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title: imbued — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «imbued» in the school dictionary: To soak or fill something with a liquid, colour or quality, such as poison or magic. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# imbued

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**Who acts:** She, smoke · **What happens:** soak, fill, imbue, smell · **To what, where:** something, person, robe, walls, queen

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To soak or fill something with a liquid, colour or quality, such as poison or magic.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:imbued:m1:1
# text = To soak or fill something with a liquid, colour or quality, such as poison or magic.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	soak	soak	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	fill	fill	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	16	case	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	fixed	_	_
16	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soak** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **fill** | infinitive |  | something |  |  |  | with a liquid such poison or magic and colour or quality | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent something=Patient with liquid=Instrument |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To fill a person with a feeling or quality, as in «imbued with courage».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:imbued:m2:1
# text = To fill a person with a feeling or quality, as in «imbued with courage».
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	fill	fill	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	imbued	imbue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | to-infinitive |  | a person |  |  |  | with a feeling or quality | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent person=Patient with feeling=Instrument |
| 2 | **imbue** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with courage | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with courage=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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She imbued the robe with poison.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:imbued:x1:1
# text = She imbued the robe with poison.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	imbued	imbue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	robe	robe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **imbue** | past | She | the robe |  |  |  | with poison | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent robe=Destination with poison=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The walls were imbued with the smell of smoke.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:imbued:x2:1
# text = The walls were imbued with the smell of smoke.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	walls	wall	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	imbued	imbue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **imbue** | past · passive |  | the walls |  |  |  | with the smell of smoke | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with smell=Theme |
| 2 | **smell** |  | smoke |  |  |  |  |  | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The queen was imbued with kindness.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:imbued:x3:1
# text = The queen was imbued with kindness.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	imbued	imbue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **imbue** | past · passive |  | the queen |  |  |  | with kindness | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with kindness=Theme |

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