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title: megalosaurus — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «megalosaurus» in the school dictionary: Megalosaurus was a large meat-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now England about 166 million years ago. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# megalosaurus

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**Who acts:** Megalosaurus, large eating dinosaur, It, first dinosaur, Charles · **What happens:** eat, be, live, give, walk, name · **To what, where:** large eating dinosaur, England, first dinosaur, scientific name, 1824, two legs

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Megalosaurus was a large meat-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now England about 166 million years ago.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:megalosaurus:m1:1
# text = Megalosaurus was a large meat-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now England about 166 million years ago.
1	Megalosaurus	Megalosaurus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
5	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
15	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	about	about	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	166	166	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	18	compound	_	_
18	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	_
19	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl:unmarked	_	_
20	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | Megalosaurus | a large eating dinosaur |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **live** | past | a large eating dinosaur |  |  |  |  | ago *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  | England | now |  | 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was the first dinosaur ever given a scientific name, in 1824.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:megalosaurus:m2:1
# text = It was the first dinosaur ever given a scientific name, in 1824.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
7	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	scientific	scientific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	1824	1824	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | the first dinosaur |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | participle | the first dinosaur *not said here* | a scientific name |  | 1824 | ever |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Megalosaurus walked on two legs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:megalosaurus:x1:1
# text = Megalosaurus walked on two legs.
1	Megalosaurus	Megalosaurus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | Megalosaurus |  |  | two legs |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on leg=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Megalosaurus was the first dinosaur to be named.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:megalosaurus:x2:1
# text = Megalosaurus was the first dinosaur to be named.
1	Megalosaurus	Megalosaurus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Megalosaurus | the first dinosaur |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **name** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP» |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Its bones were found near Oxford.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:megalosaurus:x3:1
# text = Its bones were found near Oxford.
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	near	near	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Oxford	Oxford	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past · passive |  | Its bones |  | Oxford |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Megalosaurus means «great lizard».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:megalosaurus:x4:1
# text = Megalosaurus means «great lizard».
1	Megalosaurus	Megalosaurus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	lizard	lizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Megalosaurus | great lizard |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lizard=Topic |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Charles Dickens mentioned a Megalosaurus in one of his books.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:megalosaurus:x5:1
# text = Charles Dickens mentioned a Megalosaurus in one of his books.
1	Charles	Charles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Dickens	Dickens	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	mentioned	mention	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	Megalosaurus	Megalosaurus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mention** *speech: other* | past | Charles | a Megalosaurus |  |  |  | in one of Charles's books | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent megalosaurus=Topic |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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Megalosaurus had sharp, curved teeth.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:megalosaurus:x6:1
# text = Megalosaurus had sharp, curved teeth.
1	Megalosaurus	Megalosaurus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	curved	curve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Megalosaurus | sharp curved teeth |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient |
| 2 | **curve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material |

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