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title: coffer — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «coffer» in the school dictionary: A coffer is a large, strong chest or box with a lid, used to keep money, gold or treasure safe. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# coffer

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**Who acts:** coffer, pirates, Mum, family, you · **What happens:** be, use, keep, treasure, lift, letter · **To what, where:** large strong chest, money, heavy coffer, cart, old letters, wooden coffer

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A coffer is a large, strong chest or box with a lid, used to keep money, gold or treasure safe.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:coffer:m1:1
# text = A coffer is a large, strong chest or box with a lid, used to keep money, gold or treasure safe.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coffer	coffer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lid	lid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	parataxis	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	advcl	_	_
18	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	_
21	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	treasure	treasure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	conj	_	_
23	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a coffer | a large strong chest or box with a lid |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | money and gold |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
| 4 | **treasure** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 pirates lifted the heavy coffer onto the cart.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:coffer:x1:1
# text = The pirates lifted the heavy coffer onto the cart.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pirates	pirate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lifted	lift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	coffer	coffer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cart	cart	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 | **lift** | past | the pirates | the heavy coffer |  | the cart |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent coffer=Theme onto cart=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Mum keeps the family's old letters in a wooden coffer.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:coffer:x2:1
# text = Mum keeps the family's old letters in a wooden coffer.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	coffer	coffer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Mum | the family's old letters |  | a wooden coffer |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent letter=Theme in coffer=Location |
| 2 | **letter** |  | the family |  |  |  |  |  | nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Don't open the coffer until you get home.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:coffer:x3:1
# text = Don't open the coffer until you get home.
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	open	open	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	coffer	coffer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	home	home	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **open** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | the coffer |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location coffer=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | present | you |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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