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title: codfish — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «codfish» in the school dictionary: A codfish is a large sea fish that people eat. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# codfish

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**Who acts:** codfish, people, We, captain, Fishermen · **What happens:** be, eat, fry, call, bring · **To what, where:** large sea fish, insult, fried codfish, codfish, boat · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«codfish» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: [codfish in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/codfish.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A codfish is a large sea fish that people eat.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:codfish:m1:1
# text = A codfish is a large sea fish that people eat.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	codfish	codfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obj	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a codfish | a large sea fish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | present | people | a large sea fish |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Codfish» is an insult for a foolish, dull person, as in «only a codfish».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:codfish:m2:1
# text = «Codfish» is an insult for a foolish, dull person, as in «only a codfish».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Codfish	codfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	insult	insult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
9	foolish	foolish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	dull	dull	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
14	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	only	only	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	codfish	codfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Codfish | a insult |  |  |  | for a foolish dull person | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We ate fried codfish for supper.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:codfish:x1:1
# text = We ate fried codfish for supper.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fried	fry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	codfish	codfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	supper	supper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **eat** | past | We | fried codfish |  |  |  | for supper | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent codfish=Patient |
| 2 | **fry** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The captain was furious to be called a codfish.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:codfish:x2:1
# text = The captain was furious to be called a codfish.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	furious	furious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	codfish	codfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the captain |  |  |  |  | furious *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **call** | to-infinitive · passive | the captain *not said here* | a codfish |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V» |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Fishermen brought in a boat full of codfish.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:codfish:x3:1
# text = Fishermen brought in a boat full of codfish.
1	Fishermen	fisherman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	codfish	codfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	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 | **bring** | past | Fishermen |  |  | a boat |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |

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**Text:** the school dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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