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title: conch — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «conch» in the school dictionary: A large spiral sea shell. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# conch

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**Who acts:** He, villagers · **What happens:** make, blow, seize, call, roll · **To what, where:** horn, shell, loud call, conch, conches, everyone · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A large spiral sea shell.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conch:m1:1
# text = A large spiral sea shell.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	spiral	spiral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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A horn made from such a shell, blown to make a loud call or sound.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conch:m2:1
# text = A horn made from such a shell, blown to make a loud call or sound.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horn	horn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	7	det:predet	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	blown	blow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | a horn *not said here* |  | such shell |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from shell=Material |
| 2 | **blow** | participle |  | a horn *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | a loud call or sound |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset call=Product |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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He seized the conch and blew it loudly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conch:x1:1
# text = He seized the conch and blew it loudly.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	seized	seize	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	conch	conch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	blew	blow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seize** | past | He | the conch |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conch=Theme |
| 2 | **blow** | past | He *not said here* | conch |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The villagers blew the conches to call everyone to the temple.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conch:x2:1
# text = The villagers blew the conches to call everyone to the temple.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	villagers	villager	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	blew	blow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	conches	conche	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | past | the villagers | the conches |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent conche=Patient |
| 2 | **call** | to-infinitive | the villagers *not said here* | everyone | the temple |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Topic to temple=Recipient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The sound of the conch rolled over the bay.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conch:x3:1
# text = The sound of the conch rolled over the bay.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	conch	conch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	rolled	roll	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bay	bay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	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 | **roll** | participle |  | the conch *not said here* |  | the bay |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over bay=Trajectory |

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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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