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title: tankard — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «tankard» in the school dictionary: A tankard is a large drinking mug, often made of metal, with a handle and sometimes a lid. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# tankard

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**Who acts:** tankard, She, king, you · **What happens:** be, make, pour, drink, bring · **To what, where:** large drinking mug, ale, silver tankard, golden tankard, tankard, table

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A tankard is a large drinking mug, often made of metal, with a handle and sometimes a lid.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tankard:m1:1
# text = A tankard is a large drinking mug, often made of metal, with a handle and sometimes a lid.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tankard	tankard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	drinking	drinking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	mug	mug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	often	often	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	handle	handle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	parataxis	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	20	advmod	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	lid	lid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a tankard | a large drinking mug |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | a large drinking mug *not said here* |  |  |  | of metal; often *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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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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She poured the ale into the silver tankard.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tankard:x1:1
# text = She poured the ale into the silver tankard.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	poured	pour	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	ale	ale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	tankard	tankard	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 | **pour** | past | She | the ale |  | the silver tankard |  |  | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent ale=Theme into tankard=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The king drank from a golden tankard.

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

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | past | the king |  |  | a golden tankard |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from tankard=Source |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Bring the tankard to the table for the visitor.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tankard:x3:1
# text = Bring the tankard to the table for the visitor.
1	Bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tankard	tankard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	visitor	visitor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | imperative | you *not said here* | the tankard |  | the table |  | for the visitor | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tankard=Theme to table=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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