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title: roc — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «roc» in the school dictionary: A roc is a huge bird of legend, in Arabian tales, strong enough to carry off an elephant or a ship. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# roc

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**Who acts:** roc, Sinbad, genie · **What happens:** be, carry off, fly, see, promise, bring · **To what, where:** huge bird, elephant, sea, egg, island

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A roc is a huge bird of legend, in Arabian tales, strong enough to carry off an elephant or a ship.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:roc:m1:1
# text = A roc is a huge bird of legend, in Arabian tales, strong enough to carry off an elephant or a ship.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	roc	roc	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	legend	legend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	Arabian	Arabian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
15	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
18	off	off	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	_
19	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
21	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a roc | a huge bird |  |  |  | of legend | tree rules |
| 2 | **carry off** | to-infinitive | a roc *not said here* | a elephant or a ship |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent elephant=Theme |

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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 -->
The roc flew over the sea with a elephant in its claws.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:roc:x1:1
# text = The roc flew over the sea with a elephant in its claws.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	roc	roc	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past | the roc |  |  | the sea |  | with a elephant; in roc's claws | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent over sea=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Sinbad saw a roc's egg on the island.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:roc:x2:1
# text = Sinbad saw a roc's egg on the island.
1	Sinbad	Sinbad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	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	roc	roc	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	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 | Sinbad | a roc's egg |  | the island |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer egg=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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A genie promised to bring a roc's egg.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:roc:x3:1
# text = A genie promised to bring a roc's egg.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	genie	genie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	roc	roc	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | a genie |  |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **bring** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a genie *not said here* | a roc's egg |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent egg=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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