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title: bushel — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «bushel» in the school dictionary: A bushel is an old measure of dry things such as grain, apples or potatoes, about eight gallons. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# bushel

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**Who acts:** bushel, farmer, you, reward · **What happens:** be, use, hold, sell, fill · **To what, where:** old measure, basket, measure, six bushels, bushel

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A bushel is an old measure of dry things such as grain, apples or potatoes, about eight gallons.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bushel:m1:1
# text = A bushel is an old measure of dry things such as grain, apples or potatoes, about eight gallons.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bushel	bushel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	12	case	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	potatoes	potato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	about	about	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	20	nummod	_	_
20	gallons	gallon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 bushel | a old measure |  |  |  | of dry things such grain and apples or potatoes and eight gallons | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A bushel is the basket or box used to hold that measure.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bushel:m2:1
# text = A bushel is the basket or box used to hold that measure.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bushel	bushel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
11	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
12	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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 bushel | the basket or box |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  | the basket or box *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **hold** | to-infinitive |  | that measure |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The farmer sold six bushels of apples.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bushel:x1:1
# text = The farmer sold six bushels of apples.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	bushels	bushel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past | the farmer | six bushels of apples |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bushel=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fill the bushel with wheat.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bushel:x2:1
# text = Fill the bushel with wheat.
1	Fill	fill	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bushel	bushel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | imperative | you *not said here* | the bushel |  |  |  | with wheat | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent bushel=Patient with wheat=Instrument |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The reward was a bushel of gold coins.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bushel:x3:1
# text = The reward was a bushel of gold coins.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bushel	bushel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the reward | a bushel |  |  |  | of gold coins | tree rules |

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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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