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title: roe — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «roe» in the school dictionary: Roe is the mass of eggs inside a female fish, often eaten as food. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# roe

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**Who acts:** Roe, salmon, Caviar, Grandad, We, orange balls · **What happens:** be, eat, call, lay, like, see · **To what, where:** mass, small deer, male, roe, gravel, expensive kind · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Roe is the mass of eggs inside a female fish, often eaten as food.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:roe:m1:1
# text = Roe is the mass of eggs inside a female fish, often eaten as food.
1	Roe	roe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mass	mass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	female	female	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	often	often	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Roe | the mass |  |  |  | of eggs; inside a female fish | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | participle | Roe *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as food; often *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A roe or roe deer is a small deer of Europe and Asia with a reddish coat; the male is called a roebuck.

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:roe:m2:1
# text = A roe or roe deer is a small deer of Europe and Asia with a reddish coat; the male is called a roebuck.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	roe	roe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	roe	roe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	reddish	reddish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	22	punct	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	male	male	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj:pass	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux:pass	_	_
22	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	parataxis	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	roebuck	roebuck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a roe or roe deer | a small deer |  |  |  | of Europe and Asia; with a reddish coat | tree rules |
| 2 | **call** | present · passive |  | the male |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The salmon laid her roe in the gravel of the river.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:roe:x1:1
# text = The salmon laid her roe in the gravel of the river.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	salmon	salmon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	laid	lay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	roe	roe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	gravel	gravel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | past | the salmon | salmon's roe |  | the gravel of the river |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent roe=Theme in gravel=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Caviar is a very expensive kind of roe.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:roe:x2:1
# text = Caviar is a very expensive kind of roe.
1	Caviar	Caviar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	expensive	expensive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	roe	roe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Caviar | a expensive kind |  |  |  | of roe | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grandad likes cod roe on toast.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:roe:x3:1
# text = Grandad likes cod roe on toast.
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	cod	cod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	roe	roe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	toast	toast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | present | Grandad | cod roe |  | toast |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot roe=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We saw a roe deer at the edge of the wood.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:roe:x4:1
# text = We saw a roe deer at the edge of the wood.
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	5	det	_	_
4	roe	roe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	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 roe deer |  | the edge of the wood |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer deer=Stimulus |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The orange balls on the sushi were fish roe.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:roe:x5:1
# text = The orange balls on the sushi were fish roe.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	orange	orange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	balls	ball	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sushi	sushi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	fish	fish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	roe	roe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the orange balls on the sushi | fish roe |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A roe deer is smaller than a red deer.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:roe:x6:1
# text = A roe deer is smaller than a red deer.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	roe	roe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a roe deer |  |  |  |  | than a red deer; small *property* | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Roe was petted and caressed, and ran about at will in the palace gardens.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:roe:x7:1
# text = The Roe was petted and caressed, and ran about at will in the palace gardens.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Roe	Roe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	petted	pet	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	caressed	caress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	about	about	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	gardens	garden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pet** | past · passive |  | the Roe |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **caress** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **run about** | past |  |  |  | the palace gardens |  | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garden=Trajectory |

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