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title: pewter — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «pewter» in the school dictionary: A soft grey metal, a mix of tin with lead or other metals, used for plates, cups and toy soldiers. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# pewter

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**Who acts:** pewter soldier, old plate · **What happens:** use, stand, make, be · **To what, where:** soft grey metal, shelf, cup, dull grey pewter

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«pewter» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: [pewter in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pewter.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A soft grey metal, a mix of tin with lead or other metals, used for plates, cups and toy soldiers.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pewter:m1:1
# text = A soft grey metal, a mix of tin with lead or other metals, used for plates, cups and toy soldiers.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mix	mix	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	tin	tin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	lead	lead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	metals	metal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	plates	plate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	cups	cup	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  | a soft grey metal *not said here* |  |  |  | for plates and cups and toy soldiers | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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}

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The pewter soldier stood on the shelf.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pewter:x1:1
# text = The pewter soldier stood on the shelf.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	pewter	pewter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shelf	shelf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | the pewter soldier |  |  | the shelf |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on shelf=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The cup was made of pewter.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pewter:x2:1
# text = The cup was made of pewter.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	pewter	pewter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | the cup |  |  |  | of pewter | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The old plate was dull grey pewter.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pewter:x3:1
# text = The old plate was dull grey pewter.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	plate	plate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	dull	dull	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pewter	pewter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the old plate | dull grey pewter |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**Text:** the school dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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