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title: kea — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «kea» in the school dictionary: A kea is a large, olive-green mountain parrot from the South Island of New Zealand, with bright orange under its wings, famous for being very clever and cheeky. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# kea

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**Who acts:** kea, Keas, wings, Scientists, you · **What happens:** be, pull, live, say, not leave, steal · **To what, where:** large green mountain parrot, South Island, rubber, car window, mountains, boots · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A kea is a large, olive-green mountain parrot from the South Island of New Zealand, with bright orange under its wings, famous for being very clever and cheeky.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kea:m1:1
# text = A kea is a large, olive-green mountain parrot from the South Island of New Zealand, with bright orange under its wings, famous for being very clever and cheeky.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kea	kea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
5	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	olive	olive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	Island	Island	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	flat	_	_
18	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	orange	orange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	parataxis	_	_
23	under	under	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
27	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	conj	_	_
28	for	for	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
29	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	31	cop	_	_
30	very	very	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
31	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	obl	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
33	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a kea | a large green mountain parrot |  | the South Island of New Zealand |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | clever *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 kea pulled the rubber off our car window.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kea:x1:1
# text = A kea pulled the rubber off our car window.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kea	kea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	window	window	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 | **pull** | past | a kea | the rubber |  | our car window |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent rubber=Theme off window=Initial\_Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Keas live high in the mountains of New Zealand's South Island.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kea:x2:1
# text = Keas live high in the mountains of New Zealand's South Island.
1	Keas	kea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	high	high	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	flat	_	_
9	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Island	Island	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Keas |  |  | the mountains of New Zealand's South Island |  | high *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mountain=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The kea's wings are bright orange underneath.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kea:x3:1
# text = The kea's wings are bright orange underneath.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kea	kea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	orange	orange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	underneath	underneath	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the kea's wings |  |  |  |  | orange, underneath *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Scientists say keas are as clever as some monkeys at puzzles.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kea:x4:1
# text = Scientists say keas are as clever as some monkeys at puzzles.
1	Scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	keas	kea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	as	as	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	puzzles	puzzle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Scientists |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | keas |  |  |  |  | as some monkeys at puzzles; clever *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Don't leave your boots outside — the keas will steal them!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kea:x5:1
# text = Don't leave your boots outside — the keas will steal them!
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	keas	kea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	steal	steal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **leave** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | your boots |  |  |  | outside *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boot=Theme |
| 2 | **steal** | future | the keas | boots *= boot* |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Keas are protected because only a few thousand are left.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kea:x6:1
# text = Keas are protected because only a few thousand are left.
1	Keas	kea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	protected	protect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | present · passive |  | Keas |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** | present · passive |  | a few thousand |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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