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title: turbot — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «turbot» in the school dictionary: A turbot is a flat sea fish with both eyes on one side of its head, eaten as food. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# turbot

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**Who acts:** turbot, fishmonger, big turbot, Trout · **What happens:** be, eat, sell, lie, lay · **To what, where:** flat sea fish, fresh turbot, ice

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A turbot is a flat sea fish with both eyes on one side of its head, eaten as food.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:turbot:m1:1
# text = A turbot is a flat sea fish with both eyes on one side of its head, eaten as food.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	turbot	turbot	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	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
19	as	as	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 turbot | a flat sea fish |  |  |  | with both eyes on one side of turbot's head | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | participle |  | a flat sea fish *not said here* |  |  |  | as food | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 -->
The fishmonger sold a fresh turbot.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:turbot:x1:1
# text = The fishmonger sold a fresh turbot.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fishmonger	fishmonger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	turbot	turbot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past | the fishmonger | a fresh turbot |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turbot=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A big turbot lay on the ice.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:turbot:x2:1
# text = A big turbot lay on the ice.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	turbot	turbot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | past | a big turbot |  |  | the ice |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on ice=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Trout, salmon and turbot lay ready on the plates.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:turbot:x3:1
# text = Trout, salmon and turbot lay ready on the plates.
1	Trout	trout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	salmon	salmon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	turbot	turbot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
6	lay	lay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	plates	plate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | present | Trout and salmon and turbot |  |  |  |  | ready *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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