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title: condor — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «condor» in the school dictionary: A condor is a very large vulture with huge wings and a bald head, living in the Andes mountains (the Andean condor) or California (the California condor). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# condor

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**Who acts:** condor, large vulture, wings, tall man, Condors, We · **What happens:** be, live, soar, flap, eat, save · **To what, where:** large vulture, Andes mountains, mountains, dead animals, California condor, extinction

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A condor is a very large vulture with huge wings and a bald head, living in the Andes mountains (the Andean condor) or California (the California condor).

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:condor:m1:1
# text = A condor is a very large vulture with huge wings and a bald head, living in the Andes mountains (the Andean condor) or California (the California condor).
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	condor	condor	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	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	vulture	vulture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	bald	bald	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	Andes	Ande	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	20	compound	_	_
20	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
21	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	Andean	andean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	condor	condor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	24	punct	_	_
26	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	California	California	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	_
28	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	California	California	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	compound	_	_
31	condor	condor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	.	.	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 condor | a large vulture |  |  |  | with huge wings and a bald head | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | gerund | a large vulture *not said here* |  |  | the Andes mountains |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mountain=Location |

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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 condor soared over the mountains without flapping.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:condor:x1:1
# text = The condor soared over the mountains without flapping.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	condor	condor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	soared	soar	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	flapping	flap	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soar** | past | the condor |  |  | the mountains |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme over mountain=Trajectory |
| 2 | **flap** | gerund | the condor *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn body\_internal\_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An Andean condor's wings are wider than a tall man is high.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:condor:x2:1
# text = An Andean condor's wings are wider than a tall man is high.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Andean	andean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	condor	condor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	wider	wide	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
8	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a Andean condor's wings |  |  |  |  | wide *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | a tall man |  |  |  |  | high *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Condors eat dead animals, like other vultures.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:condor:x3:1
# text = Condors eat dead animals, like other vultures.
1	Condors	condor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	vultures	vulture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	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 | **eat** | present | Condors | dead animals |  |  |  | like other vultures | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The California condor was saved from extinction.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:condor:x4:1
# text = The California condor was saved from extinction.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	California	California	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	condor	condor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	saved	save	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	extinction	extinction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | past · passive |  | the California condor |  | extinction |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from extinction=Source |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We saw a condor gliding high above the canyon in Peru.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:condor:x5:1
# text = We saw a condor gliding high above the canyon in Peru.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	condor	condor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	gliding	glide	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	high	high	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
7	above	above	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	canyon	canyon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Peru	Peru	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | We | a condor |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer condor=Stimulus |
| 2 | **glide** | gerund | a condor *not said here* |  |  | the canyon in Peru |  | high *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme above canyon=Trajectory |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A condor can live for more than fifty years.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:condor:x6:1
# text = A condor can live for more than fifty years.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	condor	condor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	8	advmod	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | can | a condor |  |  |  | year |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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