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title: crystallized — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «crystallized» in the school dictionary: Crystallized means covered in sugar or made into hard, sweet, shiny crystals, as in crystallized fruit. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# crystallized

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**Who acts:** She, dishes, Sugar, water · **What happens:** crystallize, mean, cover, make, form, eat · **To what, where:** hard sweet shiny crystals, crystals, crystallized ginger, crystallized lotus leaves · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Crystallized means covered in sugar or made into hard, sweet, shiny crystals, as in crystallized fruit.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crystallized:m1:1
# text = Crystallized means covered in sugar or made into hard, sweet, shiny crystals, as in crystallized fruit.
1	Crystallized	crystallize	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
9	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
13	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	crystals	crystal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	crystallized	crystallize	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	amod	_	_
19	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crystallize** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **cover** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | in sugar | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in sugar=Theme |
| 4 | **make** | participle |  |  |  | hard sweet shiny crystals |  | as crystallized fruit | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent into crystal=Product |
| 5 | **crystallize** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Crystallize means to form crystals.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crystallized:m2:1
# text = Crystallize means to form crystals.
1	Crystallize	crystallize	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	csubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	form	form	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	crystals	crystal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crystallize** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **form** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | crystals |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location crystal=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She ate crystallized ginger.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crystallized:x1:1
# text = She ate crystallized ginger.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	crystallized	crystallize	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	ginger	ginger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **eat** | past | She | crystallized ginger |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ginger=Patient |
| 2 | **crystallize** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The dishes were crystallized lotus leaves and flowers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crystallized:x2:1
# text = The dishes were crystallized lotus leaves and flowers.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dishes	dish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	crystallized	crystallize	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
5	lotus	lotus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crystallize** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the dishes | crystallized lotus leaves and flowers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sugar crystallizes when the water dries away.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crystallized:x3:1
# text = Sugar crystallizes when the water dries away.
1	Sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	crystallizes	crystallize	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	dries	dry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crystallize** | present | Sugar |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **dry away** | present | the water |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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