thistle

Who acts: thistle, yellow, seeds, Thorns, thou, you · What happens: be, flower, float down, bring, eat, let · To what, where: wild plant, head, fluffy, thee, herb, thistles

«thistle» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 10 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: thistle in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

A thistle is a wild plant with prickly leaves and stems and a round purple (sometimes yellow or white) flower head; its seeds float on fluffy down.

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 thistle	det
2	thistle	thistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 plant	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 plant	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 plant	det
5	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 plant	amod
6	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 leaves	case
8	prickly	prickly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 leaves	amod
9	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 plant	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 stems	cc
11	stems	stem	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 leaves	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 purple	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 purple	det
14	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 purple	amod
15	purple	purple	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 plant	conj
16	(	(	PUNCT	_	18 yellow	punct
17	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	18 yellow	advmod
18	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 flower	nsubj
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 white	cc
20	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 yellow	conj
21	)	)	PUNCT	_	18 yellow	punct
22	flower	flower	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 purple	acl:relcl
23	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 flower	obj
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 float	punct
25	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 seeds	nmod:poss
26	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 float	nsubj
27	float	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 plant	parataxis
28	on	on	ADP	_	29 fluffy	case
29	fluffy	fluffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 float	obl
30	down	down	ADV	_	27 float	advmod
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 plant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a thistle	a wild plant and a round purple		with prickly leaves and stems	tree rules
2	flower	present	yellow	head			vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location head=Theme
3	float down	present	thistle's seeds		fluffy	down property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on fluffy=Trajectory

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

Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field. (Torah GEN.3.18, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thorns	thorn	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 bring	nsubj
2	also	also	ADV	_	1 Thorns	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 thistles	cc
4	thistles	thistle	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Thorns	conj
5	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 bring	aux
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 bring	nsubj
7	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	forth	forth	ADV	_	7 bring	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 thee	case
10	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	7 bring	obl
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 eat	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 eat	cc
13	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	15 eat	nsubj
14	shalt	shall	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	15 eat	aux
15	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 bring	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 herb	det
17	herb	herb	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 eat	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 field	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 field	det
20	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 herb	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 bring	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	shall	Thorns and thistles			thee		forth property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to thou=Destination
2	eat	shall	thou	the herb of the field					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herb=Patient

Sentence 2: (Torah GEN.3.18, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.3.18	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.3.18	compound
3	GEN.3.18	GEN.3.18	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.3.18	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.3.18	punct

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

Example 2

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					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 3

And, lo, it was all grown over with thistles, the face thereof was covered with nettles, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. (Writings PRO.24.31, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And, lo, it was all grown over with thistles, the face thereof was covered with nettles, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	17 covered	cc
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 grown	punct
3	lo	lo	INTJ	_	8 grown	discourse
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 lo	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 grown	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 grown	aux:pass
7	all	all	ADV	_	8 grown	advmod
8	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 covered	advcl
9	over	over	ADV	_	8 grown	advmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 thistles	case
11	thistles	thistle	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 grown	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 face	punct
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 face	det
14	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 thistles	conj
15	thereof	thereof	ADV	_	17 covered	advmod
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 covered	aux:pass
17	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
18	with	with	ADP	_	19 nettles	case
19	nettles	nettle	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 covered	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 broken	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 broken	cc
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 wall	det
23	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 wall	compound
24	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 broken	nsubj:pass
25	thereof	thereof	ADV	_	27 broken	advmod
26	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 broken	aux:pass
27	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 covered	conj
28	down	down	ADP	_	27 broken	compound:prt
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 covered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	grow over	past · passive	it	with thistles and the face; all, over property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with thistle=Instrument
2	cover	past · passive		with nettles; thereof property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: with nettle=Theme
3	break down	past · passive	the stone wall	thereof property	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Sentence 2: (Writings PRO.24.31, 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	PRO.24.31	PRO.24.31	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 PRO.24.31	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 PRO.24.31	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 4

And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and thistles in the fortresses thereof; and it shall be a habitation of wild-dogs, an enclosure for ostriches. (Prophets ISA.34.13, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and thistles in the fortresses thereof; and it shall be a habitation of wild-dogs, an enclosure for ostriches.

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	4 come	cc
2	thorns	thorn	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 come	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 come	aux
4	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	up	up	ADV	_	4 come	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 palaces	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 palaces	nmod:poss
8	palaces	palace	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 come	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 nettles	punct
10	nettles	nettle	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 palaces	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 thistles	cc
12	thistles	thistle	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 palaces	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 fortresses	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 fortresses	det
15	fortresses	fortress	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 palaces	nmod
16	thereof	thereof	ADV	_	15 fortresses	advmod
17	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 habitation	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 habitation	cc
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 habitation	nsubj
20	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 habitation	aux
21	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	23 habitation	cop
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 habitation	det
23	habitation	habitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 come	parataxis
24	of	of	ADP	_	27 dogs	case
25	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 dogs	amod
26	-	-	PUNCT	_	25 wild	punct
27	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 habitation	nmod
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 enclosure	punct
29	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 enclosure	det
30	enclosure	enclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 habitation	conj
31	for	for	ADP	_	32 ostriches	case
32	ostriches	ostrich	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 enclosure	nmod
33	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come up	shall	thorns			her palaces in the fortresses and nettles and thistles			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in palace=Location
2	is a	shall	it	a habitation and a enclosure for ostriches				of wild dogs	tree rules

Sentence 2: (Prophets ISA.34.13, 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.34.13	ISA.34.13	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Prophets	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ISA.34.13	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 ISA.34.13	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

Example 5

I stung my hand on a prickly thistle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 stung	nsubj
2	stung	sting	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hand	nmod:poss
4	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stung	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 thistle	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 thistle	det
7	prickly	prickly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 thistle	amod
8	thistle	thistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stung	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stung	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sting	past	I	my hand				on a prickly thistle	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent hand=Experiencer on thistle=Theme

Example 6

The thistle is the symbol of Scotland.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 thistle	det
2	thistle	thistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 symbol	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 symbol	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 symbol	det
5	symbol	symbol	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Scotland	case
7	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 symbol	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 symbol	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the thistle	the symbol				of Scotland	tree rules

Example 7

Goldfinches eat thistle seeds.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Goldfinches	goldfinch	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	nsubj
2	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	thistle	thistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seeds	compound
4	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 eat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	Goldfinches	thistle seeds					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Patient

Example 8

Thistle down floated across the field.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thistle	thistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 floated	nsubj:pass
2	down	down	ADV	_	3 floated	advmod
3	floated	float	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	across	across	ADP	_	6 field	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 field	det
6	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 floated	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 floated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	participle · passive		Thistle		the field		down property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme across field=Trajectory

Example 9

Butterflies landed on the purple thistles.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Butterflies	butterfly	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 landed	nsubj
2	landed	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 thistles	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 thistles	det
5	purple	purple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 thistles	amod
6	thistles	thistle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 landed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 landed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	land	past	Butterflies			the purple thistles			vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on thistle=Destination

Example 10

Donkeys will sometimes eat thistles.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Donkeys	donkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 eat	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 eat	aux
3	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 eat	advmod
4	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	thistles	thistle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 eat	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 eat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	future	Donkeys	thistles				sometimes property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thistle=Patient

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