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pterosaur

Who acts: pterosaur, flying reptile, sea, Quetzalcoatlus, Pterosaurs, We · What happens: fly, be, live, stretch, glide, look · To what, where: flying reptile, skin, long finger, pterosaur, sea, giant pterosaur

«pterosaur» 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: pterosaur in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A pterosaur was a flying reptile that lived at the time of the dinosaurs, with wings of skin stretched from a very long finger.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pterosaur	det
2	pterosaur	pterosaur	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reptile	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 reptile	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 reptile	det
5	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 reptile	amod
6	reptile	reptile	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 lived	nsubj
8	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 reptile	acl:relcl
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 time	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 time	det
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lived	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 dinosaurs	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 dinosaurs	det
14	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 time	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 wings	punct
16	with	with	ADP	_	17 wings	case
17	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 lived	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 skin	case
19	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 wings	nmod
20	stretched	stretch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 skin	acl
21	from	from	ADP	_	25 finger	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 finger	det
23	very	very	ADV	_	24 long	advmod
24	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 finger	amod
25	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 stretched	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 reptile	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	gerund							vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past	a pterosaur	a flying reptile					tree rules
3	live	past	a flying reptile				time	with wings of skin	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with wing=Location
4	stretch	participle		skin not said here		a long finger			vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from finger=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.

Example 1

A pterosaur glided over the sea looking for fish.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pterosaur	det
2	pterosaur	pterosaur	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	glided	glide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 pterosaur	acl
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 sea	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sea	det
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 glided	obl
7	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 sea	acl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 fish	case
9	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 looking	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pterosaur	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	glide	participle		a pterosaur not said here		the sea			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over sea=Trajectory
2	look	gerund	the sea not said here					for fish	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for fish=Theme

Example 2

Quetzalcoatlus was a giant pterosaur.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Quetzalcoatlus	Quetzalcoatlus	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 pterosaur	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 pterosaur	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pterosaur	det
4	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pterosaur	amod
5	pterosaur	pterosaur	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 pterosaur	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Quetzalcoatlus	a giant pterosaur					tree rules

Example 3

Pterosaurs had wings made of skin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pterosaurs	pterosaur	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 had	obj
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 wings	acl
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 skin	case
6	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	Pterosaurs	wings					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient
2	make	participle		wings not said here				of skin	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Example 4

A pterosaur is not a dinosaur.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pterosaur	det
2	pterosaur	pterosaur	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dinosaur	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dinosaur	cop
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 dinosaur	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dinosaur	det
6	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 dinosaur	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	a pterosaur	a dinosaur					tree rules

Example 5

We found a pterosaur in the museum.

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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pterosaur	det
4	pterosaur	pterosaur	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 museum	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 museum	det
7	museum	museum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 found	punct

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

Example 6

Some pterosaurs had big crests on their heads.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 pterosaurs	det
2	pterosaurs	pterosaur	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 crests	amod
5	crests	crest	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 heads	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 heads	nmod:poss
8	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	some pterosaurs	big crests		pterosaurs's heads			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crest=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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