barley

Who acts: farmer, Barley soup, Barley, people, barley water, wind · What happens: use, make, grow, be, fill, farm · To what, where: cereal plant, beer, barley, field, malt, one

«barley» in the English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 12 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: barley in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

A cereal plant like wheat, whose grain is used for food, for animal feed and for making beer and malt.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 plant	det
2	cereal	cereal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plant	compound
3	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 used	nsubj:pass
4	like	like	ADP	_	5 wheat	case
5	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plant	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 grain	punct
7	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	8 grain	nmod:poss
8	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wheat	conj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 used	aux:pass
10	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 food	case
12	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 used	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 feed	punct
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 feed	case
15	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 feed	compound
16	feed	feed	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 used	parataxis
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 making	cc
18	for	for	SCONJ	_	19 making	mark
19	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 feed	conj
20	beer	beer	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 making	obj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 malt	cc
22	malt	malt	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 beer	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · passive		a cereal plant like wheat and wheat and grain's grain				for food; animal feed parataxis	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for food=Eventuality
2	make	gerund		beer and malt					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset beer=Product

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

The farmer grows barley in that field.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grows	nsubj
3	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grows	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 field	case
6	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 field	det
7	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grows	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 grows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	the farmer	barley		that field			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location barley=Theme

Example 2

Barley soup is warm and filling.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Barley	Barley	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 soup	compound
2	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 warm	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 warm	cop
4	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 filling	cc
6	filling	fill	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 warm	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 warm	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Barley soup					warm property	tree rules
2	fill	gerund	Barley soup not said here						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 3

Barley is used to make malt.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 used	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 used	aux:pass
3	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 make	mark
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 used	advcl
6	malt	malt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · passive		Barley					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	make	to-infinitive		malt					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset malt=Product

Example 4

Barley was one of the first crops people farmed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Barley	Barley	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 one	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 one	cop
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 crops	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 crops	det
6	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 crops	amod
7	crops	crop	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 one	nmod
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 farmed	nsubj
9	farmed	farm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 crops	acl:relcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 one	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Barley	one				of the first crops	tree rules
2	farm	past	people	the first crops not said here					vn rear-26.2.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crop=Patient

Example 5

Lemon barley water is a British drink.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lemon	lemon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 barley	compound
2	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 water	compound
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drink	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 drink	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 drink	det
6	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 drink	amod
7	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 drink	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	barley water	a British drink					tree rules

Example 6

The wind made the barley wave.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wind	det
2	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wave	det
5	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wave	compound
6	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the wind	the barley wave					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wave=Product

Example 7

They were flying about when three grains of barley fell on the floor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 flying	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 flying	aux
3	flying	fly	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	about	about	ADV	_	3 flying	advmod
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 fell	advmod
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 grains	nummod
7	grains	grain	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 fell	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 barley	case
9	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 grains	nmod
10	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 flying	advcl
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 floor	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 floor	det
13	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fell	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 flying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past · progressive	They					about property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fall	past	three grains of barley			the floor			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on floor=Location

Example 8

a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig-trees and pomegranates; a land of olive-trees and honey; (Torah DEU.8.8, JPS 1917)

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 land	det
2	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 wheat	case
4	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 land	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 barley	cc
6	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 land	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 vines	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 vines	cc
9	vines	vine	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 land	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 trees	cc
11	fig	fig	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 trees	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 fig	punct
13	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 vines	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 pomegranates	cc
15	pomegranates	pomegranate	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 trees	conj
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 land	punct
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 land	det
18	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 land	conj
19	of	of	ADP	_	22 trees	case
20	olive	olive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 trees	compound
21	-	-	PUNCT	_	20 olive	punct
22	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 land	nmod
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 honey	cc
24	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 trees	conj
25	;	;	PUNCT	_	28 DEU.8.8	punct
26	(	(	PUNCT	_	28 DEU.8.8	punct
27	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 DEU.8.8	compound
28	DEU.8.8	DEU.8.8	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 land	appos
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 JPS	punct
30	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 DEU.8.8	conj
31	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	30 JPS	flat
32	)	)	PUNCT	_	28 DEU.8.8	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 9

And the flax and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom. (Torah EXO.9.31, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And the flax and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	8 smitten	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 flax	det
3	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 smitten	nsubj:pass
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 barley	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 barley	det
6	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flax	conj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 smitten	aux:pass
8	smitten	smite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 ear	punct
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 barley	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 barley	det
12	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 ear	obl
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 ear	cop
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 ear	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ear	det
16	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 smitten	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 bloom	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 bloom	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 flax	det
20	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 bloom	nsubj
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 bloom	cop
22	in	in	ADP	_	23 bloom	case
23	bloom	bloom	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 ear	conj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 smitten	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	smite	past · passive		the flax and the barley			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	is	past			the ear and bloom	for the barley	tree rules
3	is	past	the flax		bloom		tree rules

Sentence 2: (Torah EXO.9.31, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 EXO.9.31	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 EXO.9.31	compound
3	EXO.9.31	EXO.9.31	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 EXO.9.31	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 EXO.9.31	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 10

Behold, he winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing-floor. (Writings RUT.3.2, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Behold, he winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing-floor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Behold	behold	INTJ	_	4 winnoweth	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Behold	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 winnoweth	nsubj
4	winnoweth	winnow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 winnoweth	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 night	case
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 to	punct
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 winnoweth	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	13 floor	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 floor	det
11	threshing	threshing	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 floor	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 threshing	punct
13	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 winnoweth	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 winnoweth	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	winnow	present	he	barley		the threshing floor	night		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent barley=Source

Sentence 2: (Writings RUT.3.2, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	RUT.3.2	RUT.3.2	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 RUT.3.2	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 RUT.3.2	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 11

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and noisome weeds instead of barley. (Writings JOB.31.40, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and noisome weeds instead of barley.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	thistles	thistle	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Let	obj
3	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
4	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	6 wheat	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	4 instead	fixed
6	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grow	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 weeds	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 weeds	cc
9	noisome	noisome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 weeds	amod
10	weeds	weed	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Let	conj
11	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	13 barley	case
12	of	of	ADP	_	11 instead	fixed
13	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 weeds	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	thistles				noisome weeds instead barley conj	tree rules
2	grow	infinitive	thistles not said here					instead wheat	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 2: (Writings JOB.31.40, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	JOB.31.40	JOB.31.40	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 JOB.31.40	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 JOB.31.40	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 12

So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley; (Prophets HOS.3.2, JPS 1917)

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	3 bought	advmod
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 bought	nsubj
3	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 bought	iobj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 me	case
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 bought	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 pieces	case
8	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 pieces	nummod
9	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bought	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 silver	case
11	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pieces	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 homer	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 homer	det
14	homer	homer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 silver	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 barley	case
16	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 homer	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 homer	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 homer	cc
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 homer	det
20	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	22 homer	compound
21	-	-	PUNCT	_	20 half	punct
22	homer	homer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bought	parataxis
23	of	of	ADP	_	24 barley	case
24	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 homer	nmod
25	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 Prophets	punct
26	(	(	PUNCT	_	27 Prophets	punct
27	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bought	parataxis
28	HOS.3.2	HOS.3.2	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 Prophets	appos
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 JPS	punct
30	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 HOS.3.2	flat
31	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	28 HOS.3.2	flat
32	)	)	PUNCT	_	27 Prophets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	buy	past	I	her = she	to me; for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer of barley; a half homer of barley parataxis; Prophets parataxis	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent she=Theme for piece=Beneficiary
2	homer		barley			nom homer «act intransitive»: of=agent
3	homer		barley			nom homer «act intransitive»: of=agent

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📖 barley

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