Who acts: food, books, Healthy food, Compost, mother bird, warm bowl · What happens: give, need, live, grow, stay, help · To what, where: food, person, feeling, imagination, hope, body
«nourish» in the English dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 11 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: nourish in the English dictionary.
Everyday, meaning 1
To give a person, animal or plant the food it needs to live, grow and stay healthy.
The tree, 17 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent person=Recipient food=Theme
2
need
present
food
the food not said here
tree rules
3
livenot said to happen
to-infinitive
the food not said here
vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4
grow
infinitive
the food not said here
vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5
stay
infinitive
the food not said here
healthy property
vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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.
Everyday, meaning 2
To help a feeling, idea or skill grow: books nourish the imagination.
The tree, 12 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2
nourish
participle
the children not said here
well property
vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 8
A HEN finding the eggs of a viper and carefully keeping them warm, nourished them into life.
The tree, 17 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
A
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
2 HEN
det
2
HEN
hen
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
3
finding
find
VERB
VerbForm=Ger
2 HEN
acl
4
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
5 eggs
det
5
eggs
egg
NOUN
Number=Plur
3 finding
obj
6
of
of
ADP
_
8 viper
case
7
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
8 viper
det
8
viper
viper
NOUN
Number=Sing
5 eggs
nmod
9
and
and
CCONJ
_
11 keeping
cc
10
carefully
carefully
ADV
_
11 keeping
advmod
11
keeping
keep
VERB
VerbForm=Ger
3 finding
conj
12
them
they
PRON
Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs
11 keeping
obj
13
warm
warm
ADJ
Degree=Pos
11 keeping
xcomp
14
,
,
PUNCT
_
15 nourished
punct
15
nourished
nourish
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
11 keeping
conj
16
them
they
PRON
Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs
15 nourished
obj
17
into
into
ADP
_
18 life
case
18
life
life
NOUN
Number=Sing
15 nourished
obl
19
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 HEN
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
find
gerund
a HEN not said here
the eggs of a viper
vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Topic
2
keep
gerund
a HEN not said here
eggs = egg
carefully, warm property
vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
3
nourish
participle
a HEN not said here
eggs = egg
life
vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
Example 9
The waters nourished it, the deep made it to grow; her rivers ran round about her plantation, and she sent out her conduits unto all the trees of the field. (Prophets EZK.31.4, JPS 1917)
Sentence 1: The waters nourished it, the deep made it to grow; her rivers ran round about her plantation, and she sent out her conduits unto all the trees of the field.
The tree, 30 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2
make
past
the deep
it
tree rules
3
grow
to-infinitive
vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4
run
past
deep's rivers
about deep's plantation; round property
vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about plantation=Trajectory
5
send out
past
deep
deep's conduits
unto all trees of the field
vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduit=Theme
Sentence 2: (Prophets EZK.31.4, JPS 1917)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
(
(
PUNCT
_
2 Prophets
punct
2
Prophets
prophet
NOUN
Number=Plur
root
root
3
EZK.31.4
EZK.31.4
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Prophets
appos
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 JPS
punct
5
JPS
JPS
PROPN
Number=Sing
3 EZK.31.4
flat
6
1917
1917
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
3 EZK.31.4
flat
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
2 Prophets
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 10
He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the ilex and the oak, and strengtheneth for himself one among the trees of the forest; he planteth a bay-tree, and the rain doth nourish it. (Prophets ISA.44.14, JPS 1917)
Sentence 1: He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the ilex and the oak, and strengtheneth for himself one among the trees of the forest; he planteth a bay-tree, and the rain doth nourish it.
The tree, 34 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent he=Patient cedar=Result
2
take
present
He not said here
the ilex and the oak
vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ilex=Theme
3
strengthen
present
He not said here
one
for himself = he; among the trees of the forest
vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent one=Patient
4
plant
present
he
a bay tree
vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient
5
do
present
the rain
vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6
nourish
present
the rain not said here
rain
vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
Sentence 2: (Prophets ISA.44.14, JPS 1917)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
(
(
PUNCT
_
2 Prophets
punct
2
Prophets
prophet
NOUN
Number=Plur
root
root
3
ISA.44.14
ISA.44.14
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Prophets
appos
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 JPS
punct
5
JPS
JPS
PROPN
Number=Sing
3 ISA.44.14
flat
6
1917
1917
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
3 ISA.44.14
flat
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
2 Prophets
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 11
And he shall be unto thee a restorer of life, and a nourisher of thine old age; for thy daughter-in-law, who loveth thee, who is better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him.' (Writings RUT.4.15, JPS 1917)
Sentence 1: And he shall be unto thee a restorer of life, and a nourisher of thine old age; for thy daughter-in-law, who loveth thee, who is better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him.'
The tree, 36 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
of life; a nourisher of thine old age conj; thy daughter and law conj
tree rules
3
love
present
thy daughter and law
thee
vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus
4
is
present
to thee; than seven sons; who nsubj; good property
tree rules
5
have
present
a restorer and a nourisher of thine old age and thy daughter and law
tree rules
6
borne
present
a restorer and a nourisher of thine old age and thy daughter and law not said here
him = he
tree rules
Sentence 2: (Writings RUT.4.15, 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.4.15
RUT.4.15
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Writings
appos
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 JPS
punct
5
JPS
JPS
PROPN
Number=Sing
3 RUT.4.15
flat
6
1917
1917
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
3 RUT.4.15
flat
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
2 Writings
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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.