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title: pachycephalosaurus — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «pachycephalosaurus» in the school dictionary: Pachycephalosaurus was a plant-eating dinosaur with a very thick, dome-shaped skull, which lived in North America about 66 million years ago. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# pachycephalosaurus

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**Who acts:** Pachycephalosaurus, eating dinosaur, name, Its, It, scientists · **What happens:** eat, be, shape, live, have, mean · **To what, where:** eating dinosaur, North America, skull, two legs, heads, dome · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Pachycephalosaurus was a plant-eating dinosaur with a very thick, dome-shaped skull, which lived in North America about 66 million years ago.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pachycephalosaurus:m1:1
# text = Pachycephalosaurus was a plant-eating dinosaur with a very thick, dome-shaped skull, which lived in North America about 66 million years ago.
1	Pachycephalosaurus	Pachycephalosaurus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
10	very	very	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
13	dome	dome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	shaped	shape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
16	skull	skull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
19	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
23	about	about	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
24	66	66	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	25	compound	_	_
25	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	26	nummod	_	_
26	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obl:unmarked	_	_
27	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	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 | Pachycephalosaurus | a eating dinosaur |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **shape** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 4 | **live** | past | a eating dinosaur |  |  | North America |  | ago *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in america=Location |

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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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Pachycephalosaurus had a skull 25 centimetres thick.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pachycephalosaurus:x1:1
# text = Pachycephalosaurus had a skull 25 centimetres thick.
1	Pachycephalosaurus	Pachycephalosaurus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	skull	skull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	25	25	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	centimetres	centimetre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Pachycephalosaurus | a skull |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skull=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Its name means «thick-headed lizard».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pachycephalosaurus:x2:1
# text = Its name means «thick-headed lizard».
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	headed	headed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	lizard	lizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Its name |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **name** |  | Its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pachycephalosaurus:x3:1
# text = Pachycephalosaurus walked on two legs.
1	Pachycephalosaurus	Pachycephalosaurus	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 | Pachycephalosaurus |  |  | two legs |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on leg=Trajectory |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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It lived at the same time as T. rex.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pachycephalosaurus:x4:1
# text = It lived at the same time as T. rex.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	T.	T.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	rex	rex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | It |  |  |  | time |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Some scientists think Pachycephalosaurus butted heads like goats.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pachycephalosaurus:x5:1
# text = Some scientists think Pachycephalosaurus butted heads like goats.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Pachycephalosaurus	Pachycephalosaurus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	butted	butt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	goats	goat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	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 | **think** *speech: other* | present | some scientists |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **butt** | past | Pachycephalosaurus | heads |  |  |  | like goats | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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Its dome was ringed with bony knobs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pachycephalosaurus:x6:1
# text = Its dome was ringed with bony knobs.
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	dome	dome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	ringed	ring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	bony	bony	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	knobs	knob	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | past · passive | bony knobs | Its dome |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme |

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