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title: shellfish — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «shellfish» in the school dictionary: Shellfish are water animals with a shell, such as crabs, lobsters, prawns, mussels, oysters and clams, especially when eaten as food. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# shellfish

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**Who acts:** Shellfish, Crabs, uncle, We, menu, dish · **What happens:** be, eat, live, say, contain, cling · **To what, where:** water animals, shellfish, seaside restaurant, rock pools · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Shellfish are water animals with a shell, such as crabs, lobsters, prawns, mussels, oysters and clams, especially when eaten as food.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shellfish:m1:1
# text = Shellfish are water animals with a shell, such as crabs, lobsters, prawns, mussels, oysters and clams, especially when eaten as food.
1	Shellfish	shellfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	11	case	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	crabs	crab	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	lobsters	lobster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	prawns	prawn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	mussels	mussel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	oysters	oyster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	clams	clam	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
23	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
24	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	25	mark	_	_
25	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
26	as	as	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Shellfish | water animals and crabs and lobsters and prawns and mussels and oysters and clams |  |  |  | with a shell | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | participle | Shellfish *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as food; especially *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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Crabs and lobsters are shellfish.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shellfish:x1:1
# text = Crabs and lobsters are shellfish.
1	Crabs	crab	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	lobsters	lobster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	shellfish	shellfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Crabs and lobsters | shellfish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My uncle is allergic to shellfish.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shellfish:x2:1
# text = My uncle is allergic to shellfish.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	allergic	allergic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	shellfish	shellfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | My uncle |  |  |  |  | to shellfish; allergic *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We ate shellfish at the seaside restaurant.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shellfish:x3:1
# text = We ate shellfish at the seaside restaurant.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	shellfish	shellfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	seaside	seaside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	restaurant	restaurant	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 | **eat** | past | We | shellfish |  | the seaside restaurant |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shellfish=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Shellfish live in rock pools and on the sea bed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shellfish:x4:1
# text = Shellfish live in rock pools and on the sea bed.
1	Shellfish	shellfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	pools	pool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Shellfish |  |  | rock pools and the sea bed |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pool=Location |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The menu says this dish contains shellfish.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shellfish:x5:1
# text = The menu says this dish contains shellfish.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	menu	menu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	dish	dish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	contains	contain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	shellfish	shellfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the menu |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **contain** | present | this dish | shellfish |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot shellfish=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mussels are shellfish that cling to rocks.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shellfish:x6:1
# text = Mussels are shellfish that cling to rocks.
1	Mussels	mussel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	shellfish	shellfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	cling	cling	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	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 | **is a** | present | Mussels | shellfish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cling** | present | shellfish |  |  |  |  | to rocks | vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to rock=Co-Theme |

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