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title: salsa — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «salsa» in the school dictionary: Salsa is a sauce, often spicy, made from chopped tomatoes, onions, chillies and herbs, eaten with tortilla chips and Mexican food. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# salsa

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**Who acts:** Salsa, We, mango salsa, Mum, Salsa music, you · **What happens:** be, make, chop, eat, mean, dip · **To what, where:** sauce, chopped tomatoes, lively dance, tortilla chips, tomato salsa, classes

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«salsa» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [salsa in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/salsa.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Salsa is a sauce, often spicy, made from chopped tomatoes, onions, chillies and herbs, eaten with tortilla chips and Mexican food.

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:salsa:m1:1
# text = Salsa is a sauce, often spicy, made from chopped tomatoes, onions, chillies and herbs, eaten with tortilla chips and Mexican food.
1	Salsa	salsa	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	sauce	sauce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	often	often	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	spicy	spicy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	chopped	chop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	tomatoes	tomato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	onions	onion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	chillies	chilli	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	herbs	herb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl:relcl	_	_
21	with	with	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	tortilla	tortilla	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
25	Mexican	Mexican	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Salsa | a sauce |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle | Salsa *not said here* |  |  | chopped tomatoes and onions and chillies and herbs |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from tomato=Material |
| 3 | **chop** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **eat** | participle |  | chopped tomatoes and onions and chillies and herbs *not said here* |  |  |  | with tortilla chips and Mexican food | 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Salsa is a lively dance and a kind of music from Latin America and the Caribbean, especially Cuba and Puerto Rico.

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:salsa:m2:1
# text = Salsa is a lively dance and a kind of music from Latin America and the Caribbean, especially Cuba and Puerto Rico.
1	Salsa	salsa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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	lively	lively	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	Latin	Latin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Caribbean	Caribbean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	Cuba	Cuba	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	Puerto	Puerto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	_
22	Rico	Rico	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Salsa | a lively dance and a kind of music from Latin America and the Caribbean and Cuba and Puerto |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In Spanish and Italian, «salsa» simply means sauce.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:salsa:m3:1
# text = In Spanish and Italian, «salsa» simply means sauce.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Spanish	Spanish	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	Italian	Italian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	salsa	salsa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	simply	simply	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	sauce	sauce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | salsa | sauce |  |  |  | in Spanish; simply *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot sauce=Theme in spanish=Attribute |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We dipped tortilla chips in tomato salsa.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:salsa:x1:1
# text = We dipped tortilla chips in tomato salsa.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dipped	dip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	tortilla	tortilla	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	tomato	tomato	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	salsa	salsa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dip** | past | We | tortilla chips |  | tomato salsa |  |  | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent chip=Theme in salsa=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
This mango salsa is sweet and spicy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:salsa:x2:1
# text = This mango salsa is sweet and spicy.
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	mango	mango	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	salsa	salsa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	spicy	spicy	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** | present | this mango salsa |  |  |  |  | sweet *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | this mango salsa *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mum goes to salsa classes on Thursdays.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:salsa:x3:1
# text = Mum goes to salsa classes on Thursdays.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	salsa	salsa	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	classes	class	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Thursdays	Thursday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **salsa** | to-infinitive | Mum *not said here* | classes |  |  | thursday |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Salsa music has a fast, bouncy beat.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:salsa:x4:1
# text = Salsa music has a fast, bouncy beat.
1	Salsa	salsa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	bouncy	bouncy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	beat	beat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Salsa music | a fast bouncy beat |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beat=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Chop the tomatoes carefully when making salsa.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:salsa:x5:1
# text = Chop the tomatoes carefully when making salsa.
1	Chop	chop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tomatoes	tomato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
7	salsa	salsa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chop** | imperative | you *not said here* | the tomatoes |  |  |  | carefully *property* | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tomato=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | gerund | you *not said here* | salsa |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset salsa=Product |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Add a little lime juice to the salsa.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:salsa:x6:1
# text = Add a little lime juice to the salsa.
1	Add	add	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	lime	lime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	salsa	salsa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | a little lime juice |  |  |  | to the salsa | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent juice=Patient to salsa=Co-Patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They danced salsa at the wedding.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:salsa:x7:1
# text = They danced salsa at the wedding.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	danced	dance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	salsa	salsa	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	wedding	wedding	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 | **dance** | past | They | salsa |  | the wedding |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location salsa=Theme |

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