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title: feeler — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «feeler» in the school dictionary: A feeler is a long, thin part on the head of an insect, snail or other small animal, used to touch, smell and sense the world; scientists call insect feelers antennae. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# feeler

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**Who acts:** feeler, scientists, people, you, beetle, I · **What happens:** be, use, touch, smell, sense, call · **To what, where:** long thin part, head, snail, world, insect feelers, feelers · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«feeler» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [feeler in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/feeler.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A feeler is a long, thin part on the head of an insect, snail or other small animal, used to touch, smell and sense the world; scientists call insect feelers antennae.

<!-- fold The tree, 31 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:feeler:m1:1
# text = A feeler is a long, thin part on the head of an insect, snail or other small animal, used to touch, smell and sense the world; scientists call insect feelers antennae.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	feeler	feeler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	insect	insect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	snail	snail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
19	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	acl:relcl	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	touch	touch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	smell	smell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	conj	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	sense	sense	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	conj	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	33	punct	_	_
32	scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	nsubj	_	_
33	call	call	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
34	insect	insect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	compound	_	_
35	feelers	feeler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	obj	_	_
36	antennae	antennae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	35	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a feeler | a long thin part and snail or other small animal |  | the head of a insect |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  | snail or other small animal *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **touch** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **smell** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **sense** | infinitive |  | the world |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer world=Stimulus |
| 6 | **call** | present | scientists | insect feelers |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent feeler=Recipient |

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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}

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Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To put out feelers means to quietly try to find out what people think before you decide something.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:feeler:m2:1
# text = To put out feelers means to quietly try to find out what people think before you decide something.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	feelers	feeler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	obj	_	_
13	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
16	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	decide	decide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	ccomp	_	_
18	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put out** | to-infinitive |  | feelers |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent feeler=Goal |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **try** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | quietly *property* | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **find out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
| 5 | **think** *speech: other* | present | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 6 | **decide** | present | you | something |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent something=Topic |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The beetle waved its feelers in the air.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:feeler:x1:1
# text = The beetle waved its feelers in the air.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	beetle	beetle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	waved	wave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	feelers	feeler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | past | the beetle | beetle's feelers |  |  |  | in the air | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent feeler=Patient in air=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
When I touched the snail, it pulled its feelers in.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:feeler:x2:1
# text = When I touched the snail, it pulled its feelers in.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	touched	touch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	snail	snail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	feelers	feeler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **touch** | past | I | the snail |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme snail=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **pull** | past | snail | snail's feelers |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeler=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ants touch feelers to pass messages to each other.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:feeler:x3:1
# text = Ants touch feelers to pass messages to each other.
1	Ants	ant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	touch	touch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	feelers	feeler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	messages	message	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	5	obl	_	_
9	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **touch** | present | Ants | feelers |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme feeler=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | Ants *not said here* | messages | each |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent message=Theme to each=Recipient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Butterflies have club-shaped feelers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:feeler:x4:1
# text = Butterflies have club-shaped feelers.
1	Butterflies	butterfly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	shaped	shaped	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	feelers	feeler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Butterflies | shaped feelers |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeler=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A snail's eyes are at the ends of its long feelers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:feeler:x5:1
# text = A snail's eyes are at the ends of its long feelers.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	snail	snail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ends	end	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	feelers	feeler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a snail's eyes |  |  |  | at the ends | of snail's long feelers | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dad put out feelers to see if any shop had the game in stock.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:feeler:x6:1
# text = Dad put out feelers to see if any shop had the game in stock.
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	feelers	feeler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	stock	stock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put out** | past | Dad | feelers |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent feeler=Goal |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | Dad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | any shop | the game |  | stock |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
‘She has no feelers!’ cried another.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:feeler:x7:1
# text = ‘She has no feelers!’ cried another.
1	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	feelers	feeler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
8	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | no feelers | another |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent another=Topic |

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