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title: chinchilla — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «chinchilla» in the school dictionary: A small rodent from the Andes mountains of South America, with very soft, thick grey fur and a bushy tail. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# chinchilla

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**Who acts:** chinchilla, pet chinchilla, Chinchillas, fur, Wild chinchillas · **What happens:** have, roll, keep, come, not get, take · **To what, where:** softest fur, special dust, Andes mountains, chinchillas, bit

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«chinchilla» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [chinchilla in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chinchilla.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A small rodent from the Andes mountains of South America, with very soft, thick grey fur and a bushy tail.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chinchilla:m1:1
# text = A small rodent from the Andes mountains of South America, with very soft, thick grey fur and a bushy tail.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rodent	rodent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Andes	Ande	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	compound	_	_
7	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
13	very	very	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
16	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
17	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	bushy	bushy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fur of this animal.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chinchilla:m2:1
# text = The fur of this animal.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A chinchilla has the softest fur of any land animal.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chinchilla:x1:1
# text = A chinchilla has the softest fur of any land animal.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chinchilla	chinchilla	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	6	det	_	_
5	softest	soft	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
9	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | a chinchilla | the softest fur of any land animal |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fur=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our pet chinchilla rolls in special dust to keep clean.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chinchilla:x2:1
# text = Our pet chinchilla rolls in special dust to keep clean.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	chinchilla	chinchilla	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	rolls	roll	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
10	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll** | present | Our pet chinchilla |  |  | special dust |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dust=Trajectory |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | Our pet chinchilla *not said here* |  |  |  |  | clean *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Chinchillas come from the Andes mountains.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chinchilla:x3:1
# text = Chinchillas come from the Andes mountains.
1	Chinchillas	chinchilla	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Andes	Ande	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	compound	_	_
6	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Chinchillas |  |  | the Andes mountains |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from mountain=Initial\_Location |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Chinchillas must not get wet, because their fur takes too long to dry.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chinchilla:x4:1
# text = Chinchillas must not get wet, because their fur takes too long to dry.
1	Chinchillas	chinchilla	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
11	too	too	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	dry	dry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **get** | must | Chinchillas |  |  |  |  | wet *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **take** | present | Chinchillas's fur |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **dry** | to-infinitive | Chinchillas's fur *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Wild chinchillas are now rare because they were hunted for fur.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chinchilla:x5:1
# text = Wild chinchillas are now rare because they were hunted for fur.
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	chinchillas	chinchilla	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	hunted	hunt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Wild chinchillas |  |  |  | now | rare *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hunt** | past · passive |  | chinchillas *= chinchilla* |  |  |  | for fur | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Location for fur=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The chinchilla nibbled a bit of hay.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chinchilla:x6:1
# text = The chinchilla nibbled a bit of hay.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chinchilla	chinchilla	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	nibbled	nibble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	hay	hay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nibble** | past | the chinchilla | a bit of hay |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient |

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