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title: shipyard — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «shipyard» in the school dictionary: A place by the water where ships are built and repaired. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# shipyard

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**Who acts:** great grandad, Huge cranes, new ship, We · **What happens:** build, repair, work, stand, leave, close · **To what, where:** ships, Titanic, shipyard, Many shipyards

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A place by the water where ships are built and repaired.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shipyard:m1:1
# text = A place by the water where ships are built and repaired.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
7	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	repaired	repair	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | present · passive |  | ships |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **repair** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: 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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The Titanic was built in a shipyard in Belfast.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shipyard:x1:1
# text = The Titanic was built in a shipyard in Belfast.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Titanic	Titanic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shipyard	shipyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Belfast	Belfast	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past · passive |  | the Titanic |  | a shipyard in Belfast |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My great-grandad worked in a shipyard in Glasgow.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shipyard:x2:1
# text = My great-grandad worked in a shipyard in Glasgow.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	worked	work	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shipyard	shipyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Glasgow	Glasgow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | past | My great grandad |  |  |  |  | in a shipyard in Glasgow | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in shipyard=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Huge cranes stood over the shipyard.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shipyard:x3:1
# text = Huge cranes stood over the shipyard.
1	Huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cranes	crane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shipyard	shipyard	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 | **stand** | past | Huge cranes |  |  | the shipyard |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over shipyard=Location |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The navy's new ship left the shipyard.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shipyard:x4:1
# text = The navy's new ship left the shipyard.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	navy	navy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shipyard	shipyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past | the navy's new ship | the shipyard |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shipyard=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Many shipyards closed in the 1980s.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shipyard:x5:1
# text = Many shipyards closed in the 1980s.
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	shipyards	shipyard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	1980s	1980s	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	3	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 | **close** | participle |  | Many shipyards *not said here* |  |  |  | in the 1980s | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent in 1980s=Topic |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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We could hear hammering from the shipyard.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shipyard:x6:1
# text = We could hear hammering from the shipyard.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	hammering	hammer	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shipyard	shipyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	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 | **hear** | could | We |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **hammer** | gerund | We *not said here* |  |  | the shipyard |  |  | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme |

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