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title: insectivore — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «insectivore» in the school dictionary: An animal or plant that eats mainly insects. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# insectivore

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**Who acts:** animal, Bats, one bat, hedgehog, insectivore, Venus flytrap · **What happens:** eat, use, be, hunt, catch, fit · **To what, where:** insects, word, insectivores, hundreds, insectivore, beetles

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An animal or plant that eats mainly insects.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:insectivore:m1:1
# text = An animal or plant that eats mainly insects.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	mainly	mainly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | a animal or plant | insects |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=Patient |

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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: science, older — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A word once used for a group of small mammals like shrews, moles and hedgehogs.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:insectivore:m2:1
# text = A word once used for a group of small mammals like shrews, moles and hedgehogs.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	advmod	_	_
4	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	mammals	mammal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	shrews	shrew	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	moles	mole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  | a word *not said here* |  |  |  | for a group of small mammals like shrews and moles and hedgehogs; once *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bats are insectivores; one bat can eat hundreds of midges in a night.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:insectivore:x1:1
# text = Bats are insectivores; one bat can eat hundreds of midges in a night.
1	Bats	bat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	insectivores	insectivore	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	bat	bat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
9	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	midges	midge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Bats | insectivores |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | can | one bat | hundreds of midges |  |  | night |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hundred=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The hedgehog is an insectivore that hunts beetles and worms.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:insectivore:x2:1
# text = The hedgehog is an insectivore that hunts beetles and worms.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	insectivore	insectivore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	hunts	hunt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	beetles	beetle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	worms	worm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the hedgehog | a insectivore |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hunt** | present | a insectivore | beetles and worms |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beetle=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A Venus flytrap is an insectivore plant.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:insectivore:x3:1
# text = A Venus flytrap is an insectivore plant.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Venus	Venus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	flytrap	flytrap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	insectivore	insectivore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a Venus flytrap | a insectivore plant |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Anteaters are insectivores with long sticky tongues.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:insectivore:x4:1
# text = Anteaters are insectivores with long sticky tongues.
1	Anteaters	anteater	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	insectivores	insectivore	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	sticky	sticky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tongues	tongue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Anteaters | insectivores |  |  |  | with long sticky tongues | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Swallows are insectivores that catch flies in the air.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:insectivore:x5:1
# text = Swallows are insectivores that catch flies in the air.
1	Swallows	swallow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	insectivores	insectivore	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	catch	catch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	flies	fly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	air	air	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 | **is a** | present | Swallows | insectivores |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **catch** | present | insectivores | flies |  | the air |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fly=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Is a frog an insectivore or a carnivore? Both words can fit.

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*Sentence 1:* Is a frog an insectivore or a carnivore?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:insectivore:x6:1
# text = Is a frog an insectivore or a carnivore?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	insectivore	insectivore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	carnivore	carnivore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a frog |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 2:* Both words can fit.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:insectivore:x6:2
# text = Both words can fit.
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	fit	fit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | can | both words |  |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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