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title: meteoroid — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «meteoroid» in the school dictionary: A small rock or bit of metal travelling through space, smaller than an asteroid. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# meteoroid

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**Who acts:** small rock, meteoroid, Most meteoroids, bit, Meteoroids · **What happens:** travel, enter, become, not be, survive, land · **To what, where:** space, atmosphere, meteor, meteorite, satellites

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A small rock or bit of metal travelling through space, smaller than an asteroid.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:meteoroid:m1:1
# text = A small rock or bit of metal travelling through space, smaller than an asteroid.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	travelling	travel	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
9	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
13	than	than	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	asteroid	asteroid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | gerund | a small rock or bit of metal *not said here* |  |  | space |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through space=Trajectory |

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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 meteoroid travels very fast through space.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:meteoroid:x1:1
# text = A meteoroid travels very fast through space.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	meteoroid	meteoroid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	travels	travel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **travel** | present | a meteoroid |  |  | space |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through space=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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When a meteoroid enters the atmosphere, it becomes a meteor.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:meteoroid:x2:1
# text = When a meteoroid enters the atmosphere, it becomes a meteor.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	meteoroid	meteoroid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	enters	enter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	atmosphere	atmosphere	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	meteor	meteor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enter** | present | a meteoroid | the atmosphere |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme atmosphere=Destination |
| 2 | **become** | present | meteoroid | a meteor |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Most meteoroids are no bigger than a grain of sand.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:meteoroid:x3:1
# text = Most meteoroids are no bigger than a grain of sand.
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	meteoroids	meteoroid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	no	no	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | Most meteoroids |  |  |  |  | than a grain of sand; big *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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If a bit survives and lands, it is a meteorite.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:meteoroid:x4:1
# text = If a bit survives and lands, it is a meteorite.
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	survives	survive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	lands	land	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	meteorite	meteorite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **survive** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | a bit |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **land** | present | a bit *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | bit | a meteorite |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Meteoroids can damage satellites.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:meteoroid:x5:1
# text = Meteoroids can damage satellites.
1	Meteoroids	meteoroid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	damage	damage	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	satellites	satellite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **damage** | can | Meteoroids | satellites |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent satellite=Patient |

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