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vertebrate

Who acts: animal, dog, Fish, Humans, snail, Snakes · What happens: have, be, not be · To what, where: backbone, vertebrate, vertebrates

«vertebrate» 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: vertebrate in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

An animal that has a backbone (a spine), like fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.

The tree, 15 words
detnsubjacl:relcldetobjpunctdetappospunctpunctcaseconjpunctconjpunctconjpunctconjccconjpunctrootAnDETanimalNOUNthatPRONhasVERBaDETbackboneNOUN(PUNCTaDETspineNOUN)PUNCT,PUNCTlikeADPfishNOUN,PUNCTamphibiansNOUN,PUNCTreptilesNOUN,PUNCTbirdsNOUNandCCONJmammalsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AnaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 animaldet
2animalanimalNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
3thatthatPRONPronType=Rel4 hasnsubj
4hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 animalacl:relcl
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 backbonedet
6backbonebackboneNOUNNumber=Sing4 hasobj
7((PUNCT_9 spinepunct
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 spinedet
9spinespineNOUNNumber=Sing6 backboneappos
10))PUNCT_9 spinepunct
11,,PUNCT_13 fishpunct
12likelikeADP_13 fishcase
13fishfishNOUNNumber=Sing9 spineconj
14,,PUNCT_15 amphibianspunct
15amphibiansamphibianNOUNNumber=Plur9 spineconj
16,,PUNCT_17 reptilespunct
17reptilesreptileNOUNNumber=Plur9 spineconj
18,,PUNCT_19 birdspunct
19birdsbirdNOUNNumber=Plur9 spineconj
20andandCCONJ_21 mammalscc
21mammalsmammalNOUNNumber=Plur9 spineconj
22..PUNCT_2 animalpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepresenta animala backbonevn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent backbone=Patient

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 dog is a vertebrate because it has a backbone.

detnsubjcopdetmarknsubjacldetobjpunctrootADETdogNOUNisAUXaDETvertebrateNOUNbecauseSCONJitPRONhasVERBaDETbackboneNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 dogdet
2dogdogNOUNNumber=Sing5 vertebratensubj
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 vertebratecop
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 vertebratedet
5vertebratevertebrateNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6becausebecauseSCONJ_8 hasmark
7ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 hasnsubj
8hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 vertebrateacl
9aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art10 backbonedet
10backbonebackboneNOUNNumber=Sing8 hasobj
11..PUNCT_5 vertebratepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresenta doga vertebratetree rules
2havepresentdoga backbonevn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent backbone=Patient

Example 2

Fish, birds and frogs are all vertebrates.

nsubjpunctconjccconjcopdetpunctrootFishNOUN,PUNCTbirdsNOUNandCCONJfrogsNOUNareAUXallDETvertebratesNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FishfishNOUNNumber=Plur8 vertebratesnsubj
2,,PUNCT_3 birdspunct
3birdsbirdNOUNNumber=Plur1 Fishconj
4andandCCONJ_5 frogscc
5frogsfrogNOUNNumber=Plur1 Fishconj
6arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 vertebratescop
7allallDETPronType=Tot8 vertebratesdet
8vertebratesvertebrateNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot
9..PUNCT_8 vertebratespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentFish and birds and frogsall vertebratestree rules

Example 3

Humans are vertebrates.

nsubjcoppunctrootHumansNOUNareAUXvertebratesNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HumanshumanNOUNNumber=Plur3 vertebratesnsubj
2arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 vertebratescop
3vertebratesvertebrateNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot
4..PUNCT_3 vertebratespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentHumansvertebratestree rules

Example 4

A snail is not a vertebrate.

detnsubjcopadvmoddetpunctrootADETsnailNOUNisAUXnotPARTaDETvertebrateNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 snaildet
2snailsnailNOUNNumber=Sing6 vertebratensubj
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 vertebratecop
4notnotPARTPolarity=Neg6 vertebrateadvmod
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 vertebratedet
6vertebratevertebrateNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
7..PUNCT_6 vertebratepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not is apresenta snaila vertebratetree rules

Example 5

Sort these animals into vertebrates and invertebrates.

nsubjdetcasenmodccconjpunctrootSortNOUNtheseDETanimalsNOUNintoADPvertebratesNOUNandCCONJinvertebratesNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SortsortNOUNNumber=Sing3 animalsnsubj
2thesethisDETNumber=Plur PronType=Dem3 animalsdet
3animalsanimalNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot
4intointoADP_5 vertebratescase
5vertebratesvertebrateNOUNNumber=Plur3 animalsnmod
6andandCCONJ_7 invertebratescc
7invertebratesinvertebrateNOUNNumber=Plur5 vertebratesconj
8..PUNCT_3 animalspunct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 6

Snakes are vertebrates with lots of bones in their spine.

nsubjcopcasenmodcasenmodcasenmod:possnmodpunctrootSnakesNOUNareAUXvertebratesNOUNwithADPlotsNOUNofADPbonesNOUNinADPtheirPRONspineNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SnakessnakeNOUNNumber=Plur3 vertebratesnsubj
2arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 vertebratescop
3vertebratesvertebrateNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot
4withwithADP_5 lotscase
5lotslotNOUNNumber=Plur3 vertebratesnmod
6ofofADP_7 bonescase
7bonesboneNOUNNumber=Plur5 lotsnmod
8ininADP_10 spinecase
9theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs10 spinenmod:poss
10spinespineNOUNNumber=Sing7 bonesnmod
11..PUNCT_3 vertebratespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentSnakesvertebrateswith lots of bones in Snakes's spinetree rules

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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