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title: salami — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «salami» in the school dictionary: Salami is a kind of large sausage made of dried, spiced meat (often pork), eaten in thin slices, cold. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# salami

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**Who acts:** Salami, I, Dad, We · **What happens:** be, make, dry, spice, eat, have · **To what, where:** kind, large sausage, thin slices, salami, pizza, Italy

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«salami» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: [salami in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/salami.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Salami is a kind of large sausage made of dried, spiced meat (often pork), eaten in thin slices, cold.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:salami:m1:1
# text = Salami is a kind of large sausage made of dried, spiced meat (often pork), eaten in thin slices, cold.
1	Salami	salami	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sausage	sausage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	dried	dry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	spiced	spice	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
14	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	often	often	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	pork	pork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	slices	slice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Salami | a kind |  |  |  | of large sausage; spiced meat *nmod* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | large sausage *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **dry** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **spice** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **eat** | participle |  | a kind *not said here* |  | thin slices |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I had salami on my pizza.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:salami:x1:1
# text = I had salami on my pizza.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	salami	salami	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	pizza	pizza	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | I | salami |  | my pizza |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salami=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Dad cut thin slices of salami.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:salami:x2:1
# text = Dad cut thin slices of salami.
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cut	cut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	slices	slice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	salami	salami	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | past | Dad | thin slices of salami |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slice=Product |
| 2 | **slice** |  |  | salami |  |  |  |  | nom slice «possession transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Salami comes from Italy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:salami:x3:1
# text = Salami comes from Italy.
1	Salami	salami	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Italy	Italy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Salami |  |  | Italy |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from italy=Initial\_Location |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Salami is often eaten cold.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:salami:x4:1
# text = Salami is often eaten cold.
1	Salami	salami	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	often	often	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present · passive |  | Salami |  |  |  | cold, often *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We bought salami at the market.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:salami:x5:1
# text = We bought salami at the market.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bought	buy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	salami	salami	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | past | We | salami |  | the market |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent salami=Theme at market=Asset |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some salami is very spicy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:salami:x6:1
# text = Some salami is very spicy.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	salami	salami	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	spicy	spicy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | some salami |  |  |  |  | spicy *property* | 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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