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title: rum — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «rum» in the school dictionary: Strange or odd: «a rum little man». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# rum

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**Who acts:** pedlar, It, rum thing, Captain Hook · **What happens:** make, be, drink · **To what, where:** strong drink, sugar cane, old fellow, rum thing, rum, bottle

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«rum» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [rum in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rum.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: old use, British — kept apart, not parsed.

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Strange or odd: «a rum little man».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rum:m1:1
# text = Strange or odd: «a rum little man».
1	Strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	odd	odd	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	rum	rum	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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A strong drink made from sugar cane.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rum:m2:1
# text = A strong drink made from sugar cane.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	cane	cane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | a strong drink *not said here* |  | sugar cane |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from cane=Material |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The pedlar was a rum old fellow with a hat full of feathers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rum:x1:1
# text = The pedlar was a rum old fellow with a hat full of feathers.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pedlar	pedlar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	rum	rum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fellow	fellow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 pedlar | a old fellow |  |  |  | with a hat | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is a rum thing that the door was open.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rum:x2:1
# text = It is a rum thing that the door was open.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	rum	rum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a rum thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | a rum thing |  |  |  |  | open *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Captain Hook drank rum from a bottle.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rum:x3:1
# text = Captain Hook drank rum from a bottle.
1	Captain	Captain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Hook	Hook	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	drank	drink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	rum	rum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | past | Captain Hook | rum |  | a bottle |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rum=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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