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title: tardigrade — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «tardigrade» in the school dictionary: A tardigrade is a tiny, eight-legged animal, usually less than 1 millimetre long, that lives in water, moss and soil and can survive extreme conditions. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# tardigrade

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**Who acts:** tardigrade, that, We, Tardigrades, dried tardigrade · **What happens:** be, live, survive, call, look, dry · **To what, where:** tiny legged animal, water, extreme conditions, Tardigrades, wet moss, trip · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A tardigrade is a tiny, eight-legged animal, usually less than 1 millimetre long, that lives in water, moss and soil and can survive extreme conditions.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tardigrade:m1:1
# text = A tardigrade is a tiny, eight-legged animal, usually less than 1 millimetre long, that lives in water, moss and soil and can survive extreme conditions.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tardigrade	tardigrade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	legged	legged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	conj	_	_
14	than	than	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	millimetre	millimetre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl:unmarked	_	_
17	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj	_	_
20	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	parataxis	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	moss	moss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
28	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
29	survive	survive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	conj	_	_
30	extreme	extreme	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	conditions	condition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a tardigrade | a tiny legged animal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | a tardigrade *not said here* |  |  |  |  | than long; usually *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **live** | present | that |  |  | water and moss and soil |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location |
| 4 | **survive** | can | that *not said here* | extreme conditions |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme condition=Circumstance |

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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 -->
A tardigrade is smaller than a full stop.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tardigrade:x1:1
# text = A tardigrade is smaller than a full stop.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tardigrade	tardigrade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	stop	stop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a tardigrade |  |  |  |  | than a full stop; small *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Tardigrades are also called water bears.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tardigrade:x2:1
# text = Tardigrades are also called water bears.
1	Tardigrades	tardigrade	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	also	also	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present · passive |  | Tardigrades |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We looked for tardigrades in wet moss with a microscope.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tardigrade:x3:1
# text = We looked for tardigrades in wet moss with a microscope.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	tardigrades	tardigrade	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	moss	moss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	microscope	microscope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | We |  |  | wet moss |  | for tardigrades; with a microscope | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for tardigrade=Theme in moss=Location |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Tardigrades survived a trip into outer space.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tardigrade:x4:1
# text = Tardigrades survived a trip into outer space.
1	Tardigrades	tardigrade	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	survived	survive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	outer	outer	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **survive** | past | Tardigrades | a trip |  | outer space |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme trip=Circumstance |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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A dried-out tardigrade can come back to life in water.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tardigrade:x5:1
# text = A dried-out tardigrade can come back to life in water.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	dried	dry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	out	out	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
5	tardigrade	tardigrade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **come back** | can | a dried tardigrade |  |  | water |  | to life | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to life=Initial\_Location |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tardigrades have eight stubby legs with claws.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tardigrade:x6:1
# text = Tardigrades have eight stubby legs with claws.
1	Tardigrades	tardigrade	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	stubby	stubby	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Tardigrades | eight stubby legs |  |  |  | with claws | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |

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