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title: vinegar — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «vinegar» in the school dictionary: Vinegar is a sour liquid made from wine, cider or malt, used to flavour food, to keep food (pickles) and for cleaning. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# vinegar

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**Who acts:** Vinegar, I, you, Grandma · **What happens:** be, make, use, flavour, keep, like · **To what, where:** sour liquid, wine, food, salt, chips, vinegar

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«vinegar» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 8 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: [vinegar in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/vinegar.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Vinegar is a sour liquid made from wine, cider or malt, used to flavour food, to keep food (pickles) and for cleaning.

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vinegar:m1:1
# text = Vinegar is a sour liquid made from wine, cider or malt, used to flavour food, to keep food (pickles) and for cleaning.
1	Vinegar	vinegar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sour	sour	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	cider	cider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	malt	malt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	flavour	flavour	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	conj	_	_
21	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
22	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	pickles	pickle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	23	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
26	for	for	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Vinegar | a sour liquid |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | a sour liquid *not said here* |  | wine and cider or malt |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from wine=Material |
| 3 | **use** | participle |  | a sour liquid *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **flavour** | to-infinitive |  | food |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | food and pickles and cleaning |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme |

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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 -->
I like salt and vinegar on my chips.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vinegar:x1:1
# text = I like salt and vinegar on my chips.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	vinegar	vinegar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | present | I | salt and vinegar |  | my chips |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot salt=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Vinegar tastes sour.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vinegar:x2:1
# text = Vinegar tastes sour.
1	Vinegar	vinegar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tastes	taste	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sour	sour	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **taste** | present | Vinegar |  |  |  |  | sour *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mix vinegar and baking soda to make a fizzing volcano.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vinegar:x3:1
# text = Mix vinegar and baking soda to make a fizzing volcano.
1	Mix	mix	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	vinegar	vinegar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	baking	baking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	soda	soda	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	fizzing	fizzing	NOUN	NN	_	10	compound	_	_
10	volcano	volcano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix** | imperative | you *not said here* | vinegar and baking soda |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vinegar=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a fizzing volcano |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset volcano=Product |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Vinegar is an acid.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vinegar:x4:1
# text = Vinegar is an acid.
1	Vinegar	vinegar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	acid	acid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Vinegar | a acid |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Gherkins are kept in vinegar.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vinegar:x5:1
# text = Gherkins are kept in vinegar.
1	Gherkins	gherkin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	vinegar	vinegar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present · passive |  | Gherkins |  | vinegar |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in vinegar=Location |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grandma cleans the windows with vinegar.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vinegar:x6:1
# text = Grandma cleans the windows with vinegar.
1	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cleans	clean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	vinegar	vinegar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clean** | present | Grandma | the windows |  |  |  | with vinegar | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent window=Patient with vinegar=Instrument |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Turn the litmus paper red with vinegar.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vinegar:x7:1
# text = Turn the litmus paper red with vinegar.
1	Turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	litmus	litmus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	vinegar	vinegar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | imperative | you *not said here* | the litmus paper |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent paper=Theme |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fred, I must pour out the vinegar, it is so heavy."

<!-- fold The tree, 11 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vinegar:x8:1
# text = Fred, I must pour out the vinegar, it is so heavy."
1	Fred	Fred	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	pour	pour	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	vinegar	vinegar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour out** | must | I | the vinegar |  |  |  | Fred *vocative* | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vinegar=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | vinegar |  |  |  |  | heavy *property* | tree rules |

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