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title: brontosaurus — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «brontosaurus» in the school dictionary: A huge plant-eating dinosaur with a very long neck, long tail and four thick legs; its name means "thunder lizard". Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# brontosaurus

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**Who acts:** huge eating dinosaur, dinosaur, brontosaurus, We, Scientists · **What happens:** eat, mean, name, have, see, argue · **To what, where:** thunder lizard, long neck, plants, brontosaurus skeleton, museum

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A huge plant-eating dinosaur with a very long neck, long tail and four thick legs; its name means "thunder lizard".

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brontosaurus:m1:1
# text = A huge plant-eating dinosaur with a very long neck, long tail and four thick legs; its name means "thunder lizard".
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
17	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	22	punct	_	_
20	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
22	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
23	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	thunder	thunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	compound	_	_
25	lizard	lizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present | a huge eating dinosaur with a long neck and long tail and four thick legs | thunder lizard |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lizard=Topic |
| 3 | **name** |  | dinosaur |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The brontosaurus had a very long neck.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brontosaurus:x1:1
# text = The brontosaurus had a very long neck.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brontosaurus	brontosaurus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the brontosaurus | a long neck |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neck=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Brontosaurus means "thunder lizard".

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brontosaurus:x2:1
# text = Brontosaurus means "thunder lizard".
1	Brontosaurus	Brontosaurus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	thunder	thunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	lizard	lizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Brontosaurus | thunder lizard |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lizard=Topic |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The brontosaurus ate plants, not meat.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brontosaurus:x3:1
# text = The brontosaurus ate plants, not meat.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brontosaurus	brontosaurus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | the brontosaurus | plants and meat |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We saw a brontosaurus skeleton at the museum.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brontosaurus:x4:1
# text = We saw a brontosaurus skeleton at the museum.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	brontosaurus	brontosaurus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	skeleton	skeleton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | We | a brontosaurus skeleton |  | the museum |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer skeleton=Stimulus |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Scientists argued for years about whether brontosaurus was a real separate dinosaur.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brontosaurus:x5:1
# text = Scientists argued for years about whether brontosaurus was a real separate dinosaur.
1	Scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	argued	argue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
6	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
7	brontosaurus	brontosaurus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	separate	separate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | past | Scientists |  |  |  | year |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | brontosaurus |  |  |  |  | about a real separate dinosaur | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A brontosaurus was longer than a school bus.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:brontosaurus:x6:1
# text = A brontosaurus was longer than a school bus.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brontosaurus	brontosaurus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	longer	long	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | a brontosaurus |  |  |  |  | than a school bus; long *property* | tree rules |

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