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seashell

Who acts: We, She, you, Hermit crabs, seashell, he · What happens: find, collect, sell, hold, seem, hear · To what, where: snail, beach, seashells, seashell, sea, old seashells

«seashell» 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: seashell in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The hard empty shell of a sea animal, such as a snail, clam, mussel or scallop, often found on the beach.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shell	det
2	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 shell	amod
3	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 shell	amod
4	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 animal	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 animal	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 animal	compound
8	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shell	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 snail	punct
10	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	13 snail	case
11	as	as	ADP	_	10 such	fixed
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 snail	det
13	snail	snail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shell	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 clam	punct
15	clam	clam	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 snail	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 mussel	punct
17	mussel	mussel	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 snail	conj
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 scallop	cc
19	scallop	scallop	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 mussel	conj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 found	punct
21	often	often	ADV	_	22 found	advmod
22	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 snail	acl
23	on	on	ADP	_	25 beach	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 beach	det
25	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 found	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 shell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	participle		a snail and clam and mussel or scallop not said here		the beach		often property	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: 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

We collected seashells on the beach.

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 collected	nsubj
2	collected	collect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	seashells	seashell	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 collected	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 beach	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 beach	det
6	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 collected	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 collected	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collect	past	We	seashells		the beach			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seashell=Theme

Example 2

She sells seashells by the seashore.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sells	nsubj
2	sells	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	seashells	seashell	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sells	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 seashore	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 seashore	det
6	seashore	seashore	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sells	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	present	She	seashells				by the seashore	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seashell=Theme

Example 3

Hold a seashell to your ear and you seem to hear the sea.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 seashell	det
3	seashell	seashell	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 ear	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 ear	nmod:poss
6	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 seem	cc
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 seem	nsubj
9	seem	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Hold	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 hear	mark
11	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 seem	xcomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sea	det
13	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hear	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Hold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	a seashell				to your ear	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seashell=Theme
2	seem	present	you						vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
3	hear	to-infinitive	you not said here	the sea					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sea=Stimulus

Example 4

Hermit crabs live in old seashells.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hermit	hermit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crabs	compound
2	crabs	crab	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 live	nsubj
3	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 seashells	case
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 seashells	amod
6	seashells	seashell	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 live	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 live	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	Hermit crabs			old seashells			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in seashell=Location

Example 5

We sorted the seashells by size and colour.

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 sorted	nsubj
2	sorted	sort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 seashells	det
4	seashells	seashell	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sorted	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 size	case
6	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sorted	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 colour	cc
8	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 size	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sorted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sort	past	We	the seashells				by size and colour	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seashell=Theme

Example 6

The seashell was spiral like a snail's.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 seashell	det
2	seashell	seashell	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spiral	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 spiral	cop
4	spiral	spiral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 snail	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 snail	det
7	snail	snail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spiral	obl
8	's	's	PART	_	7 snail	case
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 spiral	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the seashell					like a snail; spiral property	tree rules

Example 7

Disappearing within his teepee, he came out again with some huge seashells.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Disappearing	disappear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 came	advcl
2	within	within	ADP	_	4 teepee	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 teepee	nmod:poss
4	teepee	teepee	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Disappearing	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Disappearing	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 came	nsubj
7	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	out	out	ADV	_	7 came	advmod
9	again	again	ADV	_	7 came	advmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 seashells	case
11	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	13 seashells	det
12	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 seashells	amod
13	seashells	seashell	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 came	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disappear	gerund	he not said here					within his teepee	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come out	past	he				again	with some huge seashells; out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=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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