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title: moose — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «moose» in the school dictionary: A moose is a very large deer with long legs, a big nose, a flap of skin under its chin, and wide flat antlers on the male. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# moose

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**Who acts:** moose, We, male moose, you · **What happens:** be, stand, eat, see, grow, watch out · **To what, where:** large deer, lake, plants, biggest kind, three moose, Canada · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A moose is a very large deer with long legs, a big nose, a flap of skin under its chin, and wide flat antlers on the male.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moose:m1:1
# text = A moose is a very large deer with long legs, a big nose, a flap of skin under its chin, and wide flat antlers on the male.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	moose	moose	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	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	deer	deer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	flap	flap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
20	under	under	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	chin	chin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
25	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
26	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	antlers	antler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
28	on	on	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	male	male	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	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 moose | a large deer and wide flat antlers on the male |  |  |  | with long legs | 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 moose stood in the lake eating plants.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moose:x1:1
# text = A moose stood in the lake eating plants.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	moose	moose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | a moose |  |  | the lake |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in lake=Location |
| 2 | **eat** | gerund | a moose *not said here* | plants |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The moose is the biggest kind of deer.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moose:x2:1
# text = The moose is the biggest kind of deer.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	moose	moose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	deer	deer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **is a** | present | the moose | the biggest kind |  |  |  | of deer | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We saw three moose in Canada.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moose:x3:1
# text = We saw three moose in Canada.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	moose	moose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Canada	Canada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | We | three moose |  | Canada |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer moose=Stimulus |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only male moose grow antlers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moose:x4:1
# text = Only male moose grow antlers.
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	male	male	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	moose	moose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	antlers	antler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | male moose | antlers |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location antler=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Watch out for moose on the road at night.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moose:x5:1
# text = Watch out for moose on the road at night.
1	Watch	watch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	moose	moose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch out** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the road | night | for moose | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for moose=Theme on road=Location |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A baby moose is called a calf.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:moose:x6:1
# text = A baby moose is called a calf.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	moose	moose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present · passive |  | a baby moose |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

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