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title: veau — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «veau» in the school dictionary: «Veau» is the French word for a calf (a baby cow), and also for veal, the meat of a calf. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# veau

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**Who acts:** Veau, It, rhymes, English, le veau, French menu · **What happens:** be, sound, go, not be, take, form · **To what, where:** French word, English word, veal, old French form, word, calf · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«veau» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: [veau in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/veau.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: French — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Veau» is the French word for a calf (a baby cow), and also for veal, the meat of a calf.

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:veau:m1:1
# text = «Veau» is the French word for a calf (a baby cow), and also for veal, the meat of a calf.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Veau	veau	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	also	also	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	veal	veal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Veau | the French word and veal and the meat of a calf |  |  |  | for a calf | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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 -->
It sounds like «voh» to an English ear (rhymes with «go», with a «v»).

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:veau:m2:1
# text = It sounds like «voh» to an English ear (rhymes with «go», with a «v»).
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	voh	voh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	rhymes	rhyme	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	appos	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	v	v	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | present | It |  |  |  |  | like voh; to a English ear | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to ear=Experiencer |
| 2 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | rhymes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is not an English word; English took «veal» from the old French form of this word.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:veau:m3:1
# text = It is not an English word; English took «veal» from the old French form of this word.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	veal	veal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	20	det	_	_
20	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | It | a English word |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | past | English | veal |  | the old French form of this word |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent veal=Theme from form=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **form** |  |  | this word |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In French, «le veau» means «the calf».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:veau:x1:1
# text = In French, «le veau» means «the calf».
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	le	le	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	veau	veau	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | le veau | the calf |  |  |  | in French | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot calf=Theme in french=Attribute |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The French menu said «blanquette de veau» — a creamy veal stew.

<!-- fold The tree, 11 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:veau:x2:1
# text = The French menu said «blanquette de veau» — a creamy veal stew.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	menu	menu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	blanquette	blanquette	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
7	de	de	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	veau	veau	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	creamy	creamy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	veal	veal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	stew	stew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the French menu |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Veau» sounds like «voh».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:veau:x3:1
# text = «Veau» sounds like «voh».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Veau	Veau	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	voh	voh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | present | Veau |  |  |  |  | like voh | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In our French farm song, «la vache et le veau» means «the cow and the calf».

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:veau:x4:1
# text = In our French farm song, «la vache et le veau» means «the cow and the calf».
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
3	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	la	la	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	12	compound	_	_
9	vache	vache	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	8	flat:foreign	_	_
10	et	et	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	8	flat:foreign	_	_
11	le	le	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	veau	veau	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | la le veau | the cow and the calf |  |  |  | in our French farm song | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot cow=Theme in song=Attribute |
| 2 | **sing** |  | our |  |  |  |  |  | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
English «veal» comes from the old French word that became «veau».

<!-- fold The tree, 11 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:veau:x5:1
# text = English «veal» comes from the old French word that became «veau».
1	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	veal	veal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	veau	veau	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | English veal |  |  | the old French word |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from word=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **become** | past | the old French word | veau |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My aunt in Paris ordered «escalope de veau».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:veau:x6:1
# text = My aunt in Paris ordered «escalope de veau».
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Paris	Paris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	escalope	escalope	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	9	compound	_	_
9	veau	veau	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | past | My aunt in Paris |  |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **escalope** *not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | My aunt in Paris *not said here* | de veau |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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