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title: foundry — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «foundry» in the school dictionary: A foundry is a factory where metal is melted and poured into moulds to make things. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# foundry

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**Who acts:** foundry, workers, overseer, old iron · **What happens:** be, melt, pour, make, walk, go · **To what, where:** factory, metal, moulds, things, old pipes, foundry

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A foundry is a factory where metal is melted and poured into moulds to make things.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:foundry:m1:1
# text = A foundry is a factory where metal is melted and poured into moulds to make things.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	foundry	foundry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	factory	factory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
7	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	melted	melt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	poured	pour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
12	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	moulds	mould	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
16	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a foundry | a factory |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **melt** | present · passive |  | metal |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |
| 3 | **pour** | participle |  |  |  | moulds |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into mould=Location |
| 4 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | things |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thing=Product |

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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 workers melted the old pipes at the foundry.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:foundry:x1:1
# text = The workers melted the old pipes at the foundry.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	workers	worker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	melted	melt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pipes	pipe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	foundry	foundry	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 | **melt** | past | the workers | the old pipes |  | the foundry |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient pipe=Result |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The overseer walked through the hot foundry.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:foundry:x2:1
# text = The overseer walked through the hot foundry.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	overseer	overseer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	foundry	foundry	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 | **walk** | past | the overseer |  |  | the hot foundry |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through foundry=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The old iron went into the furnace at the foundry.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:foundry:x3:1
# text = The old iron went into the furnace at the foundry.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	furnace	furnace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	foundry	foundry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | the old iron |  |  | the furnace |  | at the foundry | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into furnace=Initial\_Location |

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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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