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title: barium — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «barium» in the school dictionary: A soft, silvery chemical element, a metal, with the symbol Ba and atomic number 56. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# barium

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**Who acts:** patients, white drink, Barium, fireworks, symbol, granddad · **What happens:** swallow, show up, make, glow, be, have · **To what, where:** barium compound, X ray, fireworks, Ba, barium, metal

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«barium» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: [barium in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/barium.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A soft, silvery chemical element, a metal, with the symbol Ba and atomic number 56.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:barium:m1:1
# text = A soft, silvery chemical element, a metal, with the symbol Ba and atomic number 56.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	silvery	silvery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	chemical	chemical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	element	element	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	symbol	symbol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	Ba	Ba	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	atomic	atomic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
18	56	56	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	17	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A white drink with a barium compound that patients swallow so their stomach shows up on an X-ray (a barium meal).

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:barium:m2:1
# text = A white drink with a barium compound that patients swallow so their stomach shows up on an X-ray (a barium meal).
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	barium	barium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	compound	compound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obj	_	_
9	patients	patient	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	swallow	swallow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	up	up	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
18	X	x	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	ray	ray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
21	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	barium	barium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
24	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | present | patients | a barium compound |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient |
| 2 | **show up** | present | a white drink with a barium compound |  |  | a X ray |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ray=Location |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Barium makes fireworks glow green.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:barium:x1:1
# text = Barium makes fireworks glow green.
1	Barium	barium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fireworks	firework	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	glow	glow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Barium | fireworks |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **glow** | infinitive | fireworks *not said here* |  |  |  |  | green *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The symbol for barium is Ba.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:barium:x2:1
# text = The symbol for barium is Ba.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	symbol	symbol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	barium	barium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	Ba	Ba	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the symbol for barium | Ba |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My granddad had to drink barium before his X-ray.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:barium:x3:1
# text = My granddad had to drink barium before his X-ray.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	granddad	granddad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	barium	barium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	before	before	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
9	X	x	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	ray	ray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | My granddad |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **drink** | to-infinitive | My granddad *not said here* | barium |  |  | before granddad's X ray |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent barium=Patient |
| 3 | **ray** |  | granddad |  |  |  |  |  | nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Barium is a metal in the periodic table.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:barium:x4:1
# text = Barium is a metal in the periodic table.
1	Barium	barium	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	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	periodic	periodic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Barium | a metal |  | the periodic table |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pure barium reacts with water.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:barium:x5:1
# text = Pure barium reacts with water.
1	Pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	barium	barium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reacts	react	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	water	water	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 | **react** | present | Pure barium |  |  |  |  | with water | vn respond-113 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent with water=Eventuality |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Barium shows up white on an X-ray.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:barium:x6:1
# text = Barium shows up white on an X-ray.
1	Barium	barium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	X	x	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	ray	ray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show up** | present | Barium |  |  |  |  | white *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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