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title: glace — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «glace» in the school dictionary: Glacé (often written glace) describes fruit, such as cherries, that has been cooked in sugar syrup so it is shiny and sweet. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# glace

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**Who acts:** Glacé, syrup, Glacé icing, Glacé leather, Glace, Grandma · **What happens:** write, describe, cook, be, make, say · **To what, where:** fruit, that, simple runny icing, icing sugar, shiny smooth leather, French word · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«glace» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings 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: [glace in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/glace.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Glacé (often written glace) describes fruit, such as cherries, that has been cooked in sugar syrup so it is shiny and sweet.

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:glace:m1:1
# text = Glacé (often written glace) describes fruit, such as cherries, that has been cooked in sugar syrup so it is shiny and sweet.
1	Glacé	Glacé	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	often	often	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	glace	glace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
7	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	12	case	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	cherries	cherry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	cooked	cook	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	syrup	syrup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	so	so	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
22	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
23	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
24	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	advcl	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | often *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **describe** | present | Glacé | fruit and cherries |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent fruit=Theme |
| 3 | **cook** | present · perfect · passive |  | that |  |  |  | in sugar syrup | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient in syrup=Instrument |
| 4 | **is** | present | syrup |  |  |  |  | shiny *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **be** |  | syrup *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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 -->
Glacé icing is a simple runny icing made from icing sugar and water.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:glace:m2:1
# text = Glacé icing is a simple runny icing made from icing sugar and water.
1	Glacé	Glacé	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	icing	icing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	simple	simple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	runny	runny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	icing	icing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	icing	icing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Glacé icing | a simple runny icing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | a simple runny icing *not said here* |  | icing sugar and water |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from sugar=Material |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Glacé leather is very shiny smooth leather.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:glace:m3:1
# text = Glacé leather is very shiny smooth leather.
1	Glacé	Glacé	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	smooth	smooth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Glacé leather | shiny smooth leather |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Meaning 4 {#m4}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: French — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Glace» is the French word for ice or ice cream, said «glass».

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:glace:m4:1
# text = «Glace» is the French word for ice or ice cream, said «glass».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Glace	glace	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Glace | the French word |  |  |  | for ice or ice cream | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  | glass |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent glass=Topic |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grandma put glacé cherries on top of the cake.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:glace:x1:1
# text = Grandma put glacé cherries on top of the cake.
1	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	glacé	glacé	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cherries	cherry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | past | Grandma | glacé cherries |  | top of the cake |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent cherry=Theme on top=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We made glacé icing with icing sugar and a little water.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:glace:x2:1
# text = We made glacé icing with icing sugar and a little water.
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	glacé	glacé	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	icing	icing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	icing	icing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | We | glacé icing |  |  |  | with icing sugar and a little water | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent icing=Product |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fruit cake was full of glacé cherries and raisins.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:glace:x3:1
# text = The fruit cake was full of glacé cherries and raisins.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	glacé	glacé	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	cherries	cherry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	raisins	raisin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the fruit cake |  |  |  |  | of glacé cherries and raisins; full *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The glacé ginger tasted sweet and spicy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:glace:x4:1
# text = The glacé ginger tasted sweet and spicy.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	glacé	glacé	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ginger	ginger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tasted	taste	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	spicy	spicy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **taste** | past | the glacé ginger |  |  |  |  | sweet *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
(French) «Je voudrais une glace» means «I would like an ice cream».

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:glace:x5:1
# text = (French) «Je voudrais une glace» means «I would like an ice cream».
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Je	Je	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	8	nsubj	_	_
6	voudrais	voudrais	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	8	compound	_	_
7	une	une	X	FW	_	8	compound	_	_
8	glace	glace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	ccomp	_	_
15	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glace** *in a quote* |  | Je |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | voudrais une glace | French |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **like** *in a quote* | would | I | a ice cream |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cream=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her shoes were made of shiny glacé leather.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:glace:x6:1
# text = Her shoes were made of shiny glacé leather.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	glacé	glacé	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | Her shoes |  |  |  | of shiny glacé leather | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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