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title: crispy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «crispy» in the school dictionary: Crispy food is hard and dry on the outside, and breaks with a pleasant crunch when you bite it. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# crispy

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**Who acts:** Crispy food, you, I, chips, bacon, autumn leaves · **What happens:** be, break, bite, like, fry, have · **To what, where:** outside, food, toast, bacon, feet, crispy edges

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Crispy food is hard and dry on the outside, and breaks with a pleasant crunch when you bite it.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crispy:m1:1
# text = Crispy food is hard and dry on the outside, and breaks with a pleasant crunch when you bite it.
1	Crispy	crispy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	outside	outside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	breaks	break	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	pleasant	pleasant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	crunch	crunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
17	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	19	advmod	_	_
18	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	bite	bite	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Crispy food |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Crispy food *not said here* |  |  | the outside |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **break** | present | Crispy food *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with a pleasant crunch | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with crunch=Instrument |
| 4 | **bite** | present | you | food |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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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 -->
I like my toast nice and crispy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crispy:x1:1
# text = I like my toast nice and crispy.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	toast	toast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	crispy	crispy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | present | I | my toast |  |  |  | nice *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot toast=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The chips were golden and crispy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crispy:x2:1
# text = The chips were golden and crispy.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	crispy	crispy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the chips |  |  |  |  | golden *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the chips *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fry the bacon until it is crispy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crispy:x3:1
# text = Fry the bacon until it is crispy.
1	Fry	fry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bacon	bacon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	crispy	crispy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fry** | imperative | you *not said here* | the bacon |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bacon=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | bacon |  |  |  |  | crispy *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The autumn leaves were crispy under our feet.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crispy:x4:1
# text = The autumn leaves were crispy under our feet.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	autumn	autumn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	crispy	crispy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	feet	foot	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** | past | the autumn leaves |  |  | our feet |  | crispy *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The roast potatoes had crispy edges.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crispy:x5:1
# text = The roast potatoes had crispy edges.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	roast	roast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	potatoes	potato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	crispy	crispy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	edges	edge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the roast potatoes | crispy edges |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent edge=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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Keep the biscuits in a tin so they stay crispy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crispy:x6:1
# text = Keep the biscuits in a tin so they stay crispy.
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	biscuits	biscuit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tin	tin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
10	crispy	crispy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | the biscuits |  | a tin |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent biscuit=Theme in tin=Location |
| 2 | **stay** | present | biscuits *= biscuit* |  |  |  |  | crispy *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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