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title: edible — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «edible» in the school dictionary: Edible means safe and good to eat. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# edible

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**Who acts:** Edible, berries, red ones, flowers, burnt toast, We · **What happens:** mean, eat, not describe, make, be, not eat · **To what, where:** something, decoration edible, edible slime, cornflour, wild mushroom, edible chocolate decorations · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«edible» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [edible in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/edible.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Edible means safe and good to eat.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:edible:m1:1
# text = Edible means safe and good to eat.
1	Edible	edible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Edible |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive | Edible *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 -->
Edible can describe something made to be eaten that usually is not, like edible glitter.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:edible:m2:1
# text = Edible can describe something made to be eaten that usually is not, like edible glitter.
1	Edible	edible	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	describe	describe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	xcomp	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
10	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	edible	edible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	glitter	glitter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **describe** | can | Edible | something |  |  |  | like edible glitter | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent something=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **eat** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V» |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
These berries are edible, but those red ones are poisonous.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:edible:x1:1
# text = These berries are edible, but those red ones are poisonous.
1	These	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	edible	edible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
8	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | this berries |  |  |  |  | edible *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | that red ones |  |  |  |  | poisonous *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Is the cake decoration edible?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:edible:x2:1
# text = Is the cake decoration edible?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	decoration	decoration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	edible	edible	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 |  | the decoration edible |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some flowers, like nasturtiums, are edible.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:edible:x3:1
# text = Some flowers, like nasturtiums, are edible.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	nasturtiums	nasturtium	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	edible	edible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | some flowers and nasturtiums |  |  |  |  | edible *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The burnt toast was hardly edible.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:edible:x4:1
# text = The burnt toast was hardly edible.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	burnt	burnt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	toast	toast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	hardly	hardly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	edible	edible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the burnt toast |  |  |  |  | edible, hardly *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We made edible slime from cornflour.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:edible:x5:1
# text = We made edible slime from cornflour.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	edible	edible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	slime	slime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cornflour	cornflour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | We | edible slime |  | cornflour |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent slime=Product from cornflour=Material |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Never eat a wild mushroom unless an expert says it is edible.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:edible:x6:1
# text = Never eat a wild mushroom unless an expert says it is edible.
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	expert	expert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	edible	edible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **eat** | imperative | you *not said here* | a wild mushroom |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mushroom=Patient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | a expert |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | expert |  |  |  |  | edible *property* | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Christmas tree had edible chocolate decorations.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:edible:x7:1
# text = The Christmas tree had edible chocolate decorations.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	edible	edible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	decorations	decoration	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the Christmas tree | edible chocolate decorations |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decoration=Patient |

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