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title: overcook — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «overcook» in the school dictionary: To cook food for too long, so it becomes dry, hard, burnt or mushy. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# overcook

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**Who acts:** food, He, you, pasta, steak, Mum · **What happens:** cook, become, overdo, tell, overcook, not overcook · **To what, where:** food, something, story, ending, pasta, cake · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To cook food for too long, so it becomes dry, hard, burnt or mushy.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:overcook:m1:1
# text = To cook food for too long, so it becomes dry, hard, burnt or mushy.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	cook	cook	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
11	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	burnt	burnt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	mushy	mushy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cook** | to-infinitive |  | food |  |  |  | for long | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent food=Material for long=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **become** | present | food |  |  |  |  | dry *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To overdo something, like telling a story with too much drama: «He overcooked the ending.».

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:overcook:m2:1
# text = To overdo something, like telling a story with too much drama: «He overcooked the ending.».
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	overdo	overdo	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	too	too	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	drama	drama	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
14	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	overcooked	overcook	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	ending	ending	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overdo** | to-infinitive |  | something |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | a story |  |  |  | with much drama | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent story=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **overcook** *in a quote* | past | He | the ending |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent ending=Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Don't overcook the pasta or it will go soggy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:overcook:x1:1
# text = Don't overcook the pasta or it will go soggy.
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	overcook	overcook	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pasta	pasta	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	soggy	soggy	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **overcook** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | the pasta |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pasta=Patient |
| 2 | **go** | future | pasta |  |  |  |  | soggy *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The steak was overcooked and tough.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:overcook:x2:1
# text = The steak was overcooked and tough.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	steak	steak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	overcooked	overcooked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	tough	tough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the steak |  |  |  |  | overcooked *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the steak *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mum overcooked the cake and the edges were black.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:overcook:x3:1
# text = Mum overcooked the cake and the edges were black.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	overcooked	overcook	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	edges	edge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overcook** | past | Mum | the cake |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent cake=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | past | the edges |  |  |  |  | black *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Overcooked broccoli loses its bright green colour.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:overcook:x4:1
# text = Overcooked broccoli loses its bright green colour.
1	Overcooked	overcooked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	broccoli	broccoli	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	loses	lose	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
5	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present | Overcooked broccoli | broccoli's bright green colour |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Eventuality |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The writer overcooked the drama with too many explosions.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:overcook:x5:1
# text = The writer overcooked the drama with too many explosions.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	writer	writer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	overcooked	overcook	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	drama	drama	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	explosions	explosion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overcook** | past | the writer | the drama |  |  |  | with many explosions | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent drama=Patient with explosion=Instrument |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
If you overcook an egg, the yolk turns grey-green.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:overcook:x6:1
# text = If you overcook an egg, the yolk turns grey-green.
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	overcook	overcook	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	yolk	yolk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overcook** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | a egg |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent egg=Patient |
| 2 | **turn** | present | the yolk |  |  |  |  | green *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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