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title: cormorant — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «cormorant» in the school dictionary: A large dark sea bird with a long neck and hooked beak that dives underwater to catch fish. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# cormorant

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**Who acts:** large dark sea bird, beak, cormorant, cormorants, rocks, We · **What happens:** hook, dive, catch, come up, stand, dry · **To what, where:** beak, fish, rocks, wings, cormorant, harbour

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A large dark sea bird with a long neck and hooked beak that dives underwater to catch fish.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cormorant:m1:1
# text = A large dark sea bird with a long neck and hooked beak that dives underwater to catch fish.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	hooked	hook	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	beak	beak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	dives	dive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	underwater	underwater	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
18	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hook** | past | a large dark sea bird with a long neck | beak |  |  |  |  | vn rotate-51.9.1-1 «NP V NP.extent»: agent=Theme beak=Extent |
| 2 | **dive** | present | beak |  |  |  |  | underwater *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **catch** | to-infinitive | beak *not said here* | fish |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A cormorant dived and came up with a fish.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cormorant:x1:1
# text = A cormorant dived and came up with a fish.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cormorant	cormorant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dived	dive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	up	up	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dive** | past | a cormorant |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **come up** | past | a cormorant *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with a fish | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The cormorants stood on the rocks drying their wings.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cormorant:x2:1
# text = The cormorants stood on the rocks drying their wings.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cormorants	cormorant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	drying	dry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | the cormorants |  |  | the rocks |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on rock=Location |
| 2 | **dry** | gerund | the rocks *not said here* | cormorants's wings |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient wing=Result |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cormorants can swim fast underwater.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cormorant:x3:1
# text = Cormorants can swim fast underwater.
1	Cormorants	cormorant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	underwater	underwater	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | can | Cormorants |  |  |  |  | fast, underwater *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We saw a cormorant at the harbour.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cormorant:x4:1
# text = We saw a cormorant at the harbour.
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	cormorant	cormorant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	harbour	harbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	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 cormorant |  | the harbour |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cormorant=Stimulus |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cormorants have hooked beaks.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cormorant:x5:1
# text = Cormorants have hooked beaks.
1	Cormorants	cormorant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	hooked	hook	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	beaks	beak	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Cormorants | hooked beaks |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beak=Patient |
| 2 | **hook** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fishermen in China once used cormorants to catch fish.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cormorant:x6:1
# text = Fishermen in China once used cormorants to catch fish.
1	Fishermen	fisherman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
5	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	cormorants	cormorant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
9	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | Fishermen in China | cormorants |  |  |  | once *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cormorant=Patient |
| 2 | **catch** | to-infinitive | Fishermen in China *not said here* | fish |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme |

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