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title: seabed — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «seabed» in the school dictionary: The seabed is the ground at the bottom of the sea. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# seabed

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**Who acts:** seabed, shipwreck, Crabs, Divers, anchor, fish · **What happens:** be, lie, crawl, search, sink, hide · **To what, where:** ground, bottom, seabed, sand, deep seabed

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The seabed is the ground at the bottom of the sea.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seabed:m1:1
# text = The seabed is the ground at the bottom of the sea.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	seabed	seabed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the seabed | the ground |  | the bottom of the sea |  |  | tree rules |

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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 shipwreck lies on the seabed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seabed:x1:1
# text = The shipwreck lies on the seabed.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shipwreck	shipwreck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	seabed	seabed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | present | the shipwreck |  |  | the seabed |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on seabed=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Crabs crawl across the seabed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seabed:x2:1
# text = Crabs crawl across the seabed.
1	Crabs	crab	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	crawl	crawl	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	across	across	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	seabed	seabed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crawl** | present | Crabs |  |  | the seabed |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across seabed=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Divers searched the seabed for treasure.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seabed:x3:1
# text = Divers searched the seabed for treasure.
1	Divers	diver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	searched	search	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	seabed	seabed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	treasure	treasure	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 | **search** | past | Divers | the seabed |  |  |  | for treasure | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent seabed=Location for treasure=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The anchor sank to the seabed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seabed:x4:1
# text = The anchor sank to the seabed.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	anchor	anchor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sank	sink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	seabed	seabed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink** | past | the anchor |  |  |  |  | to the seabed | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Some fish hide in the sand of the seabed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seabed:x5:1
# text = Some fish hide in the sand of the seabed.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hide	hide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	seabed	seabed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 6 {#x6}

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Robots map the deep seabed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seabed:x6:1
# text = Robots map the deep seabed.
1	Robots	robot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	map	map	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	seabed	seabed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **map** | present | Robots | the deep seabed |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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