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title: pottle — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «pottle» in the school dictionary: A small measure of liquid or fruit; also a small basket for berries. In the tale «a pottle o' brains» means a good store of wit or sense. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# pottle

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**Who acts:** o brains, Thou, I, pottle · **What happens:** measure, mean, get, buy, fill · **To what, where:** liquid, good store, pottle, basket

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A small measure of liquid or fruit; also a small basket for berries. In the tale «a pottle o' brains» means a good store of wit or sense.

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*Sentence 1:* A small measure of liquid or fruit; also a small basket for berries.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pottle:m1:1
# text = A small measure of liquid or fruit; also a small basket for berries.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
9	also	also	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **measure** |  |  | liquid or fruit |  |  |  |  | nom measure «act transitive»: of=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.

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*Sentence 2:* In the tale «a pottle o' brains» means a good store of wit or sense.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pottle:m1:2
# text = In the tale «a pottle o' brains» means a good store of wit or sense.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	pottle	pottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	o	o	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	brains	brain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	store	store	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	wit	wit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | o brains | a good store of wit or sense |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent store=Topic |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Thou hast got thy pottle o' brains already.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pottle:x1:1
# text = Thou hast got thy pottle o' brains already.
1	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	3	nsubj	_	_
2	hast	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	pottle	pottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	o	of	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	8	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	's	PART	POS	_	8	punct	_	_
8	brains	brain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
9	already	already	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · perfect | Thou | thy pottle |  |  |  | of brains | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pottle=Stimulus |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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I canna buy my pottle o' brains.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pottle:x2:1
# text = I canna buy my pottle o' brains.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	canna	canna	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	pottle	pottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	o	of	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	8	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	brains	brain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | infinitive | I | my pottle |  |  |  | of brains | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pottle=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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A pottle of strawberries fills the basket.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pottle:x3:1
# text = A pottle of strawberries fills the basket.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pottle	pottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	strawberries	strawberry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	fills	fill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | present | a pottle of strawberries | the basket |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent basket=Patient |

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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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