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title: beryl — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «beryl» in the school dictionary: A hard mineral that forms crystals, found in many colours; green beryl is emerald and blue-green beryl is aquamarine. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# beryl

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**Who acts:** hard mineral, Beryl, Emerald, museum, Aquamarine, Great aunt · **What happens:** form, find, be, have, knit, contain · **To what, where:** crystals, many colours, beryl emerald, aquamarine, name, green kind

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A hard mineral that forms crystals, found in many colours; green beryl is emerald and blue-green beryl is aquamarine.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beryl:m1:1
# text = A hard mineral that forms crystals, found in many colours; green beryl is emerald and blue-green beryl is aquamarine.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mineral	mineral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	forms	form	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	crystals	crystal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
13	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	beryl	beryl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	emerald	emerald	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
18	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	beryl	beryl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
22	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
23	aquamarine	aquamarine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** | present | a hard mineral | crystals |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location crystal=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | participle |  | crystals *not said here* |  | many colours |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | beryl emerald and green beryl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** | present | a hard mineral | aquamarine |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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: a name — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Beryl is an old-fashioned girl's name.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beryl:m2:1
# text = Beryl is an old-fashioned girl's name.
1	Beryl	beryl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Beryl | a fashioned girl's name |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Emerald is a green kind of beryl.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beryl:x1:1
# text = Emerald is a green kind of beryl.
1	Emerald	Emerald	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	beryl	beryl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Emerald | a green kind |  |  |  | of beryl | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The museum had a large beryl crystal.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beryl:x2:1
# text = The museum had a large beryl crystal.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	beryl	beryl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	crystal	crystal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the museum | a large beryl crystal |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crystal=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Aquamarine is a blue beryl.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beryl:x3:1
# text = Aquamarine is a blue beryl.
1	Aquamarine	Aquamarine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	beryl	beryl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Aquamarine | a blue beryl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Great-aunt Beryl knitted me a scarf.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beryl:x4:1
# text = Great-aunt Beryl knitted me a scarf.
1	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	Beryl	Beryl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
5	knitted	knit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	scarf	scarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knit** | past | Great aunt | a scarf | me |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary scarf=Product |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Beryl contains the element beryllium.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beryl:x5:1
# text = Beryl contains the element beryllium.
1	Beryl	beryl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	contains	contain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	element	element	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	beryllium	beryllium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | present | Beryl | the element beryllium |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot beryllium=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The jeweller polished the beryl.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beryl:x6:1
# text = The jeweller polished the beryl.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	jeweller	jeweller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	polished	polish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	beryl	beryl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **polish** | past | the jeweller | the beryl |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent beryl=Destination |

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