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title: concoct — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «concoct» in the school dictionary: To mix ingredients together to make a drink, potion or dish, often a strange one. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# concoct

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**Who acts:** witch, Iktomi, They, silly excuse · **What happens:** mix, make, invent, concoct, trick, be · **To what, where:** ingredients, drink, plan, potion, pot, clever plot

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«concoct» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [concoct in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/concoct.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To mix ingredients together to make a drink, potion or dish, often a strange one.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:concoct:m1:1
# text = To mix ingredients together to make a drink, potion or dish, often a strange one.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	mix	mix	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	ingredients	ingredient	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	together	together	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	potion	potion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	dish	dish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	often	often	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix** | to-infinitive |  | ingredients |  |  |  | together *property* | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ingredient=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | a drink and potion or dish and a strange one |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset drink=Product |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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To invent a plan, story or excuse, often a false one.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:concoct:m2:1
# text = To invent a plan, story or excuse, often a false one.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	invent	invent	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	excuse	excuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	often	often	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | to-infinitive |  | a plan or excuse |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Result |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The witch concocted a potion in her pot.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:concoct:x1:1
# text = The witch concocted a potion in her pot.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	concocted	concoct	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	potion	potion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **concoct** | past | the witch | a potion |  | witch's pot |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potion=Result |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Iktomi concocted a clever plot to trick the animals.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:concoct:x2:1
# text = Iktomi concocted a clever plot to trick the animals.
1	Iktomi	Iktomi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	concocted	concoct	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	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	plot	plot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	trick	trick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **concoct** | past | Iktomi | a clever plot |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plot=Result |
| 2 | **trick** | to-infinitive | Iktomi *not said here* | the animals |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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They concocted a silly excuse for being late.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:concoct:x3:1
# text = They concocted a silly excuse for being late.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	concocted	concoct	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	excuse	excuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
8	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **concoct** | past | They | a silly excuse |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent excuse=Result |
| 2 | **is** | gerund | a silly excuse *not said here* |  |  |  |  | late *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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