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title: spoonbill — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «spoonbill» in the school dictionary: A spoonbill is a wading bird with a long, flat bill shaped like a spoon. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# spoonbill

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**Who acts:** spoonbill, Twelve spoonbills, She · **What happens:** be, shape, come, fly, strike, turn · **To what, where:** wading bird, long flat bill, moist earth, spoonbill

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A spoonbill is a wading bird with a long, flat bill shaped like a spoon.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spoonbill:m1:1
# text = A spoonbill is a wading bird with a long, flat bill shaped like a spoon.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spoonbill	spoonbill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wading	wading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
9	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
13	shaped	shape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	spoon	spoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a spoonbill | a wading bird |  |  |  | with a long flat bill | tree rules |
| 2 | **shape** | participle |  | a long flat bill *not said here* |  |  |  | like a spoon | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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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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Twelve spoonbills came flying and struck the moist earth.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spoonbill:x1:1
# text = Twelve spoonbills came flying and struck the moist earth.
1	Twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	spoonbills	spoonbill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	moist	moist	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Twelve spoonbills |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fly** | gerund | Twelve spoonbills *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **strike** | past | Twelve spoonbills *not said here* | the moist earth |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earth=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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She turned into a spoonbill and flew away after her companions.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spoonbill:x2:1
# text = She turned into a spoonbill and flew away after her companions.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	spoonbill	spoonbill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	companions	companion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | She |  |  | a spoonbill |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into spoonbill=Trajectory |
| 2 | **fly away** | past | She *not said here* |  |  |  | after her companions | away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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