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title: plover — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «plover» in the school dictionary: A plover is a bird with a short beak, that lives on open land and often flies in flocks. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# plover

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**Who acts:** plover, that, plovers, We, weather · **What happens:** be, live, fly, curve, see, start · **To what, where:** bird, open land, flocks, curved line, flock, flight

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«plover» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: [plover in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/plover.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A plover is a bird with a short beak, that lives on open land and often flies in flocks.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:plover:m1:1
# text = A plover is a bird with a short beak, that lives on open land and often flies in flocks.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	plover	plover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	beak	beak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	often	often	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	flies	fly	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	flocks	flock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a plover | a bird |  |  |  | with a short beak | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | present | that |  |  | open land |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on land=Location |
| 3 | **fly** | present | that *not said here* |  |  | flocks |  | often *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in flock=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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The plovers fly in a curved line like a snake.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:plover:x1:1
# text = The plovers fly in a curved line like a snake.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	plovers	plover	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fly	fly	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	curved	curve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | present | the plovers |  |  | a curved line |  | like a snake | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in line=Location |
| 2 | **curve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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We saw a flock of plovers on the marsh.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:plover:x2:1
# text = We saw a flock of plovers on the marsh.
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	flock	flock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	plovers	plover	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	marsh	marsh	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 | **see** | past | We | a flock of plovers on the marsh |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer flock=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The plovers will start their flight when the weather turns.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:plover:x3:1
# text = The plovers will start their flight when the weather turns.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	plovers	plover	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | future | the plovers | plovers's flight |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flight=Eventuality |
| 2 | **turn** | present | the weather |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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**Text:** the school dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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