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title: seabird — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «seabird» in the school dictionary: A seabird is a bird that lives near the sea and finds most of its food in the sea, such as a gull, a puffin, a tern or an albatross. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# seabird

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**Who acts:** seabird, bird, Seabirds, cliffs, Gulls, Plastic rubbish · **What happens:** be, live, find, nest, fly, dive · **To what, where:** bird, sea, most, cliffs, water, seabird

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«seabird» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [seabird in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/seabird.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A seabird is a bird that lives near the sea and finds most of its food in the sea, such as a gull, a puffin, a tern or an albatross.

<!-- fold The tree, 30 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seabird:m1:1
# text = A seabird is a bird that lives near the sea and finds most of its food in the sea, such as a gull, a puffin, a tern or an albatross.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	seabird	seabird	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	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	near	near	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
13	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	24	case	_	_
22	as	as	ADP	IN	_	21	fixed	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	gull	gull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	puffin	puffin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	tern	tern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	appos	_	_
31	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
32	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	albatross	albatross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	.	.	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 seabird | a bird |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | present | a bird |  |  | the sea |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near sea=Location |
| 3 | **find** | present | a bird *not said here* | most of seabird's food |  | the sea and a gull and a puffin |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Topic |

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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 -->
Seabirds often nest on cliffs, rocks or islands and fly far over the water.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seabird:m2:1
# text = Seabirds often nest on cliffs, rocks or islands and fly far over the water.
1	Seabirds	seabird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	often	often	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	nest	nest	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	islands	island	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	fly	fly	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
13	over	over	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nest** | present | Seabirds |  |  | cliffs and rocks or islands |  | often *property* | vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fly** | present | Seabirds *not said here* |  |  | the water |  | far *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over water=Location |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A seabird dived into the waves and came up with a fish.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seabird:x1:1
# text = A seabird dived into the waves and came up with a fish.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	seabird	seabird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	dived	dive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:agent	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
8	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	up	up	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dive** | participle |  | a seabird *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **come up** | past | a seabird |  |  |  |  | with a fish | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The cliffs were white with nesting seabirds.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seabird:x2:1
# text = The cliffs were white with nesting seabirds.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	nesting	nest	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	seabirds	seabird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the cliffs |  |  |  |  | white *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **nest** | gerund | the cliffs *not said here* | seabirds |  |  |  |  | vn berry-13.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seabird=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Gulls and terns are common seabirds on our coast.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seabird:x3:1
# text = Gulls and terns are common seabirds on our coast.
1	Gulls	gull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	terns	tern	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	seabirds	seabird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Gulls and terns | common seabirds |  | our coast |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Plastic rubbish in the sea can hurt seabirds.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seabird:x4:1
# text = Plastic rubbish in the sea can hurt seabirds.
1	Plastic	plastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	seabirds	seabird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | can | Plastic rubbish in the sea | seabirds |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer seabird=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We counted twelve seabirds on the rocks.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seabird:x5:1
# text = We counted twelve seabirds on the rocks.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	counted	count	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	seabirds	seabird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | past | We | twelve seabirds |  | the rocks |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seabird=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The albatross is a seabird with very long wings.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seabird:x6:1
# text = The albatross is a seabird with very long wings.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	albatross	albatross	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	seabird	seabird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	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 a** | present | the albatross | a seabird |  |  |  | with long wings | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Please do not feed the seabirds your sandwich.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seabird:x7:1
# text = Please do not feed the seabirds your sandwich.
1	Please	please	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	feed	feed	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	seabirds	seabird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	sandwich	sandwich	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **feed** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | the seabirds |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seabird=Recipient |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Puffins are small seabirds with bright beaks.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seabird:x8:1
# text = Puffins are small seabirds with bright beaks.
1	Puffins	puffin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	seabirds	seabird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	beaks	beak	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Puffins | small seabirds |  |  |  | with bright beaks | tree rules |

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