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title: conger — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «conger» in the school dictionary: A large sea eel with grey or black skin, living in rocky places and wrecks in the sea around Europe and elsewhere; it can grow longer than a tall man. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# conger

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**Who acts:** large sea eel, huge conger, divers, conger eel, drawling master, Fishermen · **What happens:** live, grow, see, peep, be, catch · **To what, where:** rocky places, old shipwreck, conger eel, old conger eel, conger, fish

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A large sea eel with grey or black skin, living in rocky places and wrecks in the sea around Europe and elsewhere; it can grow longer than a tall man.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conger:m1:1
# text = A large sea eel with grey or black skin, living in rocky places and wrecks in the sea around Europe and elsewhere; it can grow longer than a tall man.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	eel	eel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	rocky	rocky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	wrecks	wreck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
20	around	around	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	elsewhere	elsewhere	ADV	RB	_	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	27	punct	_	_
25	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
26	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
27	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
28	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	27	advmod	_	_
29	than	than	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	27	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | gerund | a large sea eel with grey skin *not said here* |  |  | rocky places in the sea around Europe and wrecks |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location |
| 2 | **grow** | can | a large sea eel with grey skin |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Its flesh as food.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conger:m2:1
# text = Its flesh as food.
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	flesh	flesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	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 huge conger lived in the old shipwreck.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conger:x1:1
# text = A huge conger lived in the old shipwreck.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	conger	conger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	shipwreck	shipwreck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | a huge conger |  |  | the old shipwreck |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shipwreck=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The divers saw a conger eel peeping from a hole in the rock.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conger:x2:1
# text = The divers saw a conger eel peeping from a hole in the rock.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	divers	diver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	conger	conger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	eel	eel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	peeping	peep	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | the divers | a conger eel |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer eel=Stimulus |
| 2 | **peep** | gerund | a conger eel *not said here* |  |  |  |  | from a hole in the rock | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from hole=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Mock Turtle's drawling-master was an old conger-eel.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conger:x3:1
# text = The Mock Turtle's drawling-master was an old conger-eel.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Mock	Mock	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	drawling	drawling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
11	conger	conger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	eel	eel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the Mock Turtle's drawling master | a old conger eel |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fishermen caught a conger as long as the boat.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conger:x4:1
# text = Fishermen caught a conger as long as the boat.
1	Fishermen	Fishermen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	conger	conger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	boat	boat	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 | **catch** | past | Fishermen | a conger |  |  |  | long *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conger=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A conger is a fish, not a snake.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conger:x5:1
# text = A conger is a fish, not a snake.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	conger	conger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a conger | a fish and a snake |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Congers come out at night to hunt.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conger:x6:1
# text = Congers come out at night to hunt.
1	Congers	conger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come out** | present | Congers |  |  |  | night | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **hunt** | to-infinitive | Congers *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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