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title: nautilus — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «nautilus» in the school dictionary: A sea animal related to the octopus and squid, which lives inside a coiled, striped shell divided into chambers. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# nautilus

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**Who acts:** sea animal, nautilus, nautilus shell, We, Ammonites, She · **What happens:** relate, live, divide, name, have up, be · **To what, where:** sea animal, coiled striped shell, chambers, famous submarines, beautiful spiral, submarine · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«nautilus» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [nautilus in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/nautilus.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A sea animal related to the octopus and squid, which lives inside a coiled, striped shell divided into chambers.

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nautilus:m1:1
# text = A sea animal related to the octopus and squid, which lives inside a coiled, striped shell divided into chambers.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
4	related	relate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	octopus	octopus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	squid	squid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
15	coiled	coiled	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
17	striped	striped	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
19	divided	divide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	_
20	into	into	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	chambers	chamber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relate** | participle |  | a sea animal *not said here* |  |  |  | to the octopus and squid | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to octopus=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **live** | present | a sea animal |  |  | a coiled striped shell |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside shell=Location |
| 3 | **divide** | participle |  | a coiled striped shell *not said here* |  | chambers |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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 -->
Nautilus: the name of famous submarines, including Captain Nemo's in Jules Verne's novel and the first nuclear submarine (a name).

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nautilus:m2:1
# text = Nautilus: the name of famous submarines, including Captain Nemo's in Jules Verne's novel and the first nuclear submarine (a name).
1	Nautilus	nautilus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	submarines	submarine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	including	including	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	Captain	Captain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Nemo	Nemo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	Jules	Jules	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	Verne	Verne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	novel	novel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
20	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	22	amod	_	_
21	nuclear	nuclear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	submarine	submarine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	_
23	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** |  |  | famous submarines including Captain Nemo in Jules Verne's novel and the first nuclear submarine |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A nautilus has up to ninety small tentacles.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nautilus:x1:1
# text = A nautilus has up to ninety small tentacles.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nautilus	nautilus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	ninety	ninety	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	tentacles	tentacle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have up** | present | a nautilus |  |  |  |  | to ninety small tentacles | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The nautilus shell is a beautiful spiral.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nautilus:x2:1
# text = The nautilus shell is a beautiful spiral.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	nautilus	nautilus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	spiral	spiral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the nautilus shell | a beautiful spiral |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The nautilus moves up and down by filling its chambers with gas or water.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nautilus:x3:1
# text = The nautilus moves up and down by filling its chambers with gas or water.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nautilus	nautilus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	down	down	ADV	RB	_	4	conj	_	_
7	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	filling	fill	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	chambers	chamber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move up** | present | the nautilus |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fill** | gerund | the nautilus *not said here* | nautilus's chambers |  |  |  | with gas or water | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent chamber=Patient with gas=Instrument |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In «Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea», the submarine is called the Nautilus.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nautilus:x4:1
# text = In «Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea», the submarine is called the Nautilus.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	compound	_	_
4	Thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	Leagues	league	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
6	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	submarine	submarine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Nautilus	Nautilus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present · passive |  | the submarine |  |  |  | in Thousand Leagues under the Sea | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We saw a nautilus at the aquarium.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nautilus:x5:1
# text = We saw a nautilus at the aquarium.
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	nautilus	nautilus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	aquarium	aquarium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | We | a nautilus |  | the aquarium |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nautilus=Stimulus |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ammonites were ancient animals like the nautilus.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nautilus:x6:1
# text = Ammonites were ancient animals like the nautilus.
1	Ammonites	ammonite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	nautilus	nautilus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Ammonites | ancient animals |  |  |  | like the nautilus | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She had watched jelly-fish and nautilus swimming a little way below the surface, and beautiful coloured sea-weeds floating about; but that was all.

<!-- fold The tree, 25 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nautilus:x7:1
# text = She had watched jelly-fish and nautilus swimming a little way below the surface, and beautiful coloured sea-weeds floating about; but that was all.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	watched	watch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	jelly	jelly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	nautilus	nautilus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	swimming	swim	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	below	below	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
18	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
19	coloured	coloured	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
20	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	weeds	weed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
23	floating	float	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	22	acl	_	_
24	about	about	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	29	punct	_	_
26	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
27	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	29	nsubj	_	_
28	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	cop	_	_
29	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past · perfect | She | jelly fish and nautilus |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme |
| 2 | **swim** | gerund | She *not said here* | a little way |  | the surface |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme way=Trajectory |
| 3 | **float** | gerund | beautiful coloured sea weeds *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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