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title: foodstuff — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «foodstuff» in the school dictionary: Any substance used as food: bread, rice, meat, milk and so on. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# foodstuff

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**Who acts:** Rice, shop, Wheat, Prices, you, ship · **What happens:** use, be, sell, go up, keep away, clean · **To what, where:** substance, basic foodstuff, many countries, foodstuffs, world, important foodstuff

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Any substance used as food: bread, rice, meat, milk and so on.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:foodstuff:m1:1
# text = Any substance used as food: bread, rice, meat, milk and so on.
1	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
7	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	on	on	ADV	RB	_	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  | any substance *not said here* |  |  |  | as food | vn eat-39.1 «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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Rice is a basic foodstuff in many countries.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:foodstuff:x1:1
# text = Rice is a basic foodstuff in many countries.
1	Rice	rice	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	basic	basic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	foodstuff	foodstuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Rice | a basic foodstuff |  | many countries |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The shop sells foodstuffs from around the world.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:foodstuff:x2:1
# text = The shop sells foodstuffs from around the world.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sells	sell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	foodstuffs	foodstuff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	around	around	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	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 | **sell** | present | the shop | foodstuffs |  | the world |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foodstuff=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Wheat is an important foodstuff.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:foodstuff:x3:1
# text = Wheat is an important foodstuff.
1	Wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	foodstuff	foodstuff	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 | Wheat | a important foodstuff |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Prices of foodstuffs went up.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:foodstuff:x4:1
# text = Prices of foodstuffs went up.
1	Prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	foodstuffs	foodstuff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go up** | past | Prices of foodstuffs |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Keep foodstuffs away from cleaning products.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:foodstuff:x5:1
# text = Keep foodstuffs away from cleaning products.
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	foodstuffs	foodstuff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	cleaning	clean	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
6	products	product	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep away** | imperative | you *not said here* | foodstuffs |  |  |  | away *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foodstuff=Theme |
| 2 | **clean** | gerund | you *not said here* | products |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent product=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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The ship carried foodstuffs to the island.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:foodstuff:x6:1
# text = The ship carried foodstuffs to the island.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	foodstuffs	foodstuff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | the ship | foodstuffs |  | the island |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent foodstuff=Theme to island=Destination |

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