amphibian

Who acts: backbone, animal, plane, frog, Amphibians, Tadpoles · What happens: be, have, lay, live, travel, start · To what, where: moist skin, eggs, water, part, land, amphibian

«amphibian» 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: amphibian in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

An animal with a backbone that is cold-blooded, has moist skin, usually lays eggs in water, and lives part of its life in water and part on land, like frogs, toads, newts and salamanders.

The tree, 35 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 animal	det
2	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 has	nsubj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 backbone	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 backbone	det
5	backbone	backbone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 animal	nmod
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 blooded	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 blooded	cop
8	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 blooded	amod
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 cold	punct
10	blooded	blooded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 backbone	acl:relcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 animal	punct
12	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	moist	moist	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 skin	amod
14	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 has	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 lays	punct
16	usually	usually	ADV	_	17 lays	advmod
17	lays	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 has	conj
18	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 lays	obj
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 water	case
20	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 lays	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 lives	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 lives	cc
23	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 has	conj
24	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 lives	obj
25	of	of	ADP	_	27 life	case
26	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 life	nmod:poss
27	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 part	nmod
28	in	in	ADP	_	29 water	case
29	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 lives	obl
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 part	cc
31	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 water	conj
32	on	on	ADP	_	33 land	case
33	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 part	nmod
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 frogs	punct
35	like	like	ADP	_	36 frogs	case
36	frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 lives	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 toads	punct
38	toads	toad	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 frogs	conj
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 newts	punct
40	newts	newt	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 frogs	conj
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 salamanders	cc
42	salamanders	salamander	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 frogs	conj
43	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	a backbone			blooded property	tree rules
2	have	present	a animal with a backbone	moist skin			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient
3	lay	present	a animal with a backbone not said here	eggs	water	usually property	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent egg=Theme in water=Destination
4	live	present	a animal with a backbone not said here	part of animal's life	water and part on land	like frogs and toads and newts and salamanders	vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme part=Location

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

A vehicle or plane that can travel on both land and water (amphibious vehicle).

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 vehicle	det
2	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 plane	cc
4	plane	plane	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 vehicle	conj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 travel	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 travel	aux
7	travel	travel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 plane	acl:relcl
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 land	case
9	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	10 land	det
10	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 travel	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 water	cc
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 land	conj
13	(	(	PUNCT	_	15 vehicle	punct
14	amphibious	amphibious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 vehicle	amod
15	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 water	appos
16	)	)	PUNCT	_	15 vehicle	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 vehicle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	can	plane			both land and water			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on land=Trajectory

Example 1

A frog is an amphibian.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 frog	det
2	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 amphibian	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 amphibian	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 amphibian	det
5	amphibian	amphibian	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 amphibian	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a frog	a amphibian					tree rules

Example 2

Amphibians start life in water and can later live on land.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Amphibians	amphibian	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 start	nsubj
2	start	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 start	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 water	case
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 start	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 live	cc
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 live	aux
8	later	later	ADV	_	9 live	advmod
9	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 start	conj
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 land	case
11	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 live	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 start	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	present	Amphibians	life		water			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Eventuality
2	live	can	Amphibians not said here			land		later property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on land=Location

Example 3

Tadpoles breathe with gills, but adult frogs breathe with lungs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tadpoles	tadpole	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 breathe	nsubj
2	breathe	breathe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 gills	case
4	gills	gill	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 breathe	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 breathe	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 breathe	cc
7	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 frogs	amod
8	frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 breathe	nsubj
9	breathe	breathe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 breathe	conj
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 lungs	case
11	lungs	lung	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 breathe	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 breathe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	breathe	present	Tadpoles					with gills	vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	breathe	present	adult frogs					with lungs	vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

Newts and salamanders are amphibians too.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Newts	newt	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 amphibians	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 salamanders	cc
3	salamanders	salamander	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Newts	conj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 amphibians	cop
5	amphibians	amphibian	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	too	too	ADV	_	5 amphibians	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 amphibians	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Newts and salamanders	amphibians					tree rules

Example 5

Amphibians have smooth, moist skin, not scales.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Amphibians	amphibian	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 skin	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 smooth	punct
5	moist	moist	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 skin	amod
6	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 have	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 scales	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 scales	advmod
9	scales	scale	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 skin	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Amphibians	smooth moist skin and scales					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient

Example 6

We found frogspawn in the pond — amphibian eggs!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 found	nsubj
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	frogspawn	frogspawn	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 found	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 pond	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pond	det
6	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obl
7	—	-	PUNCT	_	9 eggs	punct
8	amphibian	amphibian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 eggs	amod
9	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 found	obl
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	We	frogspawn		the pond		amphibian eggs obl	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frogspawn=Topic

Example 7

Some frog skins are poisonous, so don't lick or touch your mouth after holding one.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 skins	det
2	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 skins	compound
3	skins	skin	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 poisonous	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 poisonous	cop
5	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 lick	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 lick	advmod
8	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	10 lick	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 lick	advmod
10	lick	lick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 poisonous	parataxis
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 touch	cc
12	touch	touch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	10 lick	conj
13	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 mouth	nmod:poss
14	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 touch	obj
15	after	after	SCONJ	_	16 holding	mark
16	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 touch	advcl
17	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 holding	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 poisonous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	some frog skins		poisonous property	tree rules
2	not lick	infinitive · do-support				vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	touch	infinitive		your mouth		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mouth=Co-Theme
4	hold	gerund		one		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme

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