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title: omelette — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «omelette» in the school dictionary: An omelette is a dish of beaten eggs cooked flat in a frying pan, often folded over a filling such as cheese, ham or vegetables. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# omelette

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**Who acts:** omelette, I, you, Dad · **What happens:** be, beat, cook, fold, have, make · **To what, where:** dish, beaten eggs, frying pan, filling, cheese omelette, three eggs

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«omelette» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: [omelette in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/omelette.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An omelette is a dish of beaten eggs cooked flat in a frying pan, often folded over a filling such as cheese, ham or vegetables.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:omelette:m1:1
# text = An omelette is a dish of beaten eggs cooked flat in a frying pan, often folded over a filling such as cheese, ham or vegetables.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	omelette	omelette	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dish	dish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	beaten	beat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	cooked	cook	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	frying	frying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	pan	pan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	often	often	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	folded	fold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
18	over	over	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	filling	filling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	23	case	_	_
22	as	as	ADP	IN	_	21	fixed	_	_
23	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	ham	ham	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	_
26	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	vegetables	vegetable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a omelette | a dish |  |  |  | of beaten eggs | tree rules |
| 2 | **beat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **cook** | participle |  | beaten eggs *not said here* |  |  |  | in a frying pan; flat *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Patient in pan=Instrument |
| 4 | **fold** | participle |  | a frying pan *not said here* |  | a filling such cheese and ham or vegetables |  | often *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I had a cheese omelette for lunch.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:omelette:x1:1
# text = I had a cheese omelette for lunch.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	omelette	omelette	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | I | a cheese omelette |  |  |  | for lunch | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent omelette=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Beat three eggs to make an omelette.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:omelette:x2:1
# text = Beat three eggs to make an omelette.
1	Beat	beat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	omelette	omelette	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beat** | imperative | you *not said here* | three eggs |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location egg=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a omelette |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset omelette=Product |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fold the omelette in half.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:omelette:x3:1
# text = Fold the omelette in half.
1	Fold	fold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	omelette	omelette	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fold** | imperative | you *not said here* | the omelette |  | half |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent omelette=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dad makes a great mushroom omelette.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:omelette:x4:1
# text = Dad makes a great mushroom omelette.
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	omelette	omelette	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Dad | a great mushroom omelette |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent omelette=Product |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cook the omelette until it is set.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:omelette:x5:1
# text = Cook the omelette until it is set.
1	Cook	cook	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	omelette	omelette	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cook** | imperative | you *not said here* | the omelette |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent omelette=Patient |
| 2 | **set** | present · passive |  | omelette |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:omelette:x6:1
# text = You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	omelette	omelette	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	breaking	break	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
9	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **make** | can | You | a omelette |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent omelette=Product |
| 2 | **break** | gerund | You *not said here* | eggs |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer egg=Patient |

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