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title: taproom — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «taproom» in the school dictionary: A taproom is a room in an old inn or pub where drinks are served from barrels. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# taproom

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**Who acts:** taproom, travellers · **What happens:** be, serve, go, get · **To what, where:** room, old inn, drinks, barrels, taproom

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«taproom» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: [taproom in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/taproom.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A taproom is a room in an old inn or pub where drinks are served from barrels.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:taproom:m1:1
# text = A taproom is a room in an old inn or pub where drinks are served from barrels.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	taproom	taproom	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	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	inn	inn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	pub	pub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	15	advmod	_	_
13	drinks	drink	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	served	serve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl:relcl	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	barrels	barrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 taproom | a room |  | a old inn or pub |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **serve** | present · passive |  | drinks |  | barrels |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute |

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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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The travellers went into the taproom to get warm.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:taproom:x1:1
# text = The travellers went into the taproom to get warm.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	travellers	traveller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	taproom	taproom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | the travellers |  |  | the taproom |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into taproom=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | the travellers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | warm *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The old taproom smelt of beer and wood smoke.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:taproom:x2:1
# text = The old taproom smelt of beer and wood smoke.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	taproom	taproom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	smelt	smelt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	beer	beer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

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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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