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title: keg — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «keg» in the school dictionary: A keg is a small barrel, used to store drink such as ale or brandy. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# keg

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**Who acts:** keg, Hans, men · **What happens:** be, use, store, pack, keep, roll · **To what, where:** small barrel, drink, two kegs, keg, cellar, hill

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A keg is a small barrel, used to store drink such as ale or brandy.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:keg:m1:1
# text = A keg is a small barrel, used to store drink such as ale or brandy.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	keg	keg	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	small	small	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	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	store	store	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
11	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	14	case	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
14	ale	ale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	brandy	brandy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 keg | a small barrel |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  | a small barrel *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **store** | to-infinitive |  | drink |  |  |  | such ale or brandy | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drink=Theme |

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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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Hans packed two kegs of brandy for the journey.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:keg:x1:1
# text = Hans packed two kegs of brandy for the journey.
1	Hans	han	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	packed	pack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	kegs	keg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	brandy	brandy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	journey	journey	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 | **pack** | past | Hans | two kegs of brandy |  |  |  | for the journey | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme keg=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The keg of ale was kept in the cellar.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:keg:x2:1
# text = The keg of ale was kept in the cellar.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	keg	keg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	ale	ale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past · passive |  | the keg of ale |  | the cellar |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in cellar=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The men rolled the keg up the hill.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:keg:x3:1
# text = The men rolled the keg up the hill.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rolled	roll	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	keg	keg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll** | past | the men | the keg |  | the hill |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent keg=Theme up hill=Trajectory |

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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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