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title: philtre — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «philtre» in the school dictionary: A philtre is a magic drink that is meant to make someone fall in love or act strangely. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# philtre

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**Who acts:** philtre, someone, witch, you, stranger, princesses · **What happens:** be, mean, make, fall, act, give · **To what, where:** magic drink, someone, love, philtre, prince, silver cup

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A philtre is a magic drink that is meant to make someone fall in love or act strangely.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:philtre:m1:1
# text = A philtre is a magic drink that is meant to make someone fall in love or act strangely.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	philtre	philtre	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	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	meant	mean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	obj	_	_
13	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	act	act	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	conj	_	_
18	strangely	strangely	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a philtre | a magic drink |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present · passive |  | a magic drink |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | someone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **fall** *not said to happen* | infinitive | someone *not said here* |  |  | love |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location |
| 5 | **act** | infinitive | someone *not said here* |  |  |  |  | strangely *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «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 witch gave the prince a philtre in a silver cup.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:philtre:x1:1
# text = The witch gave the prince a philtre in a silver cup.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	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	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	philtre	philtre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the witch | a philtre | the prince | a silver cup |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient philtre=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Do not drink anything a stranger offers you; it may be a philtre.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:philtre:x2:1
# text = Do not drink anything a stranger offers you; it may be a philtre.
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	drink	drink	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	offers	offer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
11	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	cop	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	philtre	philtre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **drink** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | anything |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient |
| 2 | **offer** | present | a stranger |  | you |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | may | stranger | a philtre |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The princesses made them drink a philtre that froze their hearts.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:philtre:x3:1
# text = The princesses made them drink a philtre that froze their hearts.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	princesses	princess	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	philtre	philtre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	froze	freeze	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	hearts	heart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the princesses | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **drink** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* | a philtre |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent philtre=Patient |
| 3 | **freeze** | past | a philtre | princesses's hearts |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient heart=Result |

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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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