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title: choc — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «choc» in the school dictionary: Chocolate, or a single chocolate sweet: a box of chocs. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# choc

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**Who acts:** I, Grandma, Australia, UK, 24 chocs, that · **What happens:** cover, dip, have, bring, buy, melt · **To what, where:** cream bar, cream cone, chip cookie, big box, choc tops, cinema

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«choc» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: [choc in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/choc.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Chocolate, or a single chocolate sweet: a box of chocs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:choc:m1:1
# text = Chocolate, or a single chocolate sweet: a box of chocs.
1	Chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	sweet	sweet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	chocs	choc	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: in compounds — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
choc ice: an ice cream bar covered in chocolate; choc chip: small pieces of chocolate in cookies or ice cream; choc-top (Australia, New Zealand): an ice-cream cone dipped in chocolate.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:choc:m2:1
# text = choc ice: an ice cream bar covered in chocolate; choc chip: small pieces of chocolate in cookies or ice cream; choc-top (Australia, New Zealand): an ice-cream cone dipped in chocolate.
1	choc	choc	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	bar	bar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
8	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
12	choc	choc	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	chip	chip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
15	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	appos	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	cookies	cookie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	_
21	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	27	punct	_	_
25	choc	choc	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
28	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	flat	_	_
32	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	39	punct	_	_
35	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
36	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	compound	_	_
39	cone	cone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
40	dipped	dip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	39	acl	_	_
41	in	in	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | participle |  | a cream bar *not said here* |  |  |  | in chocolate | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chocolate=Theme |
| 2 | **dip** | participle |  | a cream cone *not said here* |  |  |  | in chocolate | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in chocolate=Attribute |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Can I have a choc chip cookie?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:choc:x1:1
# text = Can I have a choc chip cookie?
1	Can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	choc	choc	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	chip	chip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	cookie	cookie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | can | I | a chip cookie |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cookie=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grandma brought a big box of chocs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:choc:x2:1
# text = Grandma brought a big box of chocs.
1	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	chocs	choc	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | Grandma | a big box of chocs |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent box=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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(Australia) We bought choc-tops at the cinema.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:choc:x3:1
# text = (Australia) We bought choc-tops at the cinema.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
4	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	bought	buy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	choc	choc	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	tops	top	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cinema	cinema	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | past | Australia | choc tops |  | the cinema |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent top=Theme at cinema=Asset |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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(UK) A choc ice melts fast on a hot day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:choc:x4:1
# text = (UK) A choc ice melts fast on a hot day.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	UK	UK	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
4	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	choc	choc	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	melts	melt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | present | UK |  |  |  | day | fast *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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There are 24 chocs in the box; shared between 4 of us, that's 6 each.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:choc:x5:1
# text = There are 24 chocs in the box; shared between 4 of us, that's 6 each.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	24	24	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	chocs	choc	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
10	between	between	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	appos	_	_
18	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **does** | present | 24 chocs in the box |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **share** | participle |  | 24 chocs in the box *not said here* |  |  |  | between 4 of us | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | present | that | 6 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Too many chocs are bad for your teeth.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:choc:x6:1
# text = Too many chocs are bad for your teeth.
1	Too	too	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	chocs	choc	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | many chocs |  |  |  |  | for your teeth; bad *property* | tree rules |

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