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title: spaceship — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «spaceship» in the school dictionary: A vehicle that can travel in space, especially one with people inside. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# spaceship

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**Who acts:** vehicle, astronauts, We, alien spaceship, spaceship, huge rockets · **What happens:** travel, climb, build, land, need, leave · **To what, where:** space, spaceship, cardboard boxes, story, huge rockets, Earth

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A vehicle that can travel in space, especially one with people inside.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spaceship:m1:1
# text = A vehicle that can travel in space, especially one with people inside.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	travel	travel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	appos	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
13	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | can | a vehicle |  |  | space |  | with people; inside *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in space=Trajectory |

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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 astronauts climbed into the spaceship.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spaceship:x1:1
# text = The astronauts climbed into the spaceship.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	astronauts	astronaut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	climbed	climb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	spaceship	spaceship	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 | **climb** | past | the astronauts |  |  | the spaceship |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into spaceship=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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We built a spaceship out of cardboard boxes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spaceship:x2:1
# text = We built a spaceship out of cardboard boxes.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	spaceship	spaceship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	cardboard	cardboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	boxes	box	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **build** | past | We | a spaceship |  | cardboard boxes |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spaceship=Product |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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In the story, an alien spaceship landed in the park.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spaceship:x3:1
# text = In the story, an alien spaceship landed in the park.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	alien	alien	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	spaceship	spaceship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	landed	land	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **land** | past | a alien spaceship |  |  | the story |  | in the park | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in story=Destination |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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A spaceship needs huge rockets to leave Earth.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spaceship:x4:1
# text = A spaceship needs huge rockets to leave Earth.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spaceship	spaceship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	rockets	rocket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
8	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | a spaceship | huge rockets |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | huge rockets *not said here* | Earth |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earth=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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The spaceship orbited the Moon.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spaceship:x5:1
# text = The spaceship orbited the Moon.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spaceship	spaceship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	orbited	orbit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	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 | **orbit** | past | the spaceship | the Moon |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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Draw your own spaceship and label its parts.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spaceship:x6:1
# text = Draw your own spaceship and label its parts.
1	Draw	draw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	spaceship	spaceship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	label	label	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | imperative | you *not said here* | your own spaceship |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spaceship=Theme |
| 2 | **label** | infinitive | you *not said here* | spaceship's parts |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent part=Destination |

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**Text:** the school dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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