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title: calabash — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «calabash» in the school dictionary: A large gourd with a hard shell, or a bowl or flask made from one. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# calabash

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**Who acts:** calabash, She · **What happens:** make, hold, pour, grow · **To what, where:** bowl, water, soup, calabash

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A large gourd with a hard shell, or a bowl or flask made from one.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:calabash:m1:1
# text = A large gourd with a hard shell, or a bowl or flask made from one.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	gourd	gourd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	flask	flask	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | a bowl or flask *not said here* |  |  |  | from one | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from one=Material |

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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 -->
The calabash held water for the journey.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:calabash:x1:1
# text = The calabash held water for the journey.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	calabash	calabash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | participle | the calabash *not said here* | water |  |  |  | for the journey | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She poured soup from the calabash.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:calabash:x2:1
# text = She poured soup from the calabash.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	poured	pour	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	calabash	calabash	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 | **pour** | past | She | soup |  | the calabash |  |  | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent soup=Theme from calabash=Initial\_Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The calabash grew bigger every day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:calabash:x3:1
# text = The calabash grew bigger every day.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	calabash	calabash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | the calabash |  |  |  | day | big *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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