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title: archipelago — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «archipelago» in the school dictionary: A group of islands close together in the sea. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# archipelago

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**Who acts:** group, Indonesia, Galápagos archipelago, We, Britain, Philippines · **What happens:** close, be, have, sail, draw · **To what, where:** biggest archipelago, world, giant tortoises, archipelago, part, map

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«archipelago» 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: [archipelago in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/archipelago.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A group of islands close together in the sea.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:archipelago:m1:1
# text = A group of islands close together in the sea.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	islands	island	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	close	close	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	together	together	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | present | a group of islands |  |  |  |  | in the sea; together *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent in sea=Topic |

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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 {#x1}

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Indonesia is the biggest archipelago in the world.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:archipelago:x1:1
# text = Indonesia is the biggest archipelago in the world.
1	Indonesia	Indonesia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	archipelago	archipelago	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Indonesia | the biggest archipelago |  | the world |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Galápagos archipelago has giant tortoises.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:archipelago:x2:1
# text = The Galápagos archipelago has giant tortoises.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Galápagos	Galápagos	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	archipelago	archipelago	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tortoises	tortoise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the Galápagos archipelago | giant tortoises |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tortoise=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We sailed around the archipelago.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:archipelago:x3:1
# text = We sailed around the archipelago.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sailed	sail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	around	around	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	archipelago	archipelago	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sail** | past | We |  |  | the archipelago |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent around archipelago=Trajectory |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Britain and Ireland are part of an archipelago.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:archipelago:x4:1
# text = Britain and Ireland are part of an archipelago.
1	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	archipelago	archipelago	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Britain and Ireland | part |  |  |  | of a archipelago | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Philippines is an archipelago of over 7,000 islands.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:archipelago:x5:1
# text = The Philippines is an archipelago of over 7,000 islands.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Philippines	Philippines	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Ptan	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	archipelago	archipelago	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	over	over	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	7,000	7000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	islands	island	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the Philippines | a archipelago |  |  |  | of 7,000 islands | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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Draw the archipelago on your map.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:archipelago:x6:1
# text = Draw the archipelago on your map.
1	Draw	draw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	archipelago	archipelago	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | imperative | you *not said here* | the archipelago |  | your map |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent archipelago=Theme on map=Destination |

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