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title: betel — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «betel» in the school dictionary: A betel is a climbing plant from Asia whose leaves are chewed with a nut, often after being mixed with spices. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# betel

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**Who acts:** betel, servants, young Raja, people · **What happens:** be, chew, mix, find, begin, eat · **To what, where:** climbing plant, Asia, leaves, betel leaf, leaf, betel

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A betel is a climbing plant from Asia whose leaves are chewed with a nut, often after being mixed with spices.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:betel:m1:1
# text = A betel is a climbing plant from Asia whose leaves are chewed with a nut, often after being mixed with spices.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	betel	betel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	climbing	climbing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	chewed	chew	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	parataxis	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	nut	nut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	often	often	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
18	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
19	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	conj	_	_
21	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	spices	spice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a betel | a climbing plant |  | Asia |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **chew** | present · passive |  | leaves |  |  |  | with a nut | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **mix** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  | with spices; often *property* | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: with spice=Co-Patient |

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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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The princess's servants found the betel-leaf and began to eat it.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:betel:x1:1
# text = The princess's servants found the betel-leaf and began to eat it.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	betel	betel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | the princess's servants | the betel leaf |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Topic |
| 2 | **begin** | past | the princess's servants *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **eat** | to-infinitive | the princess's servants *not said here* | leaf |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The young Raja asked for a great deal of betel-leaf.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:betel:x2:1
# text = The young Raja asked for a great deal of betel-leaf.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Raja	Raja	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	betel	betel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the young Raja |  |  |  |  | for a great deal of betel leaf | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **deal** |  |  | betel leaf |  |  |  |  | nom deal «act transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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In some countries people chew betel after meals.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:betel:x3:1
# text = In some countries people chew betel after meals.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
3	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	chew	chew	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	betel	betel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	meals	meal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chew** | present | people | betel |  | some countries | after meals |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent betel=Patient |

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