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title: cyanide — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «cyanide» in the school dictionary: A very strong poison that can kill quickly. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# cyanide

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**Who acts:** strong poison, Cyanide, Apple seeds, Factories, detective, bitter almonds · **What happens:** kill, poison, be, contain, store, use · **To what, where:** victim, detective story, deadly poison, tiny bit, cyanide, gold mining

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A very strong poison that can kill quickly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cyanide:m1:1
# text = A very strong poison that can kill quickly.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	very	very	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | can | a strong poison |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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}

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In the detective story, the victim was poisoned with cyanide.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cyanide:x1:1
# text = In the detective story, the victim was poisoned with cyanide.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	detective	detective	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	victim	victim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	poisoned	poison	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	cyanide	cyanide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **poison** | past · passive |  | the victim |  | the detective story |  | with cyanide | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with cyanide=Instrument |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Cyanide is a deadly poison.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cyanide:x2:1
# text = Cyanide is a deadly poison.
1	Cyanide	cyanide	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	deadly	deadly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	poison	poison	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 | Cyanide | a deadly poison |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Apple seeds contain a tiny bit of cyanide.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cyanide:x3:1
# text = Apple seeds contain a tiny bit of cyanide.
1	Apple	Apple	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	contain	contain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	cyanide	cyanide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | present | Apple seeds | a tiny bit of cyanide |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot bit=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Factories must store cyanide safely.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cyanide:x4:1
# text = Factories must store cyanide safely.
1	Factories	factory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	store	store	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	cyanide	cyanide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **store** | must | Factories | cyanide |  |  |  | safely *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cyanide=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Cyanide is used in gold mining.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cyanide:x5:1
# text = Cyanide is used in gold mining.
1	Cyanide	cyanide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	mining	mining	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · passive |  | Cyanide |  | gold mining |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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The detective noticed a smell of bitter almonds.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cyanide:x6:1
# text = The detective noticed a smell of bitter almonds.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	detective	detective	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	noticed	notice	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	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	bitter	bitter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	almonds	almond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **notice** | past | the detective | a smell of bitter almonds |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer smell=Stimulus |
| 2 | **smell** |  | bitter almonds |  |  |  |  |  | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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