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title: malt — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «malt» in the school dictionary: Malt is barley or other grain that has been soaked, dried and treated so that it can be used to make beer or whisky. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# malt

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**Who acts:** cat · **What happens:** be, soak, dry, treat, use, make · **To what, where:** Malt barley, other grain, grain, beer, malt house, malt

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«malt» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: [malt in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/malt.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Malt is barley or other grain that has been soaked, dried and treated so that it can be used to make beer or whisky.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:malt:m1:1
# text = Malt is barley or other grain that has been soaked, dried and treated so that it can be used to make beer or whisky.
1	Malt	malt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	barley	barley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	soaked	soak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	dried	dry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	treated	treat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	conj	_	_
15	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	20	mark	_	_
16	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	fixed	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	advcl	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	advcl	_	_
23	beer	beer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
24	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	whisky	whisky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Malt barley or other grain |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **soak** | present · perfect · passive |  | other grain |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |
| 3 | **dry** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **treat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **use** | can · passive |  | grain |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 6 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | beer or whisky |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset beer=Product |

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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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The cat and the mouse played in the malt-house.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:malt:x1:1
# text = The cat and the mouse played in the malt-house.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	malt	malt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | the cat and the mouse |  |  | the malt house |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Beer is brewed from malt and hops.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:malt:x2:1
# text = Beer is brewed from malt and hops.
1	Beer	beer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	brewed	brew	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	malt	malt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	hops	hop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brew** | present · passive |  | Beer |  | malt |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product from malt=Material |
| 2 | **hop** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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