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title: terrapin — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «terrapin» in the school dictionary: A terrapin is a small water turtle that lives in ponds and rivers. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# terrapin

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**Who acts:** terrapin, small water turtle, We · **What happens:** be, live, hide, see, sun · **To what, where:** small water turtle, ponds, pond, terrapin, log

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«terrapin» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: [terrapin in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/terrapin.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A terrapin is a small water turtle that lives in ponds and rivers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:terrapin:m1:1
# text = A terrapin is a small water turtle that lives in ponds and rivers.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	terrapin	terrapin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	turtle	turtle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	ponds	pond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a terrapin | a small water turtle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | present | a small water turtle |  |  | ponds and rivers |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pond=Location |

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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 terrapin hid in the pond.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:terrapin:x1:1
# text = The terrapin hid in the pond.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	terrapin	terrapin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pond	pond	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 | **hide** | past | the terrapin |  |  | the pond |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in pond=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The terrapin was slow but very clever.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:terrapin:x2:1
# text = The terrapin was slow but very clever.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	terrapin	terrapin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the terrapin |  |  |  |  | slow *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the terrapin *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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We saw a terrapin sunning itself on a log.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:terrapin:x3:1
# text = We saw a terrapin sunning itself on a log.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	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	terrapin	terrapin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	sunning	sun	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	log	log	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | We | a terrapin |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer terrapin=Stimulus |
| 2 | **sun** | gerund | a terrapin *not said here* | terrapin |  | a log |  |  | tree rules |

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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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