that does not rust.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aluminium:m1:1
# text = Aluminium is a light, silver-coloured metal that does not rust.
1	Aluminium	aluminium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	coloured	coloured	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
11	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	rust	rust	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Aluminium | a light |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **rust** | present · do-support | silver coloured metal |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Aluminium is the metal used to make drink cans, foil, window frames and parts of planes.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aluminium:m2:1
# text = Aluminium is the metal used to make drink cans, foil, window frames and parts of planes.
1	Aluminium	aluminium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
8	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	cans	can	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	foil	foil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	frames	frame	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	planes	plane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Aluminium | the metal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  | the metal *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | drink cans and foil and window frames and parts of planes |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset can=Product |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Drink cans are made of aluminium.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aluminium:x1:1
# text = Drink cans are made of aluminium.
1	Drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	cans	can	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	aluminium	aluminium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | Drink cans |  |  |  | of aluminium | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wrap the sandwiches in aluminium foil.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aluminium:x2:1
# text = Wrap the sandwiches in aluminium foil.
1	Wrap	wrap	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sandwiches	sandwich	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	aluminium	aluminium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	foil	foil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wrap** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sandwiches |  | aluminium foil |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sandwich=Theme in foil=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Aluminium is light, so it is used in planes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aluminium:x3:1
# text = Aluminium is light, so it is used in planes.
1	Aluminium	aluminium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	light	light	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	planes	plane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Aluminium |  |  |  |  | light *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | present · passive |  | Aluminium |  | planes |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A magnet will not stick to an aluminium can.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aluminium:x4:1
# text = A magnet will not stick to an aluminium can.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	magnet	magnet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	stick	stick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	aluminium	aluminium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **stick** | future | a magnet |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We recycle aluminium cans at school.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aluminium:x5:1
# text = We recycle aluminium cans at school.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	recycle	recycle	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	aluminium	aluminium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	cans	can	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	school	school	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 | **recycle** | present | We | aluminium cans |  | school |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Aluminium does not rust.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aluminium:x6:1
# text = Aluminium does not rust.
1	Aluminium	aluminium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	rust	rust	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **rust** | present · do-support | Aluminium |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The ladder is made of aluminium.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aluminium:x7:1
# text = The ladder is made of aluminium.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ladder	ladder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	aluminium	aluminium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | the ladder |  |  |  | of aluminium | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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