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chitin

Who acts: Chitin, tough natural material, Crabs, Mushrooms, cicada, insects · What happens: be, make up, make, have, protect, leave · To what, where: tough natural material, hard outer skeleton, hard shell, chitin, shells, insects

«chitin» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: chitin in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: science — kept apart, not parsed.

Chitin is the tough natural material that makes up the hard outer skeleton of insects, spiders, crabs and lobsters, and the cell walls of fungi.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chitin	Chitin	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 material	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 material	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 material	det
4	tough	tough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 material	amod
5	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 material	amod
6	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 makes	nsubj
8	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 material	acl:relcl
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 makes	compound:prt
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 skeleton	det
11	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 skeleton	amod
12	outer	outer	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 skeleton	amod
13	skeleton	skeleton	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 makes	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 insects	case
15	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 skeleton	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 spiders	punct
17	spiders	spider	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 insects	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 crabs	punct
19	crabs	crab	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 insects	conj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 lobsters	cc
21	lobsters	lobster	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 insects	conj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 walls	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 walls	cc
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 walls	det
25	cell	cell	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 walls	compound
26	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 material	conj
27	of	of	ADP	_	28 fungi	case
28	fungi	fungus	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 walls	nmod
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 material	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Chitin	the tough natural material and the cell walls of fungi					tree rules
2	make up	present	the tough natural material and the cell walls of fungi	the hard outer skeleton of insects and spiders and crabs and lobsters					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme skeleton=Pivot

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

A beetle's hard shell is made of chitin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 beetle	det
2	beetle	beetle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shell	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 beetle	case
4	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 shell	amod
5	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 made	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 made	aux:pass
7	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 chitin	case
9	chitin	chitin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 made	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		a beetle's hard shell				of chitin	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Example 2

Crabs have chitin in their shells.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crabs	crab	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	chitin	chitin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 have	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 shells	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 shells	nmod:poss
6	shells	shell	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Crabs	chitin		Crabs's shells			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chitin=Patient

Example 3

Chitin protects insects like a suit of armour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chitin	Chitin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 protects	nsubj
2	protects	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 protects	obj
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 suit	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 suit	det
6	suit	suit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 protects	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 armour	case
8	armour	armour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 suit	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 protects	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	present	Chitin		insects			like a suit of armour	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=Beneficiary

Example 4

Mushrooms have chitin in their cell walls.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mushrooms	mushroom	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	chitin	chitin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 have	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 walls	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 walls	nmod:poss
6	cell	cell	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walls	compound
7	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Mushrooms	chitin		Mushrooms's cell walls			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chitin=Patient

Example 5

The cicada left its chitin shell on the tree.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cicada	det
2	cicada	cicada	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	nsubj
3	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 shell	nmod:poss
5	chitin	chitin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shell	compound
6	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 tree	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tree	det
9	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 left	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	the cicada	cicada's chitin shell		the tree			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent shell=Theme on tree=Location

Example 6

Because chitin cannot stretch, insects must moult to grow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 stretch	mark
2	chitin	chitin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stretch	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 stretch	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 stretch	advmod
5	stretch	stretch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 moult	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 stretch	punct
7	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 moult	nsubj
8	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 moult	aux
9	moult	moult	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	to	to	PART	_	11 grow	mark
11	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 moult	xcomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 moult	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not stretch	can	chitin						vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	moult	must	insects						tree rules
3	grow	to-infinitive	insects not said here						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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