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title: tavern — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «tavern» in the school dictionary: A tavern is an inn or public house where people go to eat and drink. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# tavern

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**Who acts:** tavern, people, We, artists · **What happens:** be, go, eat, drink, meet, sit · **To what, where:** inn, tavern

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

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A tavern is an inn or public house where people go to eat and drink.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tavern:m1:1
# text = A tavern is an inn or public house where people go to eat and drink.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tavern	tavern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	inn	inn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	11	advmod	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 tavern | a inn or public house |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | present | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **eat** | to-infinitive | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **drink** | infinitive | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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We met in the tavern after work.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tavern:x1:1
# text = We met in the tavern after work.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tavern	tavern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | past | We |  |  | the tavern | after work |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The artists sat by the fire in the tavern.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tavern:x2:1
# text = The artists sat by the fire in the tavern.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	artists	artist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	tavern	tavern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | the artists |  |  | the tavern |  | by the fire | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fire=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The tavern was full of noisy sailors.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tavern:x3:1
# text = The tavern was full of noisy sailors.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tavern	tavern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	noisy	noisy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the tavern |  |  |  |  | of noisy sailors; full *property* | 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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