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title: caffeine — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «caffeine» in the school dictionary: Caffeine is a natural chemical in coffee, tea, cola, energy drinks and chocolate that makes people feel more awake and alert. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# caffeine

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**Who acts:** Caffeine, chocolate, people, Coffee, Energy drinks, Mum · **What happens:** be, make, feel, have, stop, sleep · **To what, where:** natural chemical, coffee, people, caffeine, you, free tea

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Caffeine is a natural chemical in coffee, tea, cola, energy drinks and chocolate that makes people feel more awake and alert.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:caffeine:m1:1
# text = Caffeine is a natural chemical in coffee, tea, cola, energy drinks and chocolate that makes people feel more awake and alert.
1	Caffeine	caffeine	NOUN	NN	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	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	chemical	chemical	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	coffee	coffee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	cola	cola	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	drinks	drink	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	parataxis	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
17	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
18	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
19	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	_
20	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	_	_
21	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	22	advmod	_	_
22	awake	awake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	xcomp	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	alert	alert	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Caffeine | a natural chemical |  | coffee and tea and cola |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present | chocolate | people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **feel** | infinitive | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  | awake *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Coffee has caffeine in it.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:caffeine:x1:1
# text = Coffee has caffeine in it.
1	Coffee	coffee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	caffeine	caffeine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Coffee | caffeine |  | caffeine |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent caffeine=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Caffeine can stop you sleeping.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:caffeine:x2:1
# text = Caffeine can stop you sleeping.
1	Caffeine	caffeine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | can | Caffeine | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sleep** | gerund | Caffeine *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Energy drinks are not for children because of the caffeine.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:caffeine:x3:1
# text = Energy drinks are not for children because of the caffeine.
1	Energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	drinks	drink	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	10	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	caffeine	caffeine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | Energy drinks |  |  |  |  | for children; because the caffeine | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Mum drinks caffeine-free tea at night.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:caffeine:x4:1
# text = Mum drinks caffeine-free tea at night.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drinks	drink	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	caffeine	caffeine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | present | Mum | free tea |  |  | night |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tea=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cola contains some caffeine.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:caffeine:x5:1
# text = Cola contains some caffeine.
1	Cola	Cola	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	contains	contain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	caffeine	caffeine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dark chocolate has a little caffeine.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:caffeine:x6:1
# text = Dark chocolate has a little caffeine.
1	Dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	chocolate	chocolate	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	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	caffeine	caffeine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Dark chocolate | a little caffeine |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent caffeine=Patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

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Too much caffeine can make your heart race.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:caffeine:x7:1
# text = Too much caffeine can make your heart race.
1	Too	too	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	caffeine	caffeine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	race	race	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 | **make** | can | much caffeine | your heart race |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset race=Product |
| 2 | **race** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom race «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 8 {#x8}

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Check the label to see how much caffeine is in it.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:caffeine:x8:1
# text = Check the label to see how much caffeine is in it.
1	Check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	label	label	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
7	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	caffeine	caffeine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* | the label |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent label=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | present | much caffeine |  |  | caffeine |  |  | tree rules |

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