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title: siphonophore — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «siphonophore» in the school dictionary: A siphonophore is a strange sea animal, related to jellyfish, that is really a colony of many tiny animal parts joined together and working as one body. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# siphonophore

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**Who acts:** siphonophore, that, part, some, Portuguese man, Scientists · **What happens:** be, join, work, have, swim, catch · **To what, where:** strange sea animal, colony, many tiny animal parts, own job, food, siphonophore

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«siphonophore» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [siphonophore in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/siphonophore.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A siphonophore is a strange sea animal, related to jellyfish, that is really a colony of many tiny animal parts joined together and working as one body.

<!-- fold The tree, 27 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:siphonophore:m1:1
# text = A siphonophore is a strange sea animal, related to jellyfish, that is really a colony of many tiny animal parts joined together and working as one body.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	siphonophore	siphonophore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	related	related	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	jellyfish	jellyfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
15	really	really	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	colony	colony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
19	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
20	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
21	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	_
23	joined	join	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	acl	_	_
24	together	together	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	working	work	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	23	conj	_	_
27	as	as	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	29	nummod	_	_
29	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a siphonophore | a strange sea animal and a colony |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | that | a colony |  |  |  | of many tiny animal parts | tree rules |
| 3 | **join** | participle |  | many tiny animal parts *not said here* |  |  |  | together *property* | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **work** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | as one body | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.attribute PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent as body=Attribute |

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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 -->
Each part has its own job: some swim, some catch food, some digest it, some make young.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:siphonophore:m2:1
# text = Each part has its own job: some swim, some catch food, some digest it, some make young.
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	nsubj	_	_
9	swim	swim	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	nsubj	_	_
12	catch	catch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
13	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	16	nsubj	_	_
16	digest	digest	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	20	nsubj	_	_
20	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
21	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | each part | part's own job |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Patient |
| 2 | **swim** | present | some |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **catch** | present | some | food |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme |
| 4 | **digest** | present | some | food |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **make** | present | some |  |  |  |  | young *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 6 | **job** |  | part |  |  |  |  |  | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A siphonophore looks like one animal but is made of many tiny parts.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:siphonophore:x1:1
# text = A siphonophore looks like one animal but is made of many tiny parts.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	siphonophore	siphonophore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | a siphonophore |  |  |  |  | like one animal | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **make** | present · passive | a siphonophore *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of many tiny parts | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Portuguese man o' war is a siphonophore, not a true jellyfish.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:siphonophore:x2:1
# text = The Portuguese man o' war is a siphonophore, not a true jellyfish.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Portuguese	portuguese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	o	of	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	6	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	's	PART	POS	_	6	punct	_	_
6	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	siphonophore	siphonophore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	jellyfish	jellyfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the Portuguese man of war | a siphonophore and a true jellyfish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Scientists filmed a giant siphonophore deep under the sea off Australia.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:siphonophore:x3:1
# text = Scientists filmed a giant siphonophore deep under the sea off Australia.
1	Scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	filmed	film	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	siphonophore	siphonophore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **film** | past | Scientists | a giant siphonophore |  |  |  | off Australia | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent siphonophore=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some siphonophores are longer than a blue whale.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:siphonophore:x4:1
# text = Some siphonophores are longer than a blue whale.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	siphonophores	siphonophore	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	longer	long	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | some siphonophores |  |  |  |  | than a blue whale; long *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Do not touch a man o' war on the beach; it can still sting.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:siphonophore:x5:1
# text = Do not touch a man o' war on the beach; it can still sting.
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	touch	touch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	o	of	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	8	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	_
8	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
14	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	still	still	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	sting	sting	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **touch** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | a man of war on the beach |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme man=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **sting** | can | beach |  |  |  | still |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In a siphonophore, some parts swim and some parts catch food.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:siphonophore:x6:1
# text = In a siphonophore, some parts swim and some parts catch food.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	siphonophore	siphonophore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	swim	swim	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	catch	catch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | present | some parts |  |  | a siphonophore |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in siphonophore=Trajectory |
| 2 | **catch** | present | some parts | food |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Many siphonophores glow in the dark.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:siphonophore:x7:1
# text = Many siphonophores glow in the dark.
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	siphonophores	siphonophore	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	glow	glow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glow** | present | Many siphonophores |  |  | the dark |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Location |

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