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title: snailfish — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «snailfish» in the school dictionary: A snailfish is a small, soft, tadpole-shaped fish with smooth, jelly-like skin and no scales. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# snailfish

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**Who acts:** snailfish, Scientists · **What happens:** shape, be, live, have, film, look · **To what, where:** small soft shaped fish, ocean, soft like skin, snailfish, huge water pressure, cold shallow seas

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«snailfish» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [snailfish in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/snailfish.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A snailfish is a small, soft, tadpole-shaped fish with smooth, jelly-like skin and no scales.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snailfish:m1:1
# text = A snailfish is a small, soft, tadpole-shaped fish with smooth, jelly-like skin and no scales.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	snailfish	snailfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	tadpole	tadpole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	shaped	shape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
14	smooth	smooth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
16	jelly	jelly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	like	like	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	22	det	_	_
22	scales	scale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shape** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **is a** | present | a snailfish | a small soft shaped fish |  |  |  | with smooth like skin and no scales | 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some snailfish live deeper in the ocean than almost any other fish, in deep trenches thousands of metres down.

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snailfish:m2:1
# text = Some snailfish live deeper in the ocean than almost any other fish, in deep trenches thousands of metres down.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	snailfish	snailfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	deeper	deep	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
11	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	trenches	trench	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	parataxis	_	_
17	thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl:unmarked	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	_
20	down	down	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | some snailfish |  |  | the ocean |  | than any other fish; deep *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ocean=Location |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A snailfish has soft, jelly-like skin and no scales.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snailfish:x1:1
# text = A snailfish has soft, jelly-like skin and no scales.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	snailfish	snailfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	jelly	jelly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	like	like	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	scales	scale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | a snailfish | soft like skin and no scales |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Scientists filmed a snailfish more than 8,000 metres down.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snailfish:x2:1
# text = Scientists filmed a snailfish more than 8,000 metres down.
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	4	det	_	_
4	snailfish	snailfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	7	advmod	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	8,000	8,000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **film** | past | Scientists | a snailfish |  |  |  | down *property* | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snailfish=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Snailfish can live under huge water pressure.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snailfish:x3:1
# text = Snailfish can live under huge water pressure.
1	Snailfish	snailfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	pressure	pressure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	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 | **live** | can | Snailfish |  |  | huge water pressure |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under pressure=Location |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The snailfish looked like a pale, wiggly tadpole.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snailfish:x4:1
# text = The snailfish looked like a pale, wiggly tadpole.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	snailfish	snailfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	wiggly	wiggly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	tadpole	tadpole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | the snailfish |  |  |  |  | like a pale wiggly tadpole | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some snailfish live in cold shallow seas, others in deep trenches.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snailfish:x5:1
# text = Some snailfish live in cold shallow seas, others in deep trenches.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	snailfish	snailfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	shallow	shallow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	seas	sea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	trenches	trench	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | some snailfish |  |  | cold shallow seas and others |  | in deep trenches | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Location |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No fish has been found much deeper than the deepest snailfish.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:snailfish:x6:1
# text = No fish has been found much deeper than the deepest snailfish.
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	much	much	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	deeper	deep	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	deepest	deep	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	amod	_	_
11	snailfish	snailfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present · perfect · passive |  | no fish |  |  |  | deep *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

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