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title: vapor — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «vapor» in the school dictionary: Vapor is a mist or gas made when water or another liquid heats up, like steam. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# vapor

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**Who acts:** Vapor, water, Hot vapor, cloud, Sulphurous vapor · **What happens:** be, make, heat up, rise, cover, cloud · **To what, where:** mist, kettle, meadow, vapor, cave

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Vapor is a mist or gas made when water or another liquid heats up, like steam.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vapor:m1:1
# text = Vapor is a mist or gas made when water or another liquid heats up, like steam.
1	Vapor	vapor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mist	mist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
8	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	13	mark	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	heats	heat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
14	up	up	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	like	like	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	steam	steam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Vapor | a mist or gas |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | a mist or gas *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **heat up** | present | water or another liquid |  |  |  |  | like steam | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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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Hot vapor rose from the kettle.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vapor:x1:1
# text = Hot vapor rose from the kettle.
1	Hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	vapor	vapor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | past | Hot vapor |  |  | the kettle |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from kettle=Initial\_Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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A cloud of vapor covered the meadow.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vapor:x2:1
# text = A cloud of vapor covered the meadow.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	vapor	vapor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	covered	cover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	meadow	meadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | past | a cloud of vapor | the meadow |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme meadow=Destination |
| 2 | **cloud** |  |  | vapor |  |  |  |  | nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Sulphurous vapor came up out of the cave.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vapor:x3:1
# text = Sulphurous vapor came up out of the cave.
1	Sulphurous	sulphurous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	vapor	vapor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cave	cave	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 | **come up** | past | Sulphurous vapor |  |  | the cave |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme out cave=Initial\_Location |

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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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