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title: beer — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «beer» in the school dictionary: An alcoholic drink for adults, made from grain (usually barley) and hops, fizzy and often golden or brown; it is not for children. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# beer

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**Who acts:** alcoholic drink, drink, glass, drink names, children, Dad · **What happens:** make, hop, not be, order, have, drink · **To what, where:** alcoholic drink, grain, beer, alcohol, ginger beer, one beer

<!-- .vabout -->
«beer» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [beer in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/beer.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An alcoholic drink for adults, made from grain (usually barley) and hops, fizzy and often golden or brown; it is not for children.

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beer:m1:1
# text = An alcoholic drink for adults, made from grain (usually barley) and hops, fizzy and often golden or brown; it is not for children.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	alcoholic	alcoholic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	barley	barley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	12	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
15	hops	hop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	fizzy	fizzy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	often	often	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	conj	_	_
21	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
24	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
25	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	cop	_	_
26	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	28	advmod	_	_
27	for	for	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | a alcoholic drink for adults *not said here* |  | grain |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from grain=Material |
| 2 | **hop** | present | a alcoholic drink for adults |  |  |  |  | fizzy *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **is** | present | drink |  |  |  |  | for children | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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 glass, can or bottle of this drink: «He ordered a beer.».

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beer:m2:1
# text = A glass, can or bottle of this drink: «He ordered a beer.».
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	beer	beer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** *in a quote* | past | glass | a beer |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beer=Theme |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In some drink names that have no alcohol, like «root beer» or «ginger beer», which children can drink.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beer:m3:1
# text = In some drink names that have no alcohol, like «root beer» or «ginger beer», which children can drink.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
3	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	alcohol	alcohol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	root	root	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	beer	beer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	ginger	ginger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	beer	beer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	24	obj	_	_
22	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nsubj	_	_
23	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
24	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | some drink names | no alcohol |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **drink** | can | children | ginger beer |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dad had one beer at the barbecue and then switched to water.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beer:x1:1
# text = Dad had one beer at the barbecue and then switched to water.
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	beer	beer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	barbecue	barbecue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	switched	switch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Dad | one beer |  | the barbecue |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beer=Patient |
| 2 | **switch** | past | Dad *not said here* |  |  |  | then | to water *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to water=Result |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Beer is made from barley, water, hops and yeast.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beer:x2:1
# text = Beer is made from barley, water, hops and yeast.
1	Beer	beer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
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	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	barley	barley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	hops	hop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	yeast	yeast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | Beer |  | barley and water |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: subject=Product from barley=Material |
| 2 | **hop** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
You must be an adult to buy beer.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beer:x3:1
# text = You must be an adult to buy beer.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	beer	beer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | must | You | a adult |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **buy** | to-infinitive |  | beer |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beer=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ginger beer is a fizzy soft drink that children can have.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beer:x4:1
# text = Ginger beer is a fizzy soft drink that children can have.
1	Ginger	ginger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	beer	beer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	fizzy	fizzy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
9	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Ginger beer | a fizzy soft drink |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | can | a fizzy soft drink |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Root beer is popular in the USA and has no alcohol.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beer:x5:1
# text = Root beer is popular in the USA and has no alcohol.
1	Root	root	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	beer	beer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	USA	USA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	alcohol	alcohol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Root beer |  |  | the USA |  | popular *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | Root beer *not said here* | no alcohol |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alcohol=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The pub has a beer garden with a play area.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beer:x6:1
# text = The pub has a beer garden with a play area.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pub	pub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	beer	beer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the pub | a beer garden |  |  |  | with a play area | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garden=Patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
People should never drive after drinking beer.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beer:x7:1
# text = People should never drive after drinking beer.
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	drive	drive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	beer	beer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **drive** | should | People |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **drink** | gerund | People *not said here* | beer |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beer=Patient |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In the story, the farmer brewed beer in a big wooden barrel.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beer:x8:1
# text = In the story, the farmer brewed beer in a big wooden barrel.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	brewed	brew	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	beer	beer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	barrel	barrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brew** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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