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title: tyrannosaurus — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «tyrannosaurus» in the school dictionary: A huge meat-eating dinosaur that walked on two strong back legs and had tiny front arms and very large teeth. Its full name is Tyrannosaurus rex, often called T. rex. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# tyrannosaurus

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**Who acts:** huge eating dinosaur, full name, Tyrannosaurus rex, dinosaur, tyrannosaurus, We · **What happens:** eat, walk, have, be, call, name · **To what, where:** two strong back legs, tiny front arms, Tyrannosaurus rex, T. rex, teeth, rex skeleton · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A huge meat-eating dinosaur that walked on two strong back legs and had tiny front arms and very large teeth. Its full name is Tyrannosaurus rex, often called T. rex.

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*Sentence 1:* A huge meat-eating dinosaur that walked on two strong back legs and had tiny front arms and very large teeth.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tyrannosaurus:m1:1
# text = A huge meat-eating dinosaur that walked on two strong back legs and had tiny front arms and very large teeth.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
11	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
16	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
17	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
20	very	very	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **walk** | past | a huge eating dinosaur |  |  | two strong back legs |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on leg=Trajectory |
| 3 | **have** | past | a huge eating dinosaur *not said here* | tiny front arms and large teeth |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Its full name is Tyrannosaurus rex, often called T. rex.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tyrannosaurus:m1:2
# text = Its full name is Tyrannosaurus rex, often called T. rex.
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	Tyrannosaurus	Tyrannosaurus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	rex	rex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	often	often	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
10	T.	T.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	rex	rex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | dinosaur's full name | Tyrannosaurus rex |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **call** | participle | Tyrannosaurus rex *not said here* | T. rex |  |  |  | often *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **name** |  | dinosaur |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The tyrannosaurus had teeth as big as bananas.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tyrannosaurus:x1:1
# text = The tyrannosaurus had teeth as big as bananas.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tyrannosaurus	tyrannosaurus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	bananas	banana	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the tyrannosaurus | teeth |  |  |  | big *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We saw a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton in the museum.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tyrannosaurus:x2:1
# text = We saw a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton in the museum.
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	6	det	_	_
4	Tyrannosaurus	Tyrannosaurus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	rex	rex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	skeleton	skeleton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	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 rex skeleton |  | the museum |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer skeleton=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
T. rex had very short arms.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tyrannosaurus:x3:1
# text = T. rex had very short arms.
1	T.	T.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	rex	rex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **have** | past | T. rex | short arms |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The tyrannosaurus was a meat eater.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tyrannosaurus:x4:1
# text = The tyrannosaurus was a meat eater.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tyrannosaurus	tyrannosaurus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	eater	eater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the tyrannosaurus | a meat eater |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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My brother's favourite dinosaur is the tyrannosaurus.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tyrannosaurus:x5:1
# text = My brother's favourite dinosaur is the tyrannosaurus.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	favourite	favourite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tyrannosaurus	tyrannosaurus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | My brother's favourite dinosaur | the tyrannosaurus |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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A tyrannosaurus could be about 12 metres long.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tyrannosaurus:x6:1
# text = A tyrannosaurus could be about 12 metres long.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tyrannosaurus	tyrannosaurus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
5	about	about	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | could | a tyrannosaurus |  |  |  |  | 12 metres *obl:unmarked*; long *property* | tree rules |

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