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title: cere — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «cere» in the school dictionary: The soft, waxy, often brightly coloured patch of skin at the top of a bird's beak, around the nostrils, found in birds such as parrots, budgies, hawks and pigeons. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# cere

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**Who acts:** blue cere, cere, Hawks, vet · **What happens:** find, show, be, have, check · **To what, where:** nostrils, male, yellow cere, beak, cere · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«cere» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 5 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: [cere in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cere.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The soft, waxy, often brightly coloured patch of skin at the top of a bird's beak, around the nostrils, found in birds such as parrots, budgies, hawks and pigeons.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cere:m1:1
# text = The soft, waxy, often brightly coloured patch of skin at the top of a bird's beak, around the nostrils, found in birds such as parrots, budgies, hawks and pigeons.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
2	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	waxy	waxy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	often	often	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	brightly	brightly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	coloured	coloured	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	patch	patch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	beak	beak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	around	around	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	nostrils	nostril	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	acl	_	_
26	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obl	_	_
28	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	30	case	_	_
29	as	as	ADP	IN	_	28	fixed	_	_
30	parrots	parrot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
32	budgies	budgie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
34	hawks	hawk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	conj	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
36	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | participle |  | the nostrils *not said here* |  |  |  | in birds such parrots and budgies and hawks and pigeons | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: 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 -->
The budgie's blue cere shows it is a male.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cere:x1:1
# text = The budgie's blue cere shows it is a male.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	budgie	budgie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cere	cere	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	male	male	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | the budgie's blue cere |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | cere | a male |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Hawks have a yellow cere above the beak.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cere:x2:1
# text = Hawks have a yellow cere above the beak.
1	Hawks	hawk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cere	cere	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	above	above	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	beak	beak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Hawks | a yellow cere |  | the beak |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cere=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The vet checked the parrot's cere.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cere:x3:1
# text = The vet checked the parrot's cere.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vet	vet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	checked	check	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	cere	cere	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 | **check** | past | the vet | the parrot's cere |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cere=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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A female budgie's cere is often brown.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cere:x4:1
# text = A female budgie's cere is often brown.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	female	female	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	budgie	budgie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	cere	cere	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	often	often	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a female budgie's cere |  |  |  |  | brown, often *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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The cere has the bird's nostrils in it.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cere:x5:1
# text = The cere has the bird's nostrils in it.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cere	cere	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	nostrils	nostril	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the cere | the bird's nostrils |  |  |  | in bird | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nostril=Patient |

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