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title: deinonychus — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «deinonychus» in the school dictionary: A meat-eating dinosaur about 3 metres long that ran on two legs and had a large curved claw on each foot. The name means «terrible claw». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# deinonychus

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**Who acts:** eating dinosaur, name, Deinonychus, Its, Scientists, museum · **What happens:** eat, run, have, curve, mean, name · **To what, where:** two legs, large curved claw, foot, terrible claw, big curved claw, feathers · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«deinonychus» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: [deinonychus in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/deinonychus.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A meat-eating dinosaur about 3 metres long that ran on two legs and had a large curved claw on each foot. The name means «terrible claw».

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*Sentence 1:* A meat-eating dinosaur about 3 metres long that ran on two legs and had a large curved claw on each foot.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:deinonychus:m1:1
# text = A meat-eating dinosaur about 3 metres long that ran on two legs and had a large curved claw on each foot.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
6	about	about	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
18	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
19	curved	curve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	amod	_	_
20	claw	claw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
21	on	on	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	23	det	_	_
23	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **run** | past | a eating dinosaur |  |  | two legs |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on leg=Trajectory |
| 3 | **have** | past | a eating dinosaur *not said here* | a large curved claw |  | each foot |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claw=Patient |
| 4 | **curve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* The name means «terrible claw».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:deinonychus:m1:2
# text = The name means «terrible claw».
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	claw	claw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | the name | terrible claw |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claw=Topic |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Deinonychus had a big curved claw on each foot.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:deinonychus:x1:1
# text = Deinonychus had a big curved claw on each foot.
1	Deinonychus	Deinonychus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	curved	curve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	claw	claw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Deinonychus | a big curved claw |  | each foot |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claw=Patient |
| 2 | **curve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Its name means «terrible claw».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:deinonychus:x2:1
# text = Its name means «terrible claw».
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	claw	claw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Its name | terrible claw |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claw=Topic |
| 2 | **name** |  | Its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Scientists think Deinonychus had feathers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:deinonychus:x3:1
# text = Scientists think Deinonychus had feathers.
1	Scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Deinonychus	Deinonychus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Scientists |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | past | Deinonychus | feathers |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Deinonychus lived in North America long before people.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:deinonychus:x4:1
# text = Deinonychus lived in North America long before people.
1	Deinonychus	Deinonychus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
7	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	people	people	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 | **live** | past | Deinonychus |  |  | North America | before people | long *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in america=Location |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The museum has a Deinonychus skeleton in a running pose.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:deinonychus:x5:1
# text = The museum has a Deinonychus skeleton in a running pose.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Deinonychus	Deinonychus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	skeleton	skeleton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	amod	_	_
10	pose	pose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the museum | a Deinonychus skeleton |  | a running pose |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skeleton=Patient |
| 2 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The raptors in films are partly based on Deinonychus.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:deinonychus:x6:1
# text = The raptors in films are partly based on Deinonychus.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	raptors	raptor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	partly	partly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	based	base	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Deinonychus	Deinonychus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **base** | present · passive |  | the raptors in films |  | Deinonychus |  | partly *property* | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme on deinonychus=Source |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Deinonychus was about as long as a car.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:deinonychus:x7:1
# text = Deinonychus was about as long as a car.
1	Deinonychus	Deinonychus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	as	as	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	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** | past | Deinonychus |  |  |  |  | as a car; about, long *property* | tree rules |

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