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title: palate — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «palate» in the school dictionary: Your palate is the roof of your mouth. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# palate

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**Who acts:** palate, sense, foods, tongue, you, hard palate · **What happens:** be, food, like, touch, say, please · **To what, where:** roof, sense, foods, palate, t, front · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«palate» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: [palate in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/palate.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Your palate is the roof of your mouth.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:palate:m1:1
# text = Your palate is the roof of your mouth.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	palate	palate	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	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	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 a** | present | Your palate | the roof |  |  |  | of your mouth | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A person's palate is their sense of taste and what foods they like.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:palate:m2:1
# text = A person's palate is their sense of taste and what foods they like.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	palate	palate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	taste	taste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	nsubj	_	_
12	foods	food	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a person's palate | their sense and foods |  |  |  | of taste | tree rules |
| 2 | **food** |  | their sense and foods |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **like** | present | foods *= food* | foods *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Your tongue touches your palate when you say «t».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:palate:x1:1
# text = Your tongue touches your palate when you say «t».
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	touches	touch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	palate	palate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	t	t	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **touch** | present | Your tongue | your palate |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme palate=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | you | t |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent t=Topic |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The hard palate is at the front of your mouth.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:palate:x2:1
# text = The hard palate is at the front of your mouth.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	palate	palate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the hard palate |  |  | the front |  | of your mouth | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The food was too spicy for my palate.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:palate:x3:1
# text = The food was too spicy for my palate.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	spicy	spicy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	palate	palate	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** | past | the food |  |  |  |  | for my palate; spicy *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
This dish will please any palate.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:palate:x4:1
# text = This dish will please any palate.
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	dish	dish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	please	please	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	palate	palate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **please** | future | this dish | any palate |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus palate=Experiencer |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Babies are sometimes born with a cleft palate, which doctors can fix.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:palate:x5:1
# text = Babies are sometimes born with a cleft palate, which doctors can fix.
1	Babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	cleft	cleft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	palate	palate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
11	doctors	doctor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | present · passive |  | Babies |  |  |  | with a cleft palate; sometimes *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **fix** | can | a cleft palate |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Chefs train their palate to taste small differences.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:palate:x6:1
# text = Chefs train their palate to taste small differences.
1	Chefs	chef	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	train	train	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	palate	palate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	taste	taste	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	differences	difference	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **train** | present | Chefs | Chefs's palate |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent palate=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **taste** | to-infinitive | Chefs's palate *not said here* | small differences |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme difference=Attribute |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I burned my palate on hot pizza.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:palate:x7:1
# text = I burned my palate on hot pizza.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	burned	burn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	palate	palate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pizza	pizza	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | past | I | my palate |  | hot pizza |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent palate=Theme |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My palate prefers sweet things.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:palate:x8:1
# text = My palate prefers sweet things.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	palate	palate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	prefers	prefer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prefer** | present | My palate | sweet things |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus |

## Example 9 {#x9}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"I can't say it quite suits my palate.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:palate:x9:1
# text = "I can't say it quite suits my palate.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	suits	suit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	palate	palate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | can | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **suit** *in a quote* | present | it | my palate |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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