shellfish Who acts: Shellfish, Crabs, uncle, We, menu, dish · What happens: be, eat, live, say, contain, cling · To what, where: water animals, shellfish, seaside restaurant, rock pools · Speech: someone speaks here
«shellfish» 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: shellfish in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Shellfish are water animals with a shell, such as crabs, lobsters, prawns, mussels, oysters and clams, especially when eaten as food.
The tree, 21 words nsubj cop compound case det nmod punct case fixed conj punct conj punct conj punct conj punct conj cc conj punct advmod mark conj case obl punct root Shellfish NOUN are AUX water NOUN animals NOUN with ADP a DET shell NOUN , PUNCT such ADJ as ADP crabs NOUN , PUNCT lobsters NOUN , PUNCT prawns NOUN , PUNCT mussels NOUN , PUNCT oysters NOUN and CCONJ clams NOUN , PUNCT especially ADV when SCONJ eaten VERB as ADP food NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Shellfish shellfish NOUN Number=Plur 4 animals nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 animals cop 3 water water NOUN Number=Sing 4 animals compound 4 animals animal NOUN Number=Plur root root 5 with with ADP _ 7 shell case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 shell det 7 shell shell NOUN Number=Sing 4 animals nmod 8 , , PUNCT _ 11 crabs punct 9 such such ADJ Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP 11 crabs case 10 as as ADP _ 9 such fixed 11 crabs crab NOUN Number=Plur 4 animals conj 12 , , PUNCT _ 13 lobsters punct 13 lobsters lobster NOUN Number=Plur 11 crabs conj 14 , , PUNCT _ 15 prawns punct 15 prawns prawn NOUN Number=Plur 11 crabs conj 16 , , PUNCT _ 17 mussels punct 17 mussels mussel NOUN Number=Plur 4 animals conj 18 , , PUNCT _ 19 oysters punct 19 oysters oyster NOUN Number=Plur 17 mussels conj 20 and and CCONJ _ 21 clams cc 21 clams clam NOUN Number=Plur 17 mussels conj 22 , , PUNCT _ 25 eaten punct 23 especially especially ADV _ 25 eaten advmod 24 when when SCONJ _ 25 eaten mark 25 eaten eat VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 animals conj 26 as as ADP _ 27 food case 27 food food NOUN Number=Sing 25 eaten obl 28 . . PUNCT _ 4 animals punct
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1 is a present Shellfish water animals and crabs and lobsters and prawns and mussels and oysters and clams with a shell tree rules 2 eat participle Shellfish not said here as food; especially property vn eat-39.1-1 «NP 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 Crabs and lobsters are shellfish.
nsubj cc conj cop punct root Crabs NOUN and CCONJ lobsters NOUN are AUX shellfish NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Crabs crab NOUN Number=Plur 5 shellfish nsubj 2 and and CCONJ _ 3 lobsters cc 3 lobsters lobster NOUN Number=Plur 1 Crabs conj 4 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 shellfish cop 5 shellfish shellfish NOUN Number=Plur root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 shellfish punct
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1 is a present Crabs and lobsters shellfish tree rules
Example 2 My uncle is allergic to shellfish.
nmod:poss nsubj cop case obl punct root My PRON uncle NOUN is AUX allergic ADJ to ADP shellfish NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 uncle nmod:poss 2 uncle uncle NOUN Number=Sing 4 allergic nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 allergic cop 4 allergic allergic ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 to to ADP _ 6 shellfish case 6 shellfish shellfish NOUN Number=Plur 4 allergic obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 allergic punct
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1 is present My uncle to shellfish; allergic property tree rules
Example 3 We ate shellfish at the seaside restaurant.
nsubj obj case det compound obl punct root We PRON ate VERB shellfish NOUN at ADP the DET seaside NOUN restaurant 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 ate nsubj 2 ate eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 shellfish shellfish NOUN Number=Plur 2 ate obj 4 at at ADP _ 7 restaurant case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 restaurant det 6 seaside seaside NOUN Number=Sing 7 restaurant compound 7 restaurant restaurant NOUN Number=Sing 2 ate obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 ate punct
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1 eat past We shellfish the seaside restaurant vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shellfish=Patient
Example 4 Shellfish live in rock pools and on the sea bed.
nsubj case compound obl cc case det compound conj punct root Shellfish NOUN live VERB in ADP rock NOUN pools NOUN and CCONJ on ADP the DET sea NOUN bed NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Shellfish shellfish NOUN Number=Plur 2 live nsubj 2 live live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 in in ADP _ 5 pools case 4 rock rock NOUN Number=Sing 5 pools compound 5 pools pool NOUN Number=Plur 2 live obl 6 and and CCONJ _ 10 bed cc 7 on on ADP _ 10 bed case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 bed det 9 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing 10 bed compound 10 bed bed NOUN Number=Sing 5 pools conj 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 live punct
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1 live present Shellfish rock pools and the sea bed vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pool=Location
Example 5 The menu says this dish contains shellfish.
det nsubj det nsubj ccomp obj punct root The DET menu NOUN says VERB this DET dish NOUN contains VERB shellfish NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 menu det 2 menu menu NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 this this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 5 dish det 5 dish dish NOUN Number=Sing 6 contains nsubj 6 contains contain VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 says ccomp 7 shellfish shellfish NOUN Number=Plur 6 contains obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 says punct
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1 say speech: assert present the menu vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 contain present this dish shellfish vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot shellfish=Theme
Example 6 Mussels are shellfish that cling to rocks.
nsubj cop nsubj acl:relcl case obl punct root Mussels NOUN are AUX shellfish NOUN that PRON cling VERB to ADP rocks NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mussels mussel NOUN Number=Plur 3 shellfish nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 shellfish cop 3 shellfish shellfish NOUN Number=Plur root root 4 that that PRON PronType=Rel 5 cling nsubj 5 cling cling VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 shellfish acl:relcl 6 to to ADP _ 7 rocks case 7 rocks rock NOUN Number=Plur 5 cling obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 shellfish punct
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1 is a present Mussels shellfish tree rules 2 cling present shellfish to rocks vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to rock=Co-Theme
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