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title: salver — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «salver» in the school dictionary: A flat metal or silver tray, often with feet, on which food or drinks are carried and served to guests (old use). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# salver

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**Who acts:** He, servant, you · **What happens:** carry, serve, set down, bring, put · **To what, where:** flat metal, guests, golden salver, pomegranate, letters, silver salver

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A flat metal or silver tray, often with feet, on which food or drinks are carried and served to guests (old use).

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:salver:m1:1
# text = A flat metal or silver tray, often with feet, on which food or drinks are carried and served to guests (old use).
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	tray	tray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	often	often	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	14	det	_	_
14	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	drinks	drink	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	_
17	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	served	serve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	conj	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	_
23	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present · passive |  | a flat metal or silver tray and feet and which food or drinks |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **serve** | participle |  |  | guests |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to guest=Recipient |

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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}

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He set down the golden salver.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:salver:x1:1
# text = He set down the golden salver.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	salver	salver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set down** | past | He | the golden salver |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient salver=Result |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The servant brought the pomegranate on a golden salver.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:salver:x2:1
# text = The servant brought the pomegranate on a golden salver.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pomegranate	pomegranate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	salver	salver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | the servant | the pomegranate |  | a golden salver |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pomegranate=Theme on salver=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Put the letters on the silver salver.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:salver:x3:1
# text = Put the letters on the silver salver.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	salver	salver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | the letters |  | the silver salver |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme on salver=Destination |

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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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