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title: ml — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ml» in the school dictionary: Short for millilitre, a small unit for measuring liquid; 1000 ml make 1 litre. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ml

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**Who acts:** small unit, Short 1000 ml, school, bottle, you, 1 litre · **What happens:** measure, make, mean, hold, take, add · **To what, where:** 1 litre, millilitres, school, 500 ml, 5 ml, 200 ml

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«ml» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [ml in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ml.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Short for millilitre, a small unit for measuring liquid; 1000 ml make 1 litre.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ml:m1:1
# text = Short for millilitre, a small unit for measuring liquid; 1000 ml make 1 litre.
1	Short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	millilitre	millilitre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	unit	unit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	measuring	measure	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
10	liquid	liquid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
12	1000	1000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	ml	ml	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	litre	litre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **measure** | gerund | a small unit *not said here* |  |  |  |  | liquid *property* | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | present | Short 1000 ml | 1 litre |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset litre=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}

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Usage: less common — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Short for other words, such as "mile" in old texts; at school it almost always means millilitres.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ml:m2:1
# text = Short for other words, such as "mile" in old texts; at school it almost always means millilitres.
1	Short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	advmod	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	9	case	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	mile	mile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	texts	text	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
18	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	20	advmod	_	_
20	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
21	millilitres	millilitre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | school | millilitres |  | school |  | always *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent millilitre=Topic |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bottle holds 500 ml of water.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ml:x1:1
# text = The bottle holds 500 ml of water.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	500	500	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	ml	ml	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present | the bottle | 500 ml of water |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ml=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Take 5 ml of medicine twice a day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ml:x2:1
# text = Take 5 ml of medicine twice a day.
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	ml	ml	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | 5 ml of medicine |  |  | day | twice *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ml=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Add 200 ml of milk to the flour.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ml:x3:1
# text = Add 200 ml of milk to the flour.
1	Add	add	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	200	200	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	ml	ml	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	flour	flour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | 200 ml of milk |  |  |  | to the flour | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent ml=Patient to flour=Co-Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
1 litre is the same as 1000 ml.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ml:x4:1
# text = 1 litre is the same as 1000 ml.
1	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	litre	litre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	1000	1000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	ml	ml	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | 1 litre |  |  |  |  | as 1000 ml; same *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A can of lemonade holds 330 ml.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ml:x5:1
# text = A can of lemonade holds 330 ml.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	lemonade	lemonade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	330	330	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	ml	ml	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present | a lemonade | 330 ml |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ml=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pour 250 ml into each glass.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ml:x6:1
# text = Pour 250 ml into each glass.
1	Pour	pour	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	250	250	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	ml	ml	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | imperative | you *not said here* | 250 ml |  | each glass |  |  | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent ml=Theme into glass=Destination |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
How many 100 ml cups can you fill from 1 litre?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ml:x7:1
# text = How many 100 ml cups can you fill from 1 litre?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	ml	ml	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	cups	cup	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	fill	fill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	litre	litre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | can | many ml cups |  |  | 1 litre |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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