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title: tureen — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «tureen» in the school dictionary: A large deep bowl with a lid, from which soup is served at the table. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# tureen

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**Who acts:** similar dish, waiter, you, lid · **What happens:** serve, carry, steam, wait, use, lift · **To what, where:** soup, large deep bowl, vegetables, steaming tureen, table, hot tureen

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«tureen» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: [tureen in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tureen.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A large deep bowl with a lid, from which soup is served at the table.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tureen:m1:1
# text = A large deep bowl with a lid, from which soup is served at the table.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lid	lid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obl	_	_
11	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	served	serve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | present · passive |  | soup |  | a large deep bowl with a lid |  | at the table | 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A similar dish for serving vegetables or sauce.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tureen:m2:1
# text = A similar dish for serving vegetables or sauce.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	similar	similar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dish	dish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	serving	serve	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	vegetables	vegetable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	sauce	sauce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | gerund | a similar dish *not said here* | vegetables or sauce |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vegetable=Attribute |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The waiter carried a steaming tureen of soup to the table.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tureen:x1:1
# text = The waiter carried a steaming tureen of soup to the table.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	waiter	waiter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carried	carry	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	steaming	steam	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	tureen	tureen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | the waiter | a steaming tureen of soup |  | the table |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tureen=Theme to table=Destination |
| 2 | **steam** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Beautiful Soup, so rich and green, waiting in a hot tureen!»

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tureen:x2:1
# text = «Beautiful Soup, so rich and green, waiting in a hot tureen!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Soup	Soup	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	parataxis	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	tureen	tureen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  | a hot tureen |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tureen=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Gran's best china tureen is only used at Christmas.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tureen:x3:1
# text = Gran's best china tureen is only used at Christmas.
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
4	china	china	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	tureen	tureen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · passive |  | Gran's best china tureen |  | Christmas |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lift the lid of the tureen carefully – it's hot.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tureen:x4:1
# text = Lift the lid of the tureen carefully – it's hot.
1	Lift	lift	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	lid	lid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tureen	tureen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
8	–	-	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift** | imperative | you *not said here* | the lid of the tureen |  |  |  | carefully *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lid=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | lid |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The giant poured soup from the tureen into his bowl.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tureen:x5:1
# text = The giant poured soup from the tureen into his bowl.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	poured	pour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tureen	tureen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The tureen was painted with blue flowers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tureen:x6:1
# text = The tureen was painted with blue flowers.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tureen	tureen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	flowers	flower	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 | **paint** | past · passive |  | the tureen |  |  |  | with blue flowers | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with flower=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
You notice that soup-tureen in the middle of the table?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tureen:x7:1
# text = You notice that soup-tureen in the middle of the table?
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	notice	notice	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
4	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	tureen	tureen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **notice** | present | You | that soup tureen |  | the middle of the table |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer tureen=Stimulus |

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