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title: seaport — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «seaport» in the school dictionary: A town or city by the sea, with a harbour where ships load and unload. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# seaport

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**Who acts:** ships, we, ship · **What happens:** load, unload, reach, sail · **To what, where:** seaport, busy seaport, cargo

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A town or city by the sea, with a harbour where ships load and unload.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seaport:m1:1
# text = A town or city by the sea, with a harbour where ships load and unload.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	harbour	harbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
12	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	14	advmod	_	_
13	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	load	load	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	unload	unload	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **load** | present | ships |  |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **unload** | infinitive | ships *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: 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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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After a long walk, we reached a seaport.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seaport:x1:1
# text = After a long walk, we reached a seaport.
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	seaport	seaport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | past | we | a seaport |  |  | after a long walk |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent seaport=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The ship sailed from the busy seaport.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seaport:x2:1
# text = The ship sailed from the busy seaport.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sailed	sail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	seaport	seaport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **sail** | past | the ship |  |  | the busy seaport |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent from seaport=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Ships unload their cargo at the seaport.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seaport:x3:1
# text = Ships unload their cargo at the seaport.
1	Ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	unload	unload	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	cargo	cargo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	seaport	seaport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unload** | present | Ships | Ships's cargo |  | the seaport |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent cargo=Source |

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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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