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remora

Who acts: remora, Remoras, Divers, shark · What happens: be, use, stick, ride along, cling, eat · To what, where: fish, remora, scraps, sucker, head, remoras · Speech: someone speaks here

«remora» 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: remora in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A remora is a fish with a flat sucker on top of its head that it uses to stick to sharks, whales, turtles and boats and ride along with them.

The tree, 30 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 remora	det
2	remora	remora	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fish	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fish	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fish	det
5	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 sucker	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sucker	det
8	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sucker	amod
9	sucker	sucker	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fish	nmod
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 top	case
11	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sucker	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 head	case
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 head	nmod:poss
14	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 top	nmod
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 uses	mark
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 uses	nsubj
17	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fish	advcl
18	to	to	PART	_	19 stick	mark
19	stick	stick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 uses	xcomp
20	to	to	ADP	_	21 sharks	case
21	sharks	shark	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 stick	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 whales	punct
23	whales	whale	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 sharks	conj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 turtles	punct
25	turtles	turtle	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 sharks	conj
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 boats	cc
27	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 sharks	conj
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 ride	cc
29	ride	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 stick	conj
30	along	along	ADV	_	29 ride	advmod
31	with	with	ADP	_	32 them	case
32	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 ride	obl
33	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 fish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a remora	a fish				with a flat sucker on top of remora's head	tree rules
2	use	present	remora						vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	stick	to-infinitive	remora not said here					to sharks and whales and turtles and boats	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to shark=Co-Patient
4	ride along	present	remora not said here					with boats = boat; along property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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 remora clung to the shark's belly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 remora	det
2	remora	remora	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	clung	cling	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 remora	acl
4	to	to	ADP	_	8 belly	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shark	det
6	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 belly	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 shark	case
8	belly	belly	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 clung	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 remora	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cling	participle		a remora not said here				to the shark's belly	vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to belly=Co-Theme

Example 2

Remoras eat scraps left by the shark.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Remoras	remora	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	nsubj
2	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	scraps	scrap	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	obj
4	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 scraps	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 shark	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shark	det
7	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 eat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	Remoras	scraps					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scrap=Patient
2	leave	participle		scraps not said here				by the shark	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by shark=Location

Example 3

The remora has a sucker on its head.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 remora	det
2	remora	remora	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sucker	det
5	sucker	sucker	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 head	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 head	nmod:poss
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sucker	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

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

Example 4

Divers saw remoras stuck to a turtle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Divers	diver	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 saw	nsubj
2	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	remoras	remora	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 saw	obj
4	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 remoras	acl
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 turtle	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 turtle	det
7	turtle	turtle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stuck	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	Divers	remoras					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer remora=Stimulus
2	stick	participle		remoras not said here				to a turtle	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to turtle=Co-Patient

Example 5

A remora is also called a suckerfish.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 remora	det
2	remora	remora	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 called	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 called	aux:pass
4	also	also	ADV	_	5 called	advmod
5	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 suckerfish	det
7	suckerfish	suckerfish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 called	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present · passive		a remora					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Example 6

The shark does not seem to mind the remora.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shark	det
2	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seem	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 seem	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 seem	advmod
5	seem	seem	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 mind	mark
7	mind	mind	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 seem	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 remora	det
9	remora	remora	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mind	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 seem	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not seem	present · do-support	the shark						vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
2	mind	to-infinitive	the shark not said here	the remora					vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remora=Theme

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