sprig

Who acts: sprig, He, She, blossom, bud, shoots · What happens: be, wave, pluck, smell, become, ripen · To what, where: small twig, sprig, ripening grape, sprigs, Prophets, spreading vine

«sprig» in the English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: sprig in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

A sprig is a small twig or shoot with leaves or flowers on it.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sprig	det
2	sprig	sprig	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 twig	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 twig	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 twig	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 twig	amod
6	twig	twig	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 shoot	cc
8	shoot	shoot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 twig	conj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 leaves	case
10	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 shoot	nmod
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 flowers	cc
12	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 leaves	conj
13	on	on	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 flowers	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 twig	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a sprig	a small twig or shoot with leaves or flowers on shoot				shoot with leaves or flowers on shoot 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

He was waving a sprig of the sacred tulsi plant.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 waving	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 waving	aux
3	waving	wave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sprig	det
5	sprig	sprig	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waving	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 plant	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 plant	det
8	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 plant	amod
9	tulsi	tulsi	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 plant	compound
10	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sprig	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 waving	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	past · progressive	He	a sprig of the sacred tulsi plant					vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sprig=Patient

Example 2

She plucked a sprig of sweet-smelling rosemary.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 plucked	nsubj
2	plucked	pluck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sprig	det
4	sprig	sprig	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 plucked	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 rosemary	case
6	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 rosemary	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 sweet	punct
8	smelling	smell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 rosemary	amod
9	rosemary	rosemary	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sprig	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 plucked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pluck	past	She	a sprig of sweet smelling rosemary					vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sprig=Patient
2	smell	gerund							vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the bud becometh a ripening grape, He will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the shoots will He take away and lop off. (Prophets ISA.18.5, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the bud becometh a ripening grape, He will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the shoots will He take away and lop off.

The tree, 35 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	4 harvest	case
2	before	before	ADP	_	4 harvest	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 harvest	det
4	harvest	harvest	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 cut	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 over	punct
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 over	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 blossom	det
8	blossom	blossom	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 over	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 over	cop
10	over	over	ADV	_	4 harvest	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 becometh	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 becometh	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 bud	det
14	bud	bud	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 becometh	nsubj
15	becometh	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 harvest	conj
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 grape	det
17	ripening	ripen	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 grape	amod
18	grape	grape	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 becometh	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 harvest	punct
20	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 cut	nsubj
21	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 cut	aux
22	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
23	off	off	ADP	_	22 cut	compound:prt
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 sprigs	det
25	sprigs	sprig	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 cut	obj
26	with	with	ADP	_	29 hooks	case
27	pruning	pruning	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 hooks	compound
28	-	-	PUNCT	_	27 pruning	punct
29	hooks	hook	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 cut	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 take	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 take	cc
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 shoots	det
33	shoots	shoot	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 take	nsubj
34	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	36 take	aux
35	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 take	nsubj
36	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 cut	parataxis
37	away	away	ADV	_	36 take	advmod
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 lop	cc
39	lop	lop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 take	conj
40	off	off	ADP	_	39 lop	compound:prt
41	.	.	PUNCT	_	22 cut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	the blossom		over property	tree rules
2	become	present	the bud	a ripening grape		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient grape=Result
3	ripen	gerund				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	cut off	future	bud	the sprigs	for the harvest; with pruning hooks	vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector sprig=Eventuality
5	take away	future	the shoots		bud nsubj; away property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	lop off	infinitive	the shoots not said here			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Sentence 2: (Prophets ISA.18.5, 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.18.5	ISA.18.5	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Prophets	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ISA.18.5	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 ISA.18.5	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

Example 4

And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose tendrils might turn toward him, and the roots thereof be under him; so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs. (Prophets EZK.17.6, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose tendrils might turn toward him, and the roots thereof be under him; so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

The tree, 37 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 grew	cc
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 grew	nsubj
3	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 became	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 became	cc
6	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grew	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 vine	det
8	spreading	spreading	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 vine	compound
9	vine	vine	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 became	xcomp
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 stature	case
11	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 stature	amod
12	stature	stature	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 vine	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 turn	punct
14	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	15 tendrils	nmod:poss
15	tendrils	tendril	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 turn	nsubj
16	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 turn	aux
17	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 stature	acl:relcl
18	toward	toward	ADP	_	19 him	case
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 turn	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 him	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 him	cc
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 roots	det
23	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 him	nsubj
24	thereof	thereof	ADV	_	27 him	advmod
25	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	27 him	cop
26	under	under	ADP	_	27 him	case
27	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 grew	obl
28	;	;	PUNCT	_	31 became	punct
29	so	so	ADV	_	31 became	advmod
30	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 became	nsubj
31	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grew	conj
32	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 vine	det
33	vine	vine	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 became	xcomp
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 brought	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 brought	cc
36	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 became	conj
37	forth	forth	ADV	_	36 brought	advmod
38	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 brought	obj
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 shot	punct
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 shot	cc
41	shot	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grew	conj
42	forth	forth	ADV	_	41 shot	advmod
43	sprigs	sprig	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 shot	obj
44	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	grow	past	it			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	become	past		a spreading vine of low stature		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	turn	might	tendrils		toward him = he	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme toward he=Trajectory
4	is	infinitive	the roots		under him = he; thereof property	tree rules
5	become	past	stature	a vine		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
6	bring	past	stature not said here	branches	forth property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent branch=Theme
7	shoot	past		sprigs	forth property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sprig=Theme

Sentence 2: (Prophets EZK.17.6, 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.17.6	EZK.17.6	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Prophets	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 EZK.17.6	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 EZK.17.6	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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📖 sprig

Everyday, meaning 1

Example 1

Example 2

Example 3

Example 4

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