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title: kettleful — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «kettleful» in the school dictionary: A kettleful is as much as one kettle can hold. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# kettleful

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**Who acts:** kettleful, one kettle, Mum, We · **What happens:** be, hold, empty, make, fill · **To what, where:** kettleful, bucket

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A kettleful is as much as one kettle can hold.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kettleful:m1:1
# text = A kettleful is as much as one kettle can hold.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kettleful	kettleful	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	as	as	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a kettleful |  |  |  |  | much *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** | can | one kettle |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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A kettleful of pitch was emptied over her.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kettleful:x1:1
# text = A kettleful of pitch was emptied over her.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kettleful	kettleful	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	pitch	pitch	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	emptied	empty	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **empty** | past · passive |  | a kettleful of pitch |  |  |  | over her *= she* | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Mum made a kettleful of tea for everyone.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kettleful:x2:1
# text = Mum made a kettleful of tea for everyone.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kettleful	kettleful	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | Mum | a kettleful of tea |  |  |  | for everyone | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent kettleful=Product for everyone=Beneficiary |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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We filled the bucket with three kettlefuls of water.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kettleful:x3:1
# text = We filled the bucket with three kettlefuls of water.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	filled	fill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bucket	bucket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	kettlefuls	kettleful	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | past | We | the bucket |  |  |  | with three kettlefuls of water | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent bucket=Patient with kettleful=Instrument |

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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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