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title: skyscraper — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «skyscraper» in the school dictionary: A skyscraper is a very tall building with many floors, in a city. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# skyscraper

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**Who acts:** skyscraper, New York, We, floor, floor skyscraper, cars · **What happens:** be, have, go up, look, build · **To what, where:** tall building, many skyscrapers, 80 floors, skyscraper, Skyscrapers

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A skyscraper is a very tall building with many floors, in a city.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:skyscraper:m1:1
# text = A skyscraper is a very tall building with many floors, in a city.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	skyscraper	skyscraper	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	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	floors	floor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a skyscraper | a tall building and a city |  |  |  | with many floors | tree rules |

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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 -->
New York has many skyscrapers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:skyscraper:x1:1
# text = New York has many skyscrapers.
1	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
2	York	York	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	skyscrapers	skyscraper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | New York | many skyscrapers |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skyscraper=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The skyscraper has 80 floors.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:skyscraper:x2:1
# text = The skyscraper has 80 floors.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	skyscraper	skyscraper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	80	80	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	floors	floor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the skyscraper | 80 floors |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent floor=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We went up the skyscraper in a fast lift.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:skyscraper:x3:1
# text = We went up the skyscraper in a fast lift.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	skyscraper	skyscraper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	lift	lift	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 | **go up** | past | We | the skyscraper |  |  |  | in a fast lift | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in lift=Attribute |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
If each floor is 4 m high, a 50-floor skyscraper is 200 m tall.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:skyscraper:x4:1
# text = If each floor is 4 m high, a 50-floor skyscraper is 200 m tall.
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
2	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	m	m	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	skyscraper	skyscraper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
15	200	200	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	m	m	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl:unmarked	_	_
17	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | each floor |  |  |  |  | 4 m *obl:unmarked*; high *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | a floor skyscraper |  |  |  |  | 200 m *obl:unmarked*; tall *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
From the top of the skyscraper the cars looked tiny.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:skyscraper:x5:1
# text = From the top of the skyscraper the cars looked tiny.
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	skyscraper	skyscraper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | the cars |  |  |  |  | from the top of the skyscraper; tiny *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from top=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Skyscrapers are built with steel frames.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:skyscraper:x6:1
# text = Skyscrapers are built with steel frames.
1	Skyscrapers	skyscraper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	steel	steel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	frames	frame	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **build** | present · passive |  | Skyscrapers |  |  |  | with steel frames | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme with frame=Source |

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