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title: shipload — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «shipload» in the school dictionary: A shipload is the full amount that a ship can carry, or a very large load carried by ship. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# shipload

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**Who acts:** shipload, ship, merchant, They, He · **What happens:** be, carry, sell, unload, pay · **To what, where:** full amount, large load, shipload, port

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A shipload is the full amount that a ship can carry, or a very large load carried by ship.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shipload:m1:1
# text = A shipload is the full amount that a ship can carry, or a very large load carried by ship.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shipload	shipload	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	amount	amount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	very	very	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	load	load	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	_
18	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl	_	_
19	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a shipload | the full amount |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **carry** | can | a ship | the full amount |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme |
| 3 | **carry** | participle |  | a large load *not said here* |  |  |  | by ship | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: 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 -->
The merchant sold a shipload of spices.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shipload:x1:1
# text = The merchant sold a shipload of spices.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	shipload	shipload	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	spices	spice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past | the merchant | a shipload of spices |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shipload=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They unloaded a shipload of wool at the port.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shipload:x2:1
# text = They unloaded a shipload of wool at the port.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	unloaded	unload	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	shipload	shipload	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	wool	wool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	port	port	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unload** | past | They | a shipload of wool |  | the port |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent shipload=Source |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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He paid for the shipload with his gold.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shipload:x3:1
# text = He paid for the shipload with his gold.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	shipload	shipload	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past | He |  |  |  |  | for the shipload; with his gold | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for shipload=Theme |

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