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title: crucible — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «crucible» in the school dictionary: A crucible is a strong pot that can stand great heat, used for melting metal or other things. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# crucible

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**Who acts:** crucible, strong pot, we · **What happens:** be, stand, use, melt, melt away, make · **To what, where:** strong pot, great heat, metal, metals, crucible, these

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A crucible is a strong pot that can stand great heat, used for melting metal or other things.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crucible:m1:1
# text = A crucible is a strong pot that can stand great heat, used for melting metal or other things.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crucible	crucible	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	parataxis	_	_
14	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	melting	melt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
16	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a crucible | a strong pot |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stand** | can | a strong pot | great heat |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer heat=Stimulus |
| 3 | **use** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **melt** | gerund |  | metal or other things |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient metal=Result |

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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 -->
The metals were melted in the crucible.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crucible:x1:1
# text = The metals were melted in the crucible.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	metals	metal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	melted	melt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	crucible	crucible	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | past · passive |  | the metals |  | the crucible |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was easy to melt all these away in the gold-making crucible.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crucible:x2:1
# text = It was easy to melt all these away in the gold-making crucible.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	melt	melt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
7	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	5	obj	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
11	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	amod	_	_
14	crucible	crucible	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | easy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **melt away** | to-infinitive |  | these |  | the making crucible |  | away *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient this=Result |
| 3 | **make** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In science we heated salt in a crucible.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crucible:x3:1
# text = In science we heated salt in a crucible.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
3	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	heated	heat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	crucible	crucible	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heat** | past | we | salt |  |  |  | in a crucible; in science | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent salt=Patient in science=Instrument |

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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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