mollusc Who acts: mollusc, snails, snail, Slugs, molluscs, Octopuses · What happens: be, have, find, live · To what, where: animal, soft body, molluscs, mollusc, shell, clever molluscs
«mollusc» 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: mollusc in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A mollusc is an animal with a soft body and no backbone, which often has a hard shell; snails, slugs, clams, mussels, oysters, octopuses and squid are molluscs.
The tree, 28 words det nsubj cop det case det amod nmod cc det conj punct obj advmod conj det amod obj punct nsubj punct conj punct conj punct conj punct conj punct conj cc conj cop parataxis punct root A DET mollusc NOUN is AUX an DET animal NOUN with ADP a DET soft ADJ body NOUN and CCONJ no DET backbone NOUN , PUNCT which PRON often ADV has VERB a DET hard ADJ shell NOUN ; PUNCT snails NOUN , PUNCT slugs NOUN , PUNCT clams NOUN , PUNCT mussels NOUN , PUNCT oysters NOUN , PUNCT octopuses NOUN and CCONJ squid NOUN are AUX molluscs NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 mollusc det 2 mollusc mollusc NOUN Number=Sing 5 animal nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 animal cop 4 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 animal det 5 animal animal NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 with with ADP _ 9 body case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 body det 8 soft soft ADJ Degree=Pos 9 body amod 9 body body NOUN Number=Sing 5 animal nmod 10 and and CCONJ _ 12 backbone cc 11 no no DET PronType=Neg 12 backbone det 12 backbone backbone NOUN Number=Sing 9 body conj 13 , , PUNCT _ 16 has punct 14 which which PRON PronType=Rel 16 has obj 15 often often ADV _ 16 has advmod 16 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 body conj 17 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 19 shell det 18 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 19 shell amod 19 shell shell NOUN Number=Sing 16 has obj 20 ; ; PUNCT _ 21 snails punct 21 snails snail NOUN Number=Plur 35 molluscs nsubj 22 , , PUNCT _ 23 slugs punct 23 slugs slug NOUN Number=Plur 21 snails conj 24 , , PUNCT _ 25 clams punct 25 clams clam NOUN Number=Plur 21 snails conj 26 , , PUNCT _ 27 mussels punct 27 mussels mussel NOUN Number=Plur 21 snails conj 28 , , PUNCT _ 29 oysters punct 29 oysters oyster NOUN Number=Plur 21 snails conj 30 , , PUNCT _ 31 octopuses punct 31 octopuses octopus NOUN Number=Plur 21 snails conj 32 and and CCONJ _ 33 squid cc 33 squid squid NOUN Number=Sing 21 snails conj 34 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 35 molluscs cop 35 molluscs mollusc NOUN Number=Plur 5 animal parataxis 36 . . PUNCT _ 5 animal punct
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1 is a present a mollusc a animal with a soft body and no backbone tree rules 2 have present a mollusc not said here a soft body and no backbone often property tree rules 3 is a present snails and slugs and clams and mussels and oysters and octopuses and squid molluscs tree rules
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 snail is a mollusc with a coiled shell.
det nsubj cop det case det amod nmod punct root A DET snail NOUN is AUX a DET mollusc NOUN with ADP a DET coiled ADJ shell NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 snail det 2 snail snail NOUN Number=Sing 5 mollusc nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 mollusc cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 mollusc det 5 mollusc mollusc NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 with with ADP _ 9 shell case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 shell det 8 coiled coiled ADJ Degree=Pos 9 shell amod 9 shell shell NOUN Number=Sing 5 mollusc nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 mollusc punct
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1 is a present a snail a mollusc with a coiled shell tree rules
Example 2 Slugs are molluscs that have no shell.
nsubj cop nsubj acl:relcl det obj punct root Slugs NOUN are AUX molluscs NOUN that PRON have VERB no DET shell NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Slugs slug NOUN Number=Plur 3 molluscs nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 molluscs cop 3 molluscs mollusc NOUN Number=Plur root root 4 that that PRON PronType=Rel 5 have nsubj 5 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 molluscs acl:relcl 6 no no DET PronType=Neg 7 shell det 7 shell shell NOUN Number=Sing 5 have obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 molluscs punct
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1 is a present Slugs molluscs tree rules 2 have present molluscs no shell vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shell=Patient
Example 3 Octopuses are very clever molluscs.
nsubj cop advmod amod punct root Octopuses NOUN are AUX very ADV clever ADJ molluscs NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Octopuses octopus NOUN Number=Plur 5 molluscs nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 molluscs cop 3 very very ADV _ 4 clever advmod 4 clever clever ADJ Degree=Pos 5 molluscs amod 5 molluscs mollusc NOUN Number=Plur root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 molluscs punct
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1 is a present Octopuses clever molluscs tree rules
Example 4 We found mollusc shells on the beach.
nsubj compound obj case det obl punct root We PRON found VERB mollusc NOUN shells NOUN on ADP the DET beach NOUN . PUNCT 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 mollusc mollusc NOUN Number=Sing 4 shells compound 4 shells shell NOUN Number=Plur 2 found obj 5 on on ADP _ 7 beach case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 beach det 7 beach beach NOUN Number=Sing 2 found obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 found punct
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1 find past We mollusc shells the beach vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shell=Topic
Example 5 Mussels and oysters are molluscs that live in the sea.
nsubj cc conj cop nsubj acl:relcl case det obl punct root Mussels NOUN and CCONJ oysters NOUN are AUX molluscs NOUN that PRON live VERB in ADP the DET sea NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mussels mussel NOUN Number=Plur 5 molluscs nsubj 2 and and CCONJ _ 3 oysters cc 3 oysters oyster NOUN Number=Plur 1 Mussels conj 4 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 molluscs cop 5 molluscs mollusc NOUN Number=Plur root root 6 that that PRON PronType=Rel 7 live nsubj 7 live live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 molluscs acl:relcl 8 in in ADP _ 10 sea case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 sea det 10 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing 7 live obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 molluscs punct
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1 is a present Mussels and oysters molluscs tree rules 2 live present molluscs the sea vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Location
Example 6 A mollusc has no backbone.
det nsubj det obj punct root A DET mollusc NOUN has VERB no DET backbone NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 mollusc det 2 mollusc mollusc NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 no no DET PronType=Neg 5 backbone det 5 backbone backbone NOUN Number=Sing 3 has obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present a mollusc no backbone vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent backbone=Patient
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