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title: salve — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «salve» in the school dictionary: A soft cream or ointment rubbed on a cut, sore or burn to heal it. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# salve

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**Who acts:** She, He, physician · **What happens:** rub, burn, heal, put, anoint, apply · **To what, where:** soft cream, cut, wound, salve

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A soft cream or ointment rubbed on a cut, sore or burn to heal it.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:salve:m1:1
# text = A soft cream or ointment rubbed on a cut, sore or burn to heal it.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	ointment	ointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	rubbed	rub	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cut	cut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	sore	sore	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	heal	heal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | participle |  | a soft cream or ointment *not said here* |  | a cut |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on cut=Destination |
| 2 | **burn** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **heal** | to-infinitive |  | cut |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To rub a wound with such a cream.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:salve:m2:1
# text = To rub a wound with such a cream.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	rub	rub	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wound	wound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	8	det:predet	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | to-infinitive |  | a wound |  |  |  | with such cream | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent wound=Destination with cream=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She put a salve on the cut.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:salve:x1:1
# text = She put a salve on the cut.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	salve	salve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cut	cut	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 | **put** | past | She | a salve |  | the cut |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent salve=Theme on cut=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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He anointed the wound with a healing salve.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:salve:x2:1
# text = He anointed the wound with a healing salve.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	anointed	anoint	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wound	wound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	healing	healing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	salve	salve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **anoint** | past | He | the wound |  |  |  | with a healing salve | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent wound=Destination with salve=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The physician applied his salve to her eyes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:salve:x3:1
# text = The physician applied his salve to her eyes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	physician	physician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	applied	apply	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	salve	salve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	eyes	eye	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 | **apply** | past | the physician | physician's salve |  |  |  | to her eyes | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salve=Theme |

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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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