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title: taipan — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «taipan» in the school dictionary: A large, very venomous snake from Australia and New Guinea; the inland taipan has the strongest venom of any land snake. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# taipan

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**Who acts:** large venomous snake, inland taipan, Taipans, ranger, taipan, taipan bite · **What happens:** have, live, say, be, avoid, need · **To what, where:** strongest venom, Australia, people, urgent medical help, rats, cane fields · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A large, very venomous snake from Australia and New Guinea; the inland taipan has the strongest venom of any land snake.

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:taipan:m1:1
# text = A large, very venomous snake from Australia and New Guinea; the inland taipan has the strongest venom of any land snake.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	venomous	venomous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Guinea	Guinea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	inland	inland	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	taipan	taipan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	strongest	strong	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	19	amod	_	_
19	venom	venom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	23	det	_	_
22	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | a large venomous snake from Australia and New Guinea | the strongest venom of any land snake |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent venom=Patient |

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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}

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Usage: history, Hong Kong and China — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A powerful head of a foreign business company in the 1800s and early 1900s.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:taipan:m2:1
# text = A powerful head of a foreign business company in the 1800s and early 1900s.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	powerful	powerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	foreign	foreign	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	business	business	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	1800s	1800	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	8	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	1900s	1900	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The inland taipan has the strongest venom of any land snake.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:taipan:x1:1
# text = The inland taipan has the strongest venom of any land snake.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	inland	inland	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	taipan	taipan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	strongest	strong	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	venom	venom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
10	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the inland taipan | the strongest venom of any land snake |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent venom=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Taipans live in Australia.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:taipan:x2:1
# text = Taipans live in Australia.
1	Taipans	taipan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Taipans |  |  | Australia |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in australia=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The ranger said the taipan is shy and avoids people.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:taipan:x3:1
# text = The ranger said the taipan is shy and avoids people.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ranger	ranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	taipan	taipan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	shy	shy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	avoids	avoid	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the ranger |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the taipan |  |  |  |  | shy *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **avoid** | present | the taipan *not said here* | people |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent people=Location |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A taipan bite needs urgent medical help.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:taipan:x4:1
# text = A taipan bite needs urgent medical help.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	taipan	taipan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bite	bite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	urgent	urgent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	medical	medical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | a taipan bite | urgent medical help |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The coastal taipan hunts rats in sugar cane fields.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:taipan:x5:1
# text = The coastal taipan hunts rats in sugar cane fields.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	coastal	coastal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	taipan	taipan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hunts	hunt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	rats	rat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	cane	cane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | present | the coastal taipan | rats |  | cane fields |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent rat=Theme in field=Location |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In old Hong Kong, a taipan ran a big trading company.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:taipan:x6:1
# text = In old Hong Kong, a taipan ran a big trading company.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Hong	Hong	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	Kong	Kong	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	taipan	taipan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	trading	trading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | a taipan | a big trading company |  | old Hong |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent company=Theme in hong=Trajectory |

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