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title: earthenware — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «earthenware» in the school dictionary: Earthenware is pots, dishes and jars made of baked clay, usually thick and not very shiny. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# earthenware

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**Who acts:** shelf, Earthenware, you · **What happens:** be, make, bake, break, drop · **To what, where:** Earthenware pots, jars, pot, Earthenware, stone floor

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Earthenware is pots, dishes and jars made of baked clay, usually thick and not very shiny.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:earthenware:m1:1
# text = Earthenware is pots, dishes and jars made of baked clay, usually thick and not very shiny.
1	Earthenware	earthenware	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	pots	pot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	dishes	dish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	jars	jar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	baked	bake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
17	very	very	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Earthenware pots and dishes and jars |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | jars *not said here* |  |  |  | of baked clay | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **bake** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The shelf was full of earthenware bowls.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:earthenware:x1:1
# text = The shelf was full of earthenware bowls.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shelf	shelf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	earthenware	earthenware	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	bowls	bowl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **is** | past | the shelf |  |  |  |  | of earthenware bowls; full *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The pot was made of earthenware.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:earthenware:x2:1
# text = The pot was made of earthenware.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	earthenware	earthenware	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | the pot |  |  |  | of earthenware | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Earthenware breaks if you drop it on a stone floor.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:earthenware:x3:1
# text = Earthenware breaks if you drop it on a stone floor.
1	Earthenware	earthenware	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	breaks	break	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	drop	drop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | present | Earthenware |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **drop** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | Earthenware |  | a stone floor |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on floor=Destination |

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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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