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title: savory — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «savory» in the school dictionary: American spelling of «savoury»: see «savoury». Tasty and salty or meaty, not sweet. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# savory

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**Who acts:** he, savory fire, Crisps · **What happens:** see, spell, sniff, be · **To what, where:** savoury, savory odor, savory snacks

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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American spelling of «savoury»: see «savoury». Tasty and salty or meaty, not sweet.

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*Sentence 1:* American spelling of «savoury»: see «savoury».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:savory:m1:1
# text = American spelling of «savoury»: see «savoury».
1	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	savoury	savoury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
8	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	savoury	savoury	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | infinitive |  | savoury |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer savoury=Stimulus |
| 2 | **spell** |  |  | savoury |  |  |  |  | nom spelling «communication transitive»: of=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Tasty and salty or meaty, not sweet.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:savory:m1:2
# text = Tasty and salty or meaty, not sweet.
1	Tasty	tasty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	meaty	meaty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Now and then he sniffed the savory odor.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:savory:x1:1
# text = Now and then he sniffed the savory odor.
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
3	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sniffed	sniff	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	savory	savory	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	odor	odor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sniff** | past | he | the savory odor |  |  | now; then |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent odor=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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There is a savory fire in his front yard!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:savory:x2:1
# text = There is a savory fire in his front yard!
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	savory	savory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | a savory fire |  |  | there |  | in fire's front yard | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in yard=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Crisps and cheese are savory snacks.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:savory:x3:1
# text = Crisps and cheese are savory snacks.
1	Crisps	crisp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	savory	savory	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	snacks	snack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Crisps and cheese | savory snacks |  |  |  |  | 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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