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title: ladle — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ladle» in the school dictionary: A big deep spoon with a long handle, used to serve soup or sauce. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ladle

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**Who acts:** Dad, One ladle, She, dinner lady, ladle, pot · **What happens:** use, serve, move, give out, ladle out, be · **To what, where:** soup, liquid, lot, praise, ladle, 250 millilitres

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«ladle» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [ladle in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ladle.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A big deep spoon with a long handle, used to serve soup or sauce.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ladle:m1:1
# text = A big deep spoon with a long handle, used to serve soup or sauce.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	spoon	spoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	handle	handle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	serve	serve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
13	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	sauce	sauce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **serve** | to-infinitive |  | soup or sauce |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soup=Attribute |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To serve or move liquid with a ladle.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ladle:m2:1
# text = To serve or move liquid with a ladle.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	serve	serve	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ladle	ladle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **move** | infinitive |  | liquid |  |  |  | with a ladle | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent liquid=Theme |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: verb, informal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To give out a lot of something (ladle out praise).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ladle:m3:1
# text = To give out a lot of something (ladle out praise).
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	nmod	_	_
8	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	ladle	ladle	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give out** | to-infinitive |  | a lot of something |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent lot=Theme |
| 2 | **ladle out** | infinitive |  | praise |  |  |  |  | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent praise=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dad used a ladle to serve the soup.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ladle:x1:1
# text = Dad used a ladle to serve the soup.
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	used	use	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	ladle	ladle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	serve	serve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | Dad | a ladle |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ladle=Patient |
| 2 | **serve** | to-infinitive | Dad *not said here* | the soup |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soup=Attribute |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
One ladle of soup is about 250 millilitres.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ladle:x2:1
# text = One ladle of soup is about 250 millilitres.
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	ladle	ladle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	about	about	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	250	250	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	millilitres	millilitre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | One ladle of soup | 250 millilitres |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She ladled hot sauce over the pasta.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ladle:x3:1
# text = She ladled hot sauce over the pasta.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ladled	ladle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sauce	sauce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pasta	pasta	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ladle** | past | She | hot sauce |  | the pasta |  |  | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent sauce=Theme over pasta=Trajectory |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The dinner lady gave each child one ladle of stew.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ladle:x4:1
# text = The dinner lady gave each child one ladle of stew.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	ladle	ladle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	stew	stew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the dinner lady | one ladle of stew | each child |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent child=Recipient ladle=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Be careful: the ladle is hot!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ladle:x5:1
# text = Be careful: the ladle is hot!
1	Be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	cop	_	_
2	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ladle	ladle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | careful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the ladle |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The coach ladled out praise after the win (informal).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ladle:x6:1
# text = The coach ladled out praise after the win (informal).
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	ladled	ladle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	win	win	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	informal	informal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ladle out** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
If a pot holds 2 litres and each ladle is 200 ml, there are 10 ladles in the pot.

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ladle:x7:1
# text = If a pot holds 2 litres and each ladle is 200 ml, there are 10 ladles in the pot.
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	advcl	_	_
5	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	litres	litre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	ladle	ladle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	200	200	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	ml	ml	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
14	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	15	expl	_	_
15	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	ladles	ladle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | a pot | 2 litres and 200 ml |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent litre=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | each ladle | 200 ml |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **does** | present | 10 ladles in the pot |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
When the bear heard that he ran back for the kitchen ladle, to give the traitor the beating he deserved.

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ladle:x8:1
# text = When the bear heard that he ran back for the kitchen ladle, to give the traitor the beating he deserved.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	ladle	ladle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	traitor	traitor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	beating	beating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	deserved	deserve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | the bear |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **run back** | past | bear |  |  |  |  | for the kitchen ladle | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for ladle=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **give** | to-infinitive | bear *not said here* | the traitor |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent traitor=Recipient beating=Theme |
| 4 | **deserve** | past | bear | the beating *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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