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title: kookaburra — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «kookaburra» in the school dictionary: A kookaburra is a big Australian bird of the kingfisher family with a loud call that sounds like a person laughing. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# kookaburra

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**Who acts:** kookaburra, loud call, person, Kookaburras, We, laughing kookaburra · **What happens:** be, sound, laugh, eat, sing, sit · **To what, where:** big Australian bird, snakes, old gum tree, sausage, barbecue, kind · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«kookaburra» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 5 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: [kookaburra in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/kookaburra.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A kookaburra is a big Australian bird of the kingfisher family with a loud call that sounds like a person laughing.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kookaburra:m1:1
# text = A kookaburra is a big Australian bird of the kingfisher family with a loud call that sounds like a person laughing.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kookaburra	kookaburra	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	Australian	Australian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	kingfisher	kingfisher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
17	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
18	like	like	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	20	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	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 kookaburra | a big Australian bird |  |  |  | of the kingfisher family with a loud call | tree rules |
| 2 | **sound** | present | a loud call |  |  |  |  | like a person | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **laugh** | gerund | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 -->
The kookaburra laughed loudly at dawn.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kookaburra:x1:1
# text = The kookaburra laughed loudly at dawn.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kookaburra	kookaburra	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | past | the kookaburra |  |  |  | dawn | loudly *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Kookaburras eat snakes, lizards and insects.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kookaburra:x2:1
# text = Kookaburras eat snakes, lizards and insects.
1	Kookaburras	kookaburra	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	lizards	lizard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Kookaburras | snakes and lizards and insects |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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We sang «Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kookaburra:x3:1
# text = We sang «Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree».
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Kookaburra	Kookaburra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	gum	gum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | We |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **sit** *in a quote* | present | Kookaburra |  |  | the old gum tree |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=Location |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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A kookaburra snatched a sausage from the barbecue.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kookaburra:x4:1
# text = A kookaburra snatched a sausage from the barbecue.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kookaburra	kookaburra	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	snatched	snatch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sausage	sausage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	barbecue	barbecue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snatch** | past | a kookaburra | a sausage |  | the barbecue |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent sausage=Theme from barbecue=Source |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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The laughing kookaburra is a kind of kingfisher.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kookaburra:x5:1
# text = The laughing kookaburra is a kind of kingfisher.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	kookaburra	kookaburra	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	kingfisher	kingfisher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the laughing kookaburra | a kind |  |  |  | of kingfisher | tree rules |

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**Text:** the school dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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