juniper
Who acts: juniper, bird, old story · What happens: be, sit, sing, use, flavour, begin · To what, where: evergreen bush, juniper tree, Juniper berries, drinks
«juniper» in the English 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: juniper in the English dictionary.
Everyday, meaning 1
A juniper is an evergreen bush or small tree with prickly needles and blue berries.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 juniper | det |
| 2 | juniper | juniper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bush | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 bush | cop |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bush | det |
| 5 | evergreen | evergreen | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 bush | amod |
| 6 | bush | bush | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 tree | cc |
| 8 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 tree | amod |
| 9 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bush | conj |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 needles | case |
| 11 | prickly | prickly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 needles | amod |
| 12 | needles | needle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 tree | nmod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 berries | cc |
| 14 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 berries | amod |
| 15 | berries | berry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 needles | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 bush | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a juniper | a evergreen bush or small tree with prickly needles and blue berries | small tree with prickly needles and blue berries conj | tree rules |
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 bird sat in the juniper tree and sang.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bird | det |
| 2 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sat | nsubj |
| 3 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 tree | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 tree | det |
| 6 | juniper | juniper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tree | compound |
| 7 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sat | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 sang | cc |
| 9 | sang | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sat | conj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | past | the bird | the juniper tree | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=Location | ||||
| 2 | sing speech: express | past | the bird not said here | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 2
Juniper berries are used to flavour some drinks.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juniper | juniper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 berries | compound |
| 2 | berries | berry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 used | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 used | aux:pass |
| 4 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 flavour | mark |
| 6 | flavour | flavour | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 used | advcl |
| 7 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 drinks | det |
| 8 | drinks | drink | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 flavour | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 used | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present · passive | Juniper berries | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | flavour | to-infinitive | some drinks | tree rules |
Example 3
Under the juniper tree the old story began.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Under | under | ADP | _ | 4 tree | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 tree | det |
| 3 | juniper | juniper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tree | compound |
| 4 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 began | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 story | det |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 story | amod |
| 7 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 began | nsubj |
| 8 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 began | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | begin | past | the old story | the juniper tree | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Text: the English dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader, each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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