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title: wreckage — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «wreckage» in the school dictionary: The broken pieces left after a ship, plane, car or building has been destroyed. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# wreckage

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**Who acts:** wreckage, Divers, Fishermen · **What happens:** break, leave, destroy, lie, find, gather · **To what, where:** broken pieces, rocks, pieces, sea bed, wreckage, shore

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The broken pieces left after a ship, plane, car or building has been destroyed.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wreckage:m1:1
# text = The broken pieces left after a ship, plane, car or building has been destroyed.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	plane	plane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
14	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	destroyed	destroy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **leave** | participle |  | the broken pieces *not said here* |  |  | after a ship and plane and car or building |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **destroy** | present · perfect · passive |  | the broken pieces |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The wreckage of the ship lay on the rocks.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wreckage:x1:1
# text = The wreckage of the ship lay on the rocks.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wreckage	wreckage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Divers found pieces of wreckage on the sea bed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wreckage:x2:1
# text = Divers found pieces of wreckage on the sea bed.
1	Divers	diver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	wreckage	wreckage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	bed	bed	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 | **find** | past | Divers | pieces of wreckage |  | the sea bed |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Topic |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Fishermen gathered wreckage from the shore.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wreckage:x3:1
# text = Fishermen gathered wreckage from the shore.
1	Fishermen	fisherman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wreckage	wreckage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gather** | past | Fishermen | wreckage |  | the shore |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent wreckage=Theme from shore=Source |

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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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