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title: flagon — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «flagon» in the school dictionary: A flagon is a large jug or bottle for holding wine, ale or other drink. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# flagon

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**Who acts:** flagon, large jug, king, you, servant · **What happens:** be, hold, pour, stand, fetch, carry · **To what, where:** large jug, wine, silver flagon, table, flagon, me

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«flagon» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: [flagon in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/flagon.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A flagon is a large jug or bottle for holding wine, ale or other drink.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:flagon:m1:1
# text = A flagon is a large jug or bottle for holding wine, ale or other drink.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flagon	flagon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	jug	jug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
11	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	ale	ale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a flagon | a large jug or bottle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** | gerund | a large jug or bottle *not said here* | wine and ale or other drink |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The king poured wine from a silver flagon.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:flagon:x1:1
# text = The king poured wine from a silver flagon.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	poured	pour	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	flagon	flagon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | past | the king | wine |  | a silver flagon |  |  | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent wine=Theme from flagon=Initial\_Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A flagon of milk stood on the table.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:flagon:x2:1
# text = A flagon of milk stood on the table.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flagon	flagon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | a flagon of milk |  |  | the table |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on table=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fetch me a flagon of wine.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:flagon:x3:1
# text = Fetch me a flagon of wine.
1	Fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	flagon	flagon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fetch** | imperative | you *not said here* | a flagon of wine | me |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary flagon=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The servant carried two flagons to the hall.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:flagon:x4:1
# text = The servant carried two flagons to the hall.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	flagons	flagon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | the servant | two flagons |  | the hall |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent flagon=Theme to hall=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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