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title: elixir — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «elixir» in the school dictionary: A magic drink said to cure all illness or give long life. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# elixir

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**Who acts:** magic drink, He, wizard, grandma · **What happens:** say, cure, give, hope, find, pour · **To what, where:** illness, long life, Elixir, golden elixir, cup, cough elixir · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A magic drink said to cure all illness or give long life.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:elixir:m1:1
# text = A magic drink said to cure all illness or give long life.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	cure	cure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a magic drink |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **cure** | to-infinitive |  | all illness |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer illness=Source |
| 3 | **give** | present |  | long life |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme |

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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}

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A sweet liquid medicine.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:elixir:m2:1
# text = A sweet liquid medicine.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	liquid	liquid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He hoped to find the Elixir of Life.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:elixir:x1:1
# text = He hoped to find the Elixir of Life.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hoped	hope	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Elixir	Elixir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Life	Life	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hope** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **find** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the Elixir of Life |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent elixir=Topic |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The wizard poured a golden elixir into the cup.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:elixir:x2:1
# text = The wizard poured a golden elixir into the cup.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wizard	wizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	poured	pour	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	elixir	elixir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | past | the wizard | a golden elixir |  | the cup |  |  | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent elixir=Theme into cup=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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My grandma takes a cough elixir.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:elixir:x3:1
# text = My grandma takes a cough elixir.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	cough	cough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	elixir	elixir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | My grandma | a cough elixir |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent elixir=Theme |

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