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title: sargasso — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «sargasso» in the school dictionary: The Sargasso Sea is a part of the North Atlantic Ocean with no coast around it, famous for floating brown seaweed. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# sargasso

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**Who acts:** Sargasso Sea, Sargasso, kind, European eels, Sargasso seaweed, sea turtles · **What happens:** be, float, travel, hide, have, fear · **To what, where:** part, brown seaweed, kind, large mats, middle, thousands · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«sargasso» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [sargasso in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sargasso.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: a name — kept apart, not parsed.

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The Sargasso Sea is a part of the North Atlantic Ocean with no coast around it, famous for floating brown seaweed.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sargasso:m1:1
# text = The Sargasso Sea is a part of the North Atlantic Ocean with no coast around it, famous for floating brown seaweed.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Sargasso	Sargasso	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
10	Atlantic	Atlantic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Ocean	Ocean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
14	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
15	around	around	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	_
19	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
20	floating	float	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	18	advcl	_	_
21	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	seaweed	seaweed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the Sargasso Sea | a part |  |  |  | of the North Atlantic Ocean; with no coast around coast | tree rules |
| 2 | **float** | gerund | the Sargasso Sea *not said here* | brown seaweed |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seaweed=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 -->
Sargasso (also sargassum) is the kind of brown seaweed that floats there in large mats.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sargasso:m2:1
# text = Sargasso (also sargassum) is the kind of brown seaweed that floats there in large mats.
1	Sargasso	Sargasso	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	also	also	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	sargassum	sargassum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	4	punct	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	seaweed	seaweed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	floats	float	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
14	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	mats	mat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Sargasso | the kind |  |  |  | of brown seaweed | tree rules |
| 2 | **float** | present | the kind |  |  | large mats; there |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mat=Trajectory |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Sargasso Sea is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sargasso:x1:1
# text = The Sargasso Sea is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Sargasso	Sargasso	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Atlantic	Atlantic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Ocean	Ocean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the Sargasso Sea |  |  | the middle |  | of the Atlantic Ocean | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
European eels travel thousands of kilometres to the Sargasso Sea.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sargasso:x2:1
# text = European eels travel thousands of kilometres to the Sargasso Sea.
1	European	European	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	eels	eel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	travel	travel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Sargasso	Sargasso	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	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 | **travel** | present | European eels | thousands of kilometres |  |  |  | to the Sargasso Sea | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thousand=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sargasso seaweed floats in huge golden mats.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sargasso:x3:1
# text = Sargasso seaweed floats in huge golden mats.
1	Sargasso	Sargasso	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	seaweed	seaweed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	floats	float	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	mats	mat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | present | Sargasso seaweed |  |  | huge golden mats |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mat=Trajectory |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Baby sea turtles hide in the sargasso weed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sargasso:x4:1
# text = Baby sea turtles hide in the sargasso weed.
1	Baby	Baby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	turtles	turtle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hide	hide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	sargasso	sargasso	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	weed	weed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present | sea turtles |  |  | the sargasso weed |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in weed=Location |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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The Sargasso Sea has no coastline at all.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sargasso:x5:1
# text = The Sargasso Sea has no coastline at all.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Sargasso	Sargasso	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	coastline	coastline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the Sargasso Sea | no coastline |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coastline=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sailors once feared their ships would get stuck in the Sargasso.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sargasso:x6:1
# text = Sailors once feared their ships would get stuck in the Sargasso.
1	Sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
3	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
8	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Sargasso	Sargasso	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | past | Sailors |  |  |  |  | once *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **get** | would | Sailors's ships |  |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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