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title: condiment — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «condiment» in the school dictionary: A condiment is a sauce, spice or other thing such as salt, pepper, ketchup, mustard or vinegar that you add to food to give it more flavour. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# condiment

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**Who acts:** condiment, that, Ketchup, condiments, Salt, Mustard · **What happens:** be, add, give, have, pass · **To what, where:** sauce, condiment, favourite condiment, counter, common condiments, hot condiment

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A condiment is a sauce, spice or other thing such as salt, pepper, ketchup, mustard or vinegar that you add to food to give it more flavour.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:condiment:m1:1
# text = A condiment is a sauce, spice or other thing such as salt, pepper, ketchup, mustard or vinegar that you add to food to give it more flavour.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	condiment	condiment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sauce	sauce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	spice	spice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	13	case	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	pepper	pepper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	ketchup	ketchup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	mustard	mustard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
20	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	vinegar	vinegar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	_
22	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	24	nsubj	_	_
23	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	add	add	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	parataxis	_	_
25	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
27	to	to	PART	TO	_	28	mark	_	_
28	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	advcl	_	_
29	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	obj	_	_
30	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	31	amod	_	_
31	flavour	flavour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a condiment | a sauce and spice or other thing such salt and pepper and ketchup and mustard or vinegar |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | present | that |  |  |  |  | to food | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to food=Co-Patient |
| 3 | **give** | to-infinitive | that *not said here* | condiment |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient flavour=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 -->
Ketchup is my favourite condiment.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:condiment:x1:1
# text = Ketchup is my favourite condiment.
1	Ketchup	ketchup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	favourite	favourite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	condiment	condiment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Ketchup | my favourite condiment |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The condiments are on the counter.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:condiment:x2:1
# text = The condiments are on the counter.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	condiments	condiment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	counter	counter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the condiments |  |  | the counter |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Salt and pepper are the most common condiments.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:condiment:x3:1
# text = Salt and pepper are the most common condiments.
1	Salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	pepper	pepper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	condiments	condiment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Salt and pepper | the common condiments |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Mustard is a hot condiment.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:condiment:x4:1
# text = Mustard is a hot condiment.
1	Mustard	mustard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	condiment	condiment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Mustard | a hot condiment |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The café has sachets of condiments.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:condiment:x5:1
# text = The café has sachets of condiments.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	café	café	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	sachets	sachet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	condiments	condiment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the café | sachets of condiments |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sachet=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Please pass the condiments.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:condiment:x6:1
# text = Please pass the condiments.
1	Please	please	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	pass	pass	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	condiments	condiment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | imperative | you *not said here* | the condiments |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme condiment=Trajectory |

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