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title: casket — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «casket» in the school dictionary: A casket is a small box, often fine and valuable, for holding jewels or other precious things. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# casket

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**Who acts:** casket, queen · **What happens:** be, hold, keep, lock · **To what, where:** small box, jewels, rings, golden casket, casket

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A casket is a small box, often fine and valuable, for holding jewels or other precious things.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:casket:m1:1
# text = A casket is a small box, often fine and valuable, for holding jewels or other precious things.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	casket	casket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	often	often	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	valuable	valuable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
15	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
18	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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 casket | a small box |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** | gerund | a casket *not said here* | jewels or other precious things |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jewel=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 -->
The queen kept her rings in a golden casket.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:casket:x1:1
# text = The queen kept her rings in a golden casket.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	casket	casket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | the queen | queen's rings |  | a golden casket |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent ring=Theme in casket=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The casket was locked with a silver key.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:casket:x2:1
# text = The casket was locked with a silver key.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	casket	casket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	key	key	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 | **lock** | past · passive |  | the casket |  |  |  | with a silver key | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with key=Instrument |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The casket was splendid, but it was empty.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:casket:x3:1
# text = The casket was splendid, but it was empty.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	casket	casket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	splendid	splendid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the casket |  |  |  |  | splendid *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | casket |  |  |  |  | empty *property* | 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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