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octopus

Who acts: octopus, Octopuses, We, Octo, octagon · What happens: cover, have, squirt, swim away, change, hide · To what, where: eight long arms, eight arms, ink, colour, octopus, aquarium

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

Meaning 1

A sea animal with a soft, round body and eight long arms covered in suckers.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 animal	det
2	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 animal	compound
3	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	9 body	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 body	det
6	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 body	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 soft	punct
8	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 body	amod
9	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 animal	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 arms	cc
11	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 arms	nummod
12	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 arms	amod
13	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 body	conj
14	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 arms	acl
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 suckers	case
16	suckers	sucker	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 covered	obl:agent
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 animal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	participle		eight long arms not said here					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

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

An octopus has eight arms.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 octopus	det
2	octopus	octopus	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 arms	nummod
5	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	a octopus	eight arms					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient

Example 2

The octopus squirted ink and swam away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 octopus	det
2	octopus	octopus	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 squirted	nsubj
3	squirted	squirt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	ink	ink	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 squirted	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 swam	cc
6	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 squirted	conj
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 swam	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 squirted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squirt	past	the octopus	ink					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ink=Theme
2	swim away	past	the octopus not said here					away property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

Octopuses can change colour to hide.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Octopuses	octopus	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 change	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 change	aux
3	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 change	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 hide	mark
6	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 change	advcl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 change	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	can	Octopuses	colour					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Patient
2	hide	to-infinitive	Octopuses not said here						vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

We saw an octopus at the aquarium.

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 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 octopus	det
4	octopus	octopus	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 aquarium	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 aquarium	det
7	aquarium	aquarium	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saw	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	We	a octopus		the aquarium			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer octopus=Stimulus

Example 5

An octopus has three hearts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 octopus	det
2	octopus	octopus	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 hearts	nummod
5	hearts	heart	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	a octopus	three hearts					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient

Example 6

The octopus squeezed through a tiny hole.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 octopus	det
2	octopus	octopus	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	squeezed	squeeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 octopus	acl
4	through	through	ADP	_	7 hole	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hole	det
6	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hole	amod
7	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 squeezed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 octopus	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squeeze	participle		the octopus not said here		a tiny hole			vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent through hole=Trajectory

Example 7

Octo means eight, so an octopus has eight arms and an octagon has eight sides.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Octo	Octo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 means	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 has	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 has	advmod
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 octopus	det
7	octopus	octopus	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 has	nsubj
8	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	parataxis
9	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 arms	nummod
10	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 has	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 has	cc
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 octagon	det
13	octagon	octagon	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 has	nsubj
14	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 has	conj
15	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 sides	nummod
16	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 has	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Octo	eight					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eight=Topic
2	have	present	a octopus	eight arms					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient
3	have	present	a octagon	eight sides					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Patient

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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