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title: baste — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «baste» in the school dictionary: To baste is to pour fat or juice over meat while it cooks, to keep it moist. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# baste

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**Who acts:** meat, baste, officer, people, Dad, She · **What happens:** be, cook, keep, make, pay, arrest · **To what, where:** meat, bailiff, people, chicken, roast, door

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To baste is to pour fat or juice over meat while it cooks, to keep it moist.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:baste:m1:1
# text = To baste is to pour fat or juice over meat while it cooks, to keep it moist.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	baste	baste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	advcl	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	pour	pour	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	cooks	cook	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	moist	moist	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  | meat |  | pour *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cook** | present | meat |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | meat |  |  |  | moist *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: old Irish use — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A baste is a bailiff, a sheriff's officer who makes people pay or arrests them.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:baste:m2:1
# text = A baste is a bailiff, a sheriff's officer who makes people pay or arrests them.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	baste	baste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bailiff	bailiff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sheriff	sheriff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	officer	officer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
14	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	arrests	arrest	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 baste | a bailiff |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present | a sheriff's officer | people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **pay** | infinitive | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **arrest** | present | a sheriff's officer *not said here* | people |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Dad basted the chicken with its own juice.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:baste:x1:1
# text = Dad basted the chicken with its own juice.
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	basted	baste	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	chicken	chicken	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **baste** | past | Dad | the chicken |  |  |  | with chicken's own juice | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent chicken=Patient with juice=Co-Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She basted the roast every half hour.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:baste:x2:1
# text = She basted the roast every half hour.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	basted	baste	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	roast	roast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	7	compound	_	_
7	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **baste** | past | She | the roast |  |  | hour |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent roast=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The baste came to the door to take the farmer's cattle.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:baste:x3:1
# text = The baste came to the door to take the farmer's cattle.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	baste	baste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the baste |  |  | the door |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to door=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | the baste *not said here* |  | the farmer's cattle |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument cattle=Destination |

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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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