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title: pie — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «pie» in the school dictionary: A pie is food made of pastry filled with fruit, meat or vegetables and baked in an oven. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# pie

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**Who acts:** pie, pie chart, slices, Pi, different word, Grandma · **What happens:** be, make, fill, bake, cut, show · **To what, where:** food, pastry, round graph, parts, different word, same · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«pie» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [pie in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pie.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A pie is food made of pastry filled with fruit, meat or vegetables and baked in an oven.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pie:m1:1
# text = A pie is food made of pastry filled with fruit, meat or vegetables and baked in an oven.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pie	pie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	pastry	pastry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	vegetables	vegetable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	baked	bake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	oven	oven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a pie | food |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | food *not said here* |  |  |  | of pastry | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **fill** | participle |  | pastry *not said here* |  |  |  | with fruit and meat or vegetables | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with fruit=Instrument |
| 4 | **bake** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | in a oven | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Patient in oven=Instrument |

<!-- .note -->
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 pie chart is a round graph cut into slices that show parts of a whole.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pie:m2:1
# text = A pie chart is a round graph cut into slices that show parts of a whole.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	pie	pie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	chart	chart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	graph	graph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	slices	slice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a pie chart | a round graph |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cut** | participle |  | a round graph *not said here* |  |  |  | into slices | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent into slice=Patient |
| 3 | **show** | present | slices | parts of a whole |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent part=Recipient |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Pi» (π) is a different word that sounds the same: the number about 3.14 used for circles.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pie:m3:1
# text = «Pi» (π) is a different word that sounds the same: the number about 3.14 used for circles.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Pi	pi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	π	π	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
18	about	about	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	3.14	3.14	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	17	nmod	_	_
20	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl	_	_
21	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	circles	circle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Pi | a different word and the number about 3.14 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sound** | present | a different word and the number about 3.14 | the same |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location same=Theme |
| 3 | **use** | participle |  | the number about 3.14 *not said here* |  |  |  | for circles | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grandma baked an apple pie.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pie:x1:1
# text = Grandma baked an apple pie.
1	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	baked	bake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	pie	pie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bake** | past | Grandma | a apple pie |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pie=Product |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Can I have a slice of pumpkin pie?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pie:x2:1
# text = Can I have a slice of pumpkin pie?
1	Can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	slice	slice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	pumpkin	pumpkin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	pie	pie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | can | I | a slice of pumpkin pie |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slice=Patient |
| 2 | **slice** |  |  | pumpkin pie |  |  |  |  | nom slice «possession transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In Australia people often eat a meat pie at the football.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pie:x3:1
# text = In Australia people often eat a meat pie at the football.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	often	often	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	pie	pie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | people | a meat pie |  | Australia |  | at the football; often *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pie=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The pie chart shows that half the class likes dogs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pie:x4:1
# text = The pie chart shows that half the class likes dogs.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	pie	pie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	chart	chart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	8	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
10	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | the pie chart |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **like** | present | half class | dogs |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot dog=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cut the pie into eight equal pieces.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pie:x5:1
# text = Cut the pie into eight equal pieces.
1	Cut	cut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pie	pie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | imperative | you *not said here* | the pie |  | eight equal pieces |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent pie=Material into piece=Product |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That test was as easy as pie!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pie:x6:1
# text = That test was as easy as pie!
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	as	as	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	pie	pie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | that test |  |  |  |  | as pie; easy *property* | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Let the pie cool before you eat it, or you'll burn your mouth.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pie:x7:1
# text = Let the pie cool before you eat it, or you'll burn your mouth.
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pie	pie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
14	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | the pie |  |  |  | cool *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pie=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** | present | you | pie |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 3 | **burn** | future | you | your mouth |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent mouth=Theme |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
‘That is an admirable pie, little kitchen-maid.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pie:x8:1
# text = ‘That is an admirable pie, little kitchen-maid.
1	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	admirable	admirable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pie	pie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
9	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | That | a admirable pie and little kitchen maid |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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