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title: marinade — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «marinade» in the school dictionary: A mixture of liquids like oil, vinegar, lemon juice, soy sauce, herbs and spices, in which food (meat, fish, tofu, vegetables) is soaked before cooking to add flavour or make it softer. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# marinade

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**Who acts:** We, you, tofu, barbecue marinade, marinade, yogurt marinade · **What happens:** soak, cook, add, make, call, marinate · **To what, where:** mixture, flavour, food, marinade, chicken, sauce marinade · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«marinade» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: [marinade in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/marinade.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A mixture of liquids like oil, vinegar, lemon juice, soy sauce, herbs and spices, in which food (meat, fish, tofu, vegetables) is soaked before cooking to add flavour or make it softer.

<!-- fold The tree, 32 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:marinade:m1:1
# text = A mixture of liquids like oil, vinegar, lemon juice, soy sauce, herbs and spices, in which food (meat, fish, tofu, vegetables) is soaked before cooking to add flavour or make it softer.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mixture	mixture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	liquids	liquid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	vinegar	vinegar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	lemon	lemon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	soy	soy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	sauce	sauce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	herbs	herb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	spices	spice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	22	det	_	_
22	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
23	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
28	tofu	tofu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
30	vegetables	vegetable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	24	punct	_	_
32	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	33	aux:pass	_	_
33	soaked	soak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
34	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	35	mark	_	_
35	cooking	cook	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	33	advcl	_	_
36	to	to	PART	TO	_	37	mark	_	_
37	add	add	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	35	xcomp	_	_
38	flavour	flavour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	_
39	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
40	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	conj	_	_
41	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	obj	_	_
42	softer	soft	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	40	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	33	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soak** | present · passive |  | a mixture of liquids like oil and vinegar and lemon juice and soy sauce and herbs and spices and which food and meat and fish and tofu and vegetables |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |
| 2 | **cook** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **add** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  | flavour |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flavour=Patient |
| 4 | **make** | infinitive |  | flavour |  |  |  | soft *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To soak food in such a mixture; also called «marinate».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:marinade:m2:1
# text = To soak food in such a mixture; also called «marinate».
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	soak	soak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
3	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	7	det:predet	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mixture	mixture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
9	also	also	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	marinate	marinate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soak** | to-infinitive |  | food |  |  |  | in such mixture | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent food=Destination in mixture=Theme |
| 2 | **call** *speech: assert* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **marinate** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We made a marinade of lemon, garlic and olive oil.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:marinade:x1:1
# text = We made a marinade of lemon, garlic and olive oil.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	marinade	marinade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	lemon	lemon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	garlic	garlic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	olive	olive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | We | a marinade of lemon and garlic and olive oil |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent marinade=Product |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Leave the chicken in the marinade for two hours.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:marinade:x2:1
# text = Leave the chicken in the marinade for two hours.
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	chicken	chicken	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	marinade	marinade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | the chicken |  | the marinade | hour |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent chicken=Theme in marinade=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The tofu soaked up the soy sauce marinade.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:marinade:x3:1
# text = The tofu soaked up the soy sauce marinade.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tofu	tofu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	soaked	soak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	acl	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	soy	soy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	sauce	sauce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	marinade	marinade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soak up** | participle | the tofu *not said here* | the sauce marinade |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dad's barbecue marinade has honey in it.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:marinade:x4:1
# text = Dad's barbecue marinade has honey in it.
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	barbecue	barbecue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	marinade	marinade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Dad's barbecue marinade | honey |  | honey |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honey=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Keep meat in the marinade in the fridge, not on the table.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:marinade:x5:1
# text = Keep meat in the marinade in the fridge, not on the table.
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	marinade	marinade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fridge	fridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | meat |  | the marinade |  | in the fridge; on the table | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent meat=Theme in marinade=Location |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Throw away marinade that had raw meat in it, unless you boil it first.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:marinade:x6:1
# text = Throw away marinade that had raw meat in it, unless you boil it first.
1	Throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	marinade	marinade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	raw	raw	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	boil	boil	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw away** | imperative | you *not said here* | marinade |  |  |  | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent marinade=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | past | marinade | raw meat |  | meat |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient |
| 3 | **boil** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | marinade |  |  |  | first *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fish was marinaded in lime juice.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:marinade:x7:1
# text = The fish was marinaded in lime juice.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	marinaded	marinade	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	lime	lime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marinade** | past · passive |  | the fish |  | lime juice |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A yogurt marinade makes chicken soft and tasty.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:marinade:x8:1
# text = A yogurt marinade makes chicken soft and tasty.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	yogurt	yogurt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	marinade	marinade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	chicken	chicken	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	tasty	tasty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | a yogurt marinade | chicken |  |  |  | soft *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset chicken=Product |

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