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title: saloon — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «saloon» in the school dictionary: A large, grand room in an old house or palace, used for receiving guests or holding gatherings. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# saloon

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**Who acts:** gods, king, big saloon · **What happens:** use, receive, hold, sell, pass, give · **To what, where:** large grand room, guests, gatherings, drinks, old Western films, large saloons

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A large, grand room in an old house or palace, used for receiving guests or holding gatherings.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:saloon:m1:1
# text = A large, grand room in an old house or palace, used for receiving guests or holding gatherings.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
14	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	receiving	receive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
16	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	conj	_	_
19	gatherings	gathering	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  | a large grand room in a old house or palace *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **receive** | gerund |  | guests |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guest=Theme |
| 3 | **hold** | gerund |  | gatherings |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gathering=Theme |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: American — kept apart, not parsed.

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A bar where drinks were sold in old Western films.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:saloon:m2:1
# text = A bar where drinks were sold in old Western films.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bar	bar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
4	drinks	drink	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	Western	western	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past · passive |  | drinks |  | old Western films |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Did the gods pass through the large saloons?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:saloon:x1:1
# text = Did the gods pass through the large saloons?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	pass	pass	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	saloons	saloon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | past · do-support | the gods |  |  | the large saloons |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through saloon=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The king gave a feast in the saloon.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:saloon:x2:1
# text = The king gave a feast in the saloon.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	saloon	saloon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **give** | past | the king | a feast |  | the saloon |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The big saloon was empty and quiet.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:saloon:x3:1
# text = The big saloon was empty and quiet.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	saloon	saloon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the big saloon |  |  |  |  | empty *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the big saloon *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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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