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title: syrup — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «syrup» in the school dictionary: A thick, sweet, sticky liquid made from sugar and water, or from plants, like maple syrup or golden syrup. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# syrup

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**Who acts:** liquid medicine, sweet smooth way, We, Golden syrup, doctor, Syrup · **What happens:** make, taste, speak, mean, talk, not be · **To what, where:** thick sweet sticky liquid, sugar, syrup, sweet smooth way, maple syrup, pancakes · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A thick, sweet, sticky liquid made from sugar and water, or from plants, like maple syrup or golden syrup.

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:syrup:m1:1
# text = A thick, sweet, sticky liquid made from sugar and water, or from plants, like maple syrup or golden syrup.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
2	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	sticky	sticky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	like	like	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	maple	maple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	syrup	syrup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
21	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	syrup	syrup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | a thick sweet sticky liquid or plants and maple syrup or golden syrup *not said here* |  | sugar and water |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from sugar=Material |

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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 -->
A liquid medicine that tastes sweet.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:syrup:m2:1
# text = A liquid medicine that tastes sweet.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	liquid	liquid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	tastes	taste	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **taste** | present | a liquid medicine |  |  |  |  | sweet *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"cough syrup".

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:syrup:m2e:1
# text = "cough syrup".
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	cough	cough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	syrup	syrup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To speak in syrup means to talk in a very sweet, smooth way, which may not be sincere.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:syrup:m3:1
# text = To speak in syrup means to talk in a very sweet, smooth way, which may not be sincere.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	syrup	syrup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
10	very	very	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
13	smooth	smooth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj	_	_
17	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
18	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	20	advmod	_	_
19	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	cop	_	_
20	sincere	sincere	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  | syrup |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **talk** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  | a sweet smooth way |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **not** **is** | may | a sweet smooth way |  |  |  |  | sincere *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We poured maple syrup on our pancakes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:syrup:x1:1
# text = We poured maple syrup on our pancakes.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	poured	pour	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	maple	maple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	syrup	syrup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	pancakes	pancake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | past | We | maple syrup |  | our pancakes |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent syrup=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Golden syrup makes flapjacks sticky.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:syrup:x2:1
# text = Golden syrup makes flapjacks sticky.
1	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	syrup	syrup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	flapjacks	flapjack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	sticky	sticky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Golden syrup | flapjacks |  |  |  | sticky *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material flapjack=Product |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The doctor gave me a spoonful of cough syrup.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:syrup:x3:1
# text = The doctor gave me a spoonful of cough syrup.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	spoonful	spoonful	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	cough	cough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	syrup	syrup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the doctor | a spoonful of cough syrup | me |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient spoonful=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Syrup pours more slowly than water.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:syrup:x4:1
# text = Syrup pours more slowly than water.
1	Syrup	syrup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pours	pour	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | present | Syrup |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Maple syrup comes from the sap of maple trees.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:syrup:x5:1
# text = Maple syrup comes from the sap of maple trees.
1	Maple	maple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	syrup	syrup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sap	SAP	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	maple	maple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Maple syrup |  |  | the sap of maple trees |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from sap=Initial\_Location |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Peaches in syrup are very sweet.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:syrup:x6:1
# text = Peaches in syrup are very sweet.
1	Peaches	peach	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	syrup	syrup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Peaches in syrup |  |  |  |  | sweet *property* | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
“So, my beauty,” said Hook, as if he spoke in syrup, “you are to see your children walk the plank.”

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:syrup:x7:1
# text = “So, my beauty,” said Hook, as if he spoke in syrup, “you are to see your children walk the plank.”
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	So	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
8	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	Hook	Hook	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	syrup	syrup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
18	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
20	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	conj	_	_
23	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nsubj	_	_
25	walk	walk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	ccomp	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	plank	plank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | my beauty |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Hook |  |  | syrup |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  | see *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **walk** *in a quote* | present | your children | the plank |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme plank=Trajectory |

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