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title: floe — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «floe» in the school dictionary: A large flat sheet of floating ice on the sea. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# floe

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**Who acts:** polar bear, ship, explorers, Warmer seas, floe · **What happens:** float, stand, rest, push, drift, mean · **To what, where:** ice floe, Seals, floating floe, fewer ice floes, two

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A large flat sheet of floating ice on the sea.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:floe:m1:1
# text = A large flat sheet of floating ice on the sea.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sheet	sheet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	floating	float	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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A polar bear stood on the ice floe.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:floe:x1:1
# text = A polar bear stood on the ice floe.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	polar	polar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	floe	floe	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 | **stand** | past | a polar bear |  |  | the ice floe |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on floe=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Seals rested on the floating floe.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:floe:x2:1
# text = Seals rested on the floating floe.
1	Seals	seal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	rested	rest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	floating	float	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	floe	floe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rest** | participle |  | Seals *not said here* |  | the floating floe |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on floe=Location |
| 2 | **float** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The ship pushed slowly between the floes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:floe:x3:1
# text = The ship pushed slowly between the floes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pushed	push	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	floes	floe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | past | the ship |  |  |  |  | between the floes; slowly *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The explorers drifted for months on an ice floe.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:floe:x4:1
# text = The explorers drifted for months on an ice floe.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	explorers	explorer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	drifted	drift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	floe	floe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	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 | **drift** | past | the explorers |  |  | a ice floe | month |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on floe=Trajectory |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Warmer seas mean fewer ice floes in summer.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:floe:x5:1
# text = Warmer seas mean fewer ice floes in summer.
1	Warmer	warmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	seas	sea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
5	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	floes	floe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Warmer seas | fewer ice floes |  |  |  | in summer | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent floe=Topic |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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The floe cracked and split in two.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:floe:x6:1
# text = The floe cracked and split in two.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	floe	floe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cracked	crack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	split	split	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crack** | participle | the floe |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **split** | participle | the floe *not said here* |  |  | two |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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