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title: aubergine — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «aubergine» in the school dictionary: A vegetable with smooth, shiny, dark purple skin and soft white flesh; in the USA, Canada and Australia it is called eggplant. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# aubergine

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**Who acts:** rude word, We, nan, coat, they, Aubergine · **What happens:** call, grow, use, roast, make, be · **To what, where:** vegetable, aubergine, Moussaka, aubergines, greenhouse, lovely aubergine colour · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«aubergine» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: [aubergine in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/aubergine.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: UK, Ireland — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A vegetable with smooth, shiny, dark purple skin and soft white flesh; in the USA, Canada and Australia it is called eggplant.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aubergine:m1:1
# text = A vegetable with smooth, shiny, dark purple skin and soft white flesh; in the USA, Canada and Australia it is called eggplant.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vegetable	vegetable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
4	smooth	smooth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
8	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	flesh	flesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	USA	USA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	Canada	Canada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	_
23	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj:pass	_	_
24	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux:pass	_	_
25	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
26	eggplant	eggplant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	25	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present · passive |  | a vegetable with smooth dark purple skin and soft white flesh in the USA and Canada and Australia |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

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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 -->
A dark purple colour.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aubergine:m2:1
# text = A dark purple colour.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

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Usage: rude, adult slang — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a rude word grown-ups use; not for school.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aubergine:m3:1
# text = a rude word grown-ups use; not for school.
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	school	school	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 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **use** | present | a rude word |  |  |  |  | for school | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We roasted aubergine for dinner.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aubergine:x1:1
# text = We roasted aubergine for dinner.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	roasted	roast	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	aubergine	aubergine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roast** | past | We | aubergine |  |  |  | for dinner | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent aubergine=Patient for dinner=Beneficiary |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Moussaka is made with aubergine.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aubergine:x2:1
# text = Moussaka is made with aubergine.
1	Moussaka	Moussaka	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	aubergine	aubergine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My nan grows aubergines in her greenhouse.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aubergine:x3:1
# text = My nan grows aubergines in her greenhouse.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	aubergines	aubergine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	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	greenhouse	greenhouse	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 | **grow** | present | My nan | aubergines |  | nan's greenhouse |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location aubergine=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her coat was a lovely aubergine colour.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aubergine:x4:1
# text = Her coat was a lovely aubergine colour.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	aubergine	aubergine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Her coat | a lovely aubergine colour |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In America they call it eggplant.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aubergine:x5:1
# text = In America they call it eggplant.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	call	call	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	eggplant	eggplant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | they | it |  | America |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Aubergine soaks up a lot of oil.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:aubergine:x6:1
# text = Aubergine soaks up a lot of oil.
1	Aubergine	aubergine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	soaks	soak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soak up** | present | Aubergine | a lot of oil |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent lot=Source |

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