parrot
part of speech
noun (parrot, parrots); verb (parrot, parrots, parroted, parroting)
meaning for a pupil
1) A parrot is a bird with bright colours and a curved beak. Some parrots can copy words and sounds. tree →
2) To parrot is to repeat someone's words without understanding them. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths: a bird counted; 2 legs each in leg-counting problems; bought at a price; cages × parrots per cage. In science: parrots live in warm forests, eat seeds and fruit and can live for many years. In stories: a pirate's parrot that talks. Phrases: talk like a parrot, parrot fashion (learning by repeating only).
examples
- The pet shop has 6 parrots. tree →
- A parrot costs 50 dollars. tree →
- How many legs do 4 parrots have? tree →
- The zoo has 3 cages with 5 parrots each. tree →
- The parrot said «Hello!» when we came in. tree →
- The pirate had a green parrot on his shoulder. tree →
- Parrots crack nuts with their strong beaks. tree →
- Learning facts parrot fashion does not help you understand them. tree →
- "Give me my parrot!" cried Punchkin. tree →
note
Countable: a parrot, parrots. A counted animal with 2 legs. Trap: in mixed groups with 4-legged animals, count legs per kind. Myth: parrots do not understand most of the words they copy.
In the corpora
- Swans, many parrots and albatrosses keep the same partner for years, and some albatross pairs stay together for 50 years or more.
- Parrots and toucans have two toes pointing forward and two pointing back, while most perching birds have three forward and one back.
- A grey parrot called Alex learned to name colours, shapes and numbers in experiments with Irene Pepperberg.
- Big parrots such as macaws and cockatoos can live over sixty years, so a pet parrot may outlive its owner.
- Foxes are clever, but crows, ravens and parrots solve puzzles that need several steps; cartoon personalities are made up.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «parrot» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.