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title: stopper — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «stopper» in the school dictionary: A stopper is a plug or cork that fits into the top of a bottle or jar to close it. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# stopper

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**Who acts:** stopper, plug, you, jar · **What happens:** be, fit, close, pull, have, put back · **To what, where:** plug, top, stopper, bottle, cork stopper, jar

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A stopper is a plug or cork that fits into the top of a bottle or jar to close it.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stopper:m1:1
# text = A stopper is a plug or cork that fits into the top of a bottle or jar to close it.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stopper	stopper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	plug	plug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	cork	cork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	close	close	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a stopper | a plug or cork |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fit** | present | a plug or cork |  |  | the top of a bottle or jar |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into top=Destination |
| 3 | **close** | to-infinitive | a plug or cork *not said here* | stopper |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: 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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Pull the stopper out of the bottle.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stopper:x1:1
# text = Pull the stopper out of the bottle.
1	Pull	pull	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stopper	stopper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bottle	bottle	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 | **pull** | imperative | you *not said here* | the stopper |  | the bottle |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent stopper=Theme out bottle=Initial\_Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The jar had a cork stopper.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stopper:x2:1
# text = The jar had a cork stopper.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	cork	cork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	stopper	stopper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the jar | a cork stopper |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stopper=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Put the stopper back in the jar.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:stopper:x3:1
# text = Put the stopper back in the jar.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stopper	stopper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	jar	jar	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 back** | imperative | you *not said here* | the stopper |  | the jar |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stopper=Theme in jar=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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