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title: remora — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «remora» in the school dictionary: A remora is a fish with a flat sucker on top of its head that it uses to stick to sharks, whales, turtles and boats and ride along with them. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# remora

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**Who acts:** remora, Remoras, Divers, shark · **What happens:** be, use, stick, ride along, cling, eat · **To what, where:** fish, remora, scraps, sucker, head, remoras · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A remora is a fish with a flat sucker on top of its head that it uses to stick to sharks, whales, turtles and boats and ride along with them.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:remora:m1:1
# text = A remora is a fish with a flat sucker on top of its head that it uses to stick to sharks, whales, turtles and boats and ride along with them.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	remora	remora	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	fish	fish	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	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	sucker	sucker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	stick	stick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	xcomp	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	turtles	turtle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	conj	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	boats	boat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	conj	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	ride	ride	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	_	_
30	along	along	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
31	with	with	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	.	.	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 remora | a fish |  |  |  | with a flat sucker on top of remora's head | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | present | remora |  |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **stick** | to-infinitive | remora *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to sharks and whales and turtles and boats | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to shark=Co-Patient |
| 4 | **ride along** | present | remora *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with boats *= boat*; along *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

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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 remora clung to the shark's belly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:remora:x1:1
# text = A remora clung to the shark's belly.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	remora	remora	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	clung	cling	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	belly	belly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cling** | participle |  | a remora *not said here* |  |  |  | to the shark's belly | vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to belly=Co-Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Remoras eat scraps left by the shark.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:remora:x2:1
# text = Remoras eat scraps left by the shark.
1	Remoras	remora	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	scraps	scrap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Remoras | scraps |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scrap=Patient |
| 2 | **leave** | participle |  | scraps *not said here* |  |  |  | by the shark | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by shark=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The remora has a sucker on its head.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:remora:x3:1
# text = The remora has a sucker on its head.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	remora	remora	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sucker	sucker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the remora | a sucker |  | remora's head |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sucker=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Divers saw remoras stuck to a turtle.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:remora:x4:1
# text = Divers saw remoras stuck to a turtle.
1	Divers	diver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	remoras	remora	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	stuck	stick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	turtle	turtle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | Divers | remoras |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer remora=Stimulus |
| 2 | **stick** | participle |  | remoras *not said here* |  |  |  | to a turtle | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to turtle=Co-Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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A remora is also called a suckerfish.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:remora:x5:1
# text = A remora is also called a suckerfish.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	remora	remora	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
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	suckerfish	suckerfish	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 remora |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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The shark does not seem to mind the remora.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:remora:x6:1
# text = The shark does not seem to mind the remora.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	seem	seem	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	mind	mind	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	remora	remora	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **seem** | present · do-support | the shark |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **mind** | to-infinitive | the shark *not said here* | the remora |  |  |  |  | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remora=Theme |

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