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title: capsaicin — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «capsaicin» in the school dictionary: Capsaicin is the natural chemical in chilli peppers that makes them taste hot and makes your mouth feel like it is burning. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# capsaicin

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**Who acts:** Capsaicin, that, peppers, mouth, chillies, hottest chillies · **What happens:** be, make, taste, feel, burn, have · **To what, where:** natural chemical, chilli peppers, peppers, mouth, chillies, most capsaicin

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«capsaicin» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: [capsaicin in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/capsaicin.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Capsaicin is the natural chemical in chilli peppers that makes them taste hot and makes your mouth feel like it is burning.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:capsaicin:m1:1
# text = Capsaicin is the natural chemical in chilli peppers that makes them taste hot and makes your mouth feel like it is burning.
1	Capsaicin	capsaicin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|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	_	8	case	_	_
7	chilli	chilli	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	peppers	pepper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	taste	taste	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
16	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
19	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
22	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	18	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Capsaicin | the natural chemical |  | chilli peppers |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present | that | peppers *= pepper* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **taste** | infinitive | peppers *= pepper* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 4 | **make** | present | that *not said here* | your mouth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **feel** | infinitive | your mouth *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 6 | **burn** | present · progressive | Capsaicin |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 -->
Capsaicin makes chillies taste hot.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:capsaicin:x1:1
# text = Capsaicin makes chillies taste hot.
1	Capsaicin	capsaicin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	chillies	chilli	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	taste	taste	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Capsaicin | chillies |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **taste** | infinitive | chillies *not said here* |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The hottest chillies have the most capsaicin.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:capsaicin:x2:1
# text = The hottest chillies have the most capsaicin.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hottest	hot	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	chillies	chilli	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	capsaicin	capsaicin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Drinking milk helps wash away capsaicin.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:capsaicin:x3:1
# text = Drinking milk helps wash away capsaicin.
1	Drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	csubj	_	_
2	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	wash	wash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	capsaicin	capsaicin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	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 | **drink** | gerund |  | milk |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Patient |
| 2 | **help** | present | Drinking |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **wash away** | infinitive | Drinking *not said here* | capsaicin |  |  |  | away *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent capsaicin=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Capsaicin is mostly in the white parts and seeds of a chilli.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:capsaicin:x4:1
# text = Capsaicin is mostly in the white parts and seeds of a chilli.
1	Capsaicin	capsaicin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	chilli	chilli	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Capsaicin |  |  | the white parts and seeds of a chilli |  | mostly *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Birds cannot taste capsaicin, so they eat chilli seeds.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:capsaicin:x5:1
# text = Birds cannot taste capsaicin, so they eat chilli seeds.
1	Birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	taste	taste	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	capsaicin	capsaicin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	chilli	chilli	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **taste** | can | Birds | capsaicin |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme capsaicin=Attribute |
| 2 | **eat** | present | Birds *= bird* | chilli seeds |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wash your hands after cutting chillies, because capsaicin stings your eyes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:capsaicin:x6:1
# text = Wash your hands after cutting chillies, because capsaicin stings your eyes.
1	Wash	wash	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
6	chillies	chilli	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	capsaicin	capsaicin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	stings	sting	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | imperative | you *not said here* | your hands |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |
| 2 | **cut** | gerund | you *not said here* | chillies |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset chilli=Product |
| 3 | **sting** | present | capsaicin | your eyes |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus eye=Experiencer |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some pain creams contain capsaicin.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:capsaicin:x7:1
# text = Some pain creams contain capsaicin.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	creams	cream	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	contain	contain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	capsaicin	capsaicin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

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