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title: imbibe — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «imbibe» in the school dictionary: To drink, especially a liquid. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# imbibe

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**Who acts:** old man, We, Crimthann · **What happens:** drink, take in, absorb, imbibe · **To what, where:** liquid, ideas, cool water, knowledge, good books, justice

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«imbibe» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [imbibe in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/imbibe.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: formal or old use — kept apart, not parsed.

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To drink, especially a liquid.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:imbibe:m1:1
# text = To drink, especially a liquid.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	drink	drink	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | to-infinitive |  | a liquid |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent liquid=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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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To take in and absorb ideas, feelings or knowledge.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:imbibe:m2:1
# text = To take in and absorb ideas, feelings or knowledge.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	absorb	absorb	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	ideas	idea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take in** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **absorb** | infinitive |  | ideas and feelings or knowledge |  |  |  |  | vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal idea=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The old man imbibed the cool water.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:imbibe:x1:1
# text = The old man imbibed the cool water.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	imbibed	imbibe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **imbibe** | past | the old man | the cool water |  |  |  |  | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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We imbibe knowledge from good books.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:imbibe:x2:1
# text = We imbibe knowledge from good books.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	imbibe	imbibe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **imbibe** | present | We | knowledge |  | good books |  |  | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knowledge=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Crimthann imbibed all the justice of that remark.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:imbibe:x3:1
# text = Crimthann imbibed all the justice of that remark.
1	Crimthann	Crimthann	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	imbibed	imbibe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	justice	justice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	remark	remark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **imbibe** | past | Crimthann | all justice of that remark |  |  |  |  | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent justice=Patient |

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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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