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title: conic — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «conic» in the school dictionary: Conic means shaped like a cone, or to do with a cone. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# conic

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**Who acts:** Conic, cream cone, circle, tent, student · **What happens:** mean, shape, do, have, be, draw · **To what, where:** conic shape, one kind, tall conic roof, conic curve, board · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«conic» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: [conic in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/conic.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Conic means shaped like a cone, or to do with a cone.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conic:m1:1
# text = Conic means shaped like a cone, or to do with a cone.
1	Conic	conic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	shaped	shape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cone	cone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	cone	cone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Conic |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **shape** *not said to happen* | participle | Conic *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like a cone | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with a cone | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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}

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An ice-cream cone has a conic shape.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conic:x1:1
# text = An ice-cream cone has a conic shape.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	cone	cone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	conic	conic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | a cream cone | a conic shape |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A circle is one kind of conic section.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conic:x2:1
# text = A circle is one kind of conic section.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	circle	circle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	conic	conic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	section	section	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	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 circle | one kind |  |  |  | of conic section | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The tent had a tall conic roof.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conic:x3:1
# text = The tent had a tall conic roof.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	conic	conic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the tent | a tall conic roof |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roof=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The student drew the conic curve on the board.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:conic:x4:1
# text = The student drew the conic curve on the board.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	student	student	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	conic	conic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	curve	curve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past | the student | the conic curve |  | the board |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent curve=Theme on board=Destination |

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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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