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title: broth — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «broth» in the school dictionary: Broth is a thin, hot soup made by boiling meat, fish or vegetables in water. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# broth

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**Who acts:** Broth, bowl, brownie, Mum · **What happens:** be, make, boil, warm, ask · **To what, where:** thin hot soup, water, hands, vegetable broth

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Broth is a thin, hot soup made by boiling meat, fish or vegetables in water.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:broth:m1:1
# text = Broth is a thin, hot soup made by boiling meat, fish or vegetables in water.
1	Broth	broth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	boiling	boil	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	amod	_	_
11	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	vegetables	vegetable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Broth | a thin hot soup |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | a thin hot soup *not said here* |  | water |  | by boiling meat and fish or vegetables | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **boil** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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A bowl of hot broth warmed her hands.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:broth:x1:1
# text = A bowl of hot broth warmed her hands.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	broth	broth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	warmed	warm	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warm** | past | a bowl of hot broth | her hands |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The brownie asked only for a bowl of broth.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:broth:x2:1
# text = The brownie asked only for a bowl of broth.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brownie	brownie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	broth	broth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the brownie |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Mum made vegetable broth for lunch.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:broth:x3:1
# text = Mum made vegetable broth for lunch.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	vegetable	vegetable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	broth	broth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | Mum | vegetable broth |  |  |  | for lunch | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent broth=Material for lunch=Beneficiary |

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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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