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title: unguent — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «unguent» in the school dictionary: A soft cream or oil rubbed on the skin to heal it, soften it or make it smell nice. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# unguent

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**Who acts:** skin, witch, She, smelling unguent, unguent · **What happens:** rub, heal, soften, make, smell, keep · **To what, where:** soft cream, skin, unguent, wound, golden box, shelf

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

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A soft cream or oil rubbed on the skin to heal it, soften it or make it smell nice.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unguent:m1:1
# text = A soft cream or oil rubbed on the skin to heal it, soften it or make it smell nice.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	rubbed	rub	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	heal	heal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	soften	soften	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	conj	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	smell	smell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	xcomp	_	_
20	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | participle |  | a soft cream or oil *not said here* |  | the skin |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on skin=Destination |
| 2 | **heal** | to-infinitive |  | skin |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 3 | **soften** | infinitive |  | skin |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 4 | **make** | infinitive |  | skin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **smell** | infinitive | skin *not said here* |  |  |  |  | nice *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The witch rubbed the unguent on the wound.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unguent:x1:1
# text = The witch rubbed the unguent on the wound.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rubbed	rub	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	unguent	unguent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wound	wound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | past | the witch | the unguent |  | the wound |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent unguent=Theme on wound=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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She kept the golden box of unguent on her shelf.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unguent:x2:1
# text = She kept the golden box of unguent on her shelf.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	unguent	unguent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	shelf	shelf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | She | the golden box of unguent |  | her shelf |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent box=Theme on shelf=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The sweet-smelling unguent soothed his burns.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unguent:x3:1
# text = The sweet-smelling unguent soothed his burns.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	smelling	smell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	amod	_	_
5	unguent	unguent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	soothed	soothe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	burns	burn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **soothe** | past | the smelling unguent | unguent's burns |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus burn=Experiencer |
| 3 | **burn** |  | unguent |  |  |  |  |  | nom burn «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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