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title: hogshead — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «hogshead» in the school dictionary: A hogshead is a large barrel, used for wine, beer or sugar, and an old measure of liquid. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# hogshead

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**Who acts:** hogshead, They, cellar · **What happens:** be, use, measure, bring, hold · **To what, where:** large barrel, liquid, hogshead, ship, three hogsheads

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«hogshead» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: [hogshead in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hogshead.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

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A hogshead is a large barrel, used for wine, beer or sugar, and an old measure of liquid.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hogshead:m1:1
# text = A hogshead is a large barrel, used for wine, beer or sugar, and an old measure of liquid.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hogshead	hogshead	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	barrel	barrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	beer	beer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	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 hogshead | a large barrel and a old measure of liquid |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  | a large barrel and a old measure of liquid *not said here* |  |  |  | for wine and beer or sugar | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **measure** |  |  | liquid |  |  |  |  | nom measure «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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They brought a hogshead of cider to the ship.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hogshead:x1:1
# text = They brought a hogshead of cider to the ship.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hogshead	hogshead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cider	cider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | They | a hogshead of cider |  | the ship |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hogshead=Theme to ship=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The cellar held three hogsheads of wine.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hogshead:x2:1
# text = The cellar held three hogsheads of wine.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	hogsheads	hogshead	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | the cellar | three hogsheads of wine |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hogshead=Theme |

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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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