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title: caldron — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «caldron» in the school dictionary: A large, heavy pot for cooking over a fire; a spelling variant of cauldron. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# caldron

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**Who acts:** cauldron, soup, witch · **What happens:** vary, boil, stir, roast · **To what, where:** caldron, Rabbits

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A large, heavy pot for cooking over a fire; a spelling variant of cauldron.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:caldron:m1:1
# text = A large, heavy pot for cooking over a fire; a spelling variant of cauldron.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	cooking	cooking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	variant	variant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	cauldron	cauldron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vary** |  | cauldron |  |  |  |  |  | nom variant «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 soup was boiling in a huge caldron.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:caldron:x1:1
# text = The soup was boiling in a huge caldron.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	boiling	boil	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	caldron	caldron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boil** | past · progressive | the soup |  |  |  |  | in a huge caldron | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Patient in caldron=Instrument |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The witch stirred the caldron.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:caldron:x2:1
# text = The witch stirred the caldron.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stirred	stir	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	caldron	caldron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stir** | past | the witch | the caldron |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus caldron=Experiencer |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Rabbits were roasted beside the caldron.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:caldron:x3:1
# text = Rabbits were roasted beside the caldron.
1	Rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	roasted	roast	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	caldron	caldron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roast** | past · passive |  | Rabbits |  | the caldron |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

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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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