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title: nugget — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «nugget» in the school dictionary: A nugget is a small lump of gold or another precious metal found in the ground. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# nugget

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**Who acts:** nugget, miner, I, teacher, museum, octopuses · **What happens:** be, find, cover, fry, bake, have · **To what, where:** small lump, precious metal, ground, small piece, chicken, short strong stocky person · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«nugget» in the school dictionary: its 4 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: [nugget in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/nugget.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A nugget is a small lump of gold or another precious metal found in the ground.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nugget:m1:1
# text = A nugget is a small lump of gold or another precious metal found in the ground.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nugget	nugget	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	lump	lump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
11	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
13	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a nugget | a small lump or another precious metal |  |  |  | of gold | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | participle |  | another precious metal *not said here* |  | the ground |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

<!-- .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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A nugget (chicken nugget) is a small piece of food, usually chicken, covered in breadcrumbs and fried or baked.

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nugget:m2:1
# text = A nugget (chicken nugget) is a small piece of food, usually chicken, covered in breadcrumbs and fried or baked.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nugget	nugget	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	chicken	chicken	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	nugget	nugget	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	chicken	chicken	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	breadcrumbs	breadcrumb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	fried	fry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	conj	_	_
22	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	baked	bake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a nugget | a small piece and chicken |  |  |  | of food | tree rules |
| 2 | **cover** | participle |  | chicken *not said here* |  |  |  | in breadcrumbs | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in breadcrumb=Theme |
| 3 | **fry** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **bake** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A nugget of information, wisdom or advice is a small but useful or interesting piece of it.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nugget:m3:1
# text = A nugget of information, wisdom or advice is a small but useful or interesting piece of it.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nugget	nugget	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
11	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	useful	useful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	interesting	interesting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	_
16	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a nugget of information and wisdom or advice | a small piece |  |  |  | of piece | tree rules |

## Meaning 4 {#m4}

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A nugget can be a short, strong, stocky person or animal.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nugget:m4:1
# text = A nugget can be a short, strong, stocky person or animal.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nugget	nugget	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
6	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	stocky	stocky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | can | a nugget | a short strong stocky person or animal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The miner found a gold nugget in the river.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nugget:x1:1
# text = The miner found a gold nugget in the river.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	miner	miner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	nugget	nugget	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | the miner | a gold nugget |  | the river |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nugget=Topic |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Can I have chicken nuggets and chips?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nugget:x2:1
# text = Can I have chicken nuggets and chips?
1	Can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	chicken	chicken	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	nuggets	nugget	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | can | I | chicken nuggets and chips |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nugget=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our teacher shared a nugget of wisdom: «Read the question twice.»

<!-- fold The tree, 11 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nugget:x3:1
# text = Our teacher shared a nugget of wisdom: «Read the question twice.»
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shared	share	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	nugget	nugget	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Read	read	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | past | Our teacher | a nugget of wisdom |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **read** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | the question |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent question=Topic |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The museum has the biggest gold nugget ever found in Victoria.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nugget:x4:1
# text = The museum has the biggest gold nugget ever found in Victoria.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	nugget	nugget	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	_
9	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Victoria	Victoria	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the museum | the biggest gold nugget |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nugget=Patient |
| 2 | **find** | participle |  | the biggest gold nugget *not said here* |  | Victoria | ever |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Here's a nugget of information: octopuses have three hearts.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nugget:x5:1
# text = Here's a nugget of information: octopuses have three hearts.
1	Here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	nugget	nugget	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	octopuses	octopus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	hearts	heart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a nugget |  | here |  | of information | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | octopuses | three hearts |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The little puppy is a solid nugget.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nugget:x6:1
# text = The little puppy is a solid nugget.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	nugget	nugget	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the little puppy | a solid nugget |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We dipped our nuggets in tomato sauce.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nugget:x7:1
# text = We dipped our nuggets in tomato sauce.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dipped	dip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	nuggets	nugget	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	tomato	tomato	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	sauce	sauce	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 | **dip** | past | We | our nuggets |  | tomato sauce |  |  | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent nugget=Theme in sauce=Trajectory |

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