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title: budgerigar — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «budgerigar» in the school dictionary: A small, long-tailed parrot from Australia, usually green and yellow in the wild, kept as a pet in many colours; usually called a budgie. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# budgerigar

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**Who acts:** nan, budgie, Wild budgerigars, Budgies, you, Budgerigars · **What happens:** tail, keep, call, have, say, live · **To what, where:** many colours, budgie, blue budgerigar, big flocks, mirror, cage · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A small, long-tailed parrot from Australia, usually green and yellow in the wild, kept as a pet in many colours; usually called a budgie.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:budgerigar:m1:1
# text = A small, long-tailed parrot from Australia, usually green and yellow in the wild, kept as a pet in many colours; usually called a budgie.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	tailed	tail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	wild	wild	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	parataxis	_	_
20	as	as	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
27	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
28	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	parataxis	_	_
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	budgie	budgie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tail** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **keep** | participle |  |  |  | many colours |  | as a pet | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in colour=Location |
| 3 | **call** | participle |  | a budgie |  |  |  | usually *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 -->
My nan has a blue budgerigar called Joey.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:budgerigar:x1:1
# text = My nan has a blue budgerigar called Joey.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	budgerigar	budgerigar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	Joey	Joey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | My nan | a blue budgerigar |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent budgerigar=Patient |
| 2 | **call** | participle |  | a blue budgerigar *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our budgie can say "Hello, pretty bird!"

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:budgerigar:x2:1
# text = Our budgie can say "Hello, pretty bird!"
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	budgie	budgie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Hello	hello	INTJ	UH	_	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	pretty	pretty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | can | Our budgie |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hello=Topic |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wild budgerigars live in big flocks in Australia.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:budgerigar:x3:1
# text = Wild budgerigars live in big flocks in Australia.
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	budgerigars	budgerigar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	flocks	flock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Wild budgerigars |  |  | big flocks |  | in Australia | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in flock=Location |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Budgies like to look at themselves in a mirror.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:budgerigar:x4:1
# text = Budgies like to look at themselves in a mirror.
1	Budgies	budgie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mirror	mirror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | present | Budgies |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **look** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Budgies *not said here* |  |  | a mirror |  | at Budgies *= budgie* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at themselves=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Clean the budgie's cage every week.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:budgerigar:x5:1
# text = Clean the budgie's cage every week.
1	Clean	clean	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	budgie	budgie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	cage	cage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clean** | imperative | you *not said here* | the budgie's cage |  |  | week |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent cage=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Budgerigars are a kind of small parrot.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:budgerigar:x6:1
# text = Budgerigars are a kind of small parrot.
1	Budgerigars	budgerigar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Budgerigars | a kind |  |  |  | of small parrot | tree rules |

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