alder Who acts: alder, birch family, Alders, Siskins, Rat, Alder wood · What happens: be, grow, have, feed, tie, last · To what, where: tree, river bank, small brown cones, boat, water, alder
«alder» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: alder in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 An alder is a tree of the birch family that grows by rivers and in wet ground, with roundish leaves and small cones and catkins.
The tree, 25 words det nsubj cop det case det compound nmod nsubj acl:relcl case obl cc case amod conj punct case amod conj cc amod conj cc conj punct root An DET alder NOUN is AUX a DET tree NOUN of ADP the DET birch NOUN family NOUN that PRON grows VERB by ADP rivers NOUN and CCONJ in ADP wet ADJ ground NOUN , PUNCT with ADP roundish ADJ leaves NOUN and CCONJ small ADJ cones NOUN and CCONJ catkins NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 alder det 2 alder alder NOUN Number=Sing 5 tree nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 tree cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 tree det 5 tree tree NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 9 family case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 family det 8 birch birch NOUN Number=Sing 9 family compound 9 family family NOUN Number=Sing 5 tree nmod 10 that that PRON PronType=Rel 11 grows nsubj 11 grows grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 family acl:relcl 12 by by ADP _ 13 rivers case 13 rivers river NOUN Number=Plur 11 grows obl 14 and and CCONJ _ 17 ground cc 15 in in ADP _ 17 ground case 16 wet wet ADJ Degree=Pos 17 ground amod 17 ground ground NOUN Number=Sing 13 rivers conj 18 , , PUNCT _ 21 leaves punct 19 with with ADP _ 21 leaves case 20 roundish roundish ADJ Degree=Pos 21 leaves amod 21 leaves leaf NOUN Number=Plur 13 rivers conj 22 and and CCONJ _ 24 cones cc 23 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 24 cones amod 24 cones cone NOUN Number=Plur 21 leaves conj 25 and and CCONJ _ 26 catkins cc 26 catkins catkin NOUN Number=Plur 21 leaves conj 27 . . PUNCT _ 5 tree punct
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1 is a present a alder a tree of the birch family tree rules 2 grow present the birch family by rivers and wet ground and roundish leaves and small cones and catkins vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by river=Location
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 Alders grow along the river bank.
nsubj case det compound obl punct root Alders NOUN grow VERB along ADP the DET river NOUN bank NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Alders alder NOUN Number=Plur 2 grow nsubj 2 grow grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 along along ADP _ 6 bank case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 bank det 5 river river NOUN Number=Sing 6 bank compound 6 bank bank NOUN Number=Sing 2 grow obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 grow punct
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1 grow present Alders the river bank vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along bank=Location
Example 2 The alder has small brown cones like tiny pine cones.
det nsubj amod amod obj case amod compound nmod punct root The DET alder NOUN has VERB small ADJ brown ADJ cones NOUN like ADP tiny ADJ pine NOUN cones NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 alder det 2 alder alder NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 6 cones amod 5 brown brown ADJ Degree=Pos 6 cones amod 6 cones cone NOUN Number=Plur 3 has obj 7 like like ADP _ 10 cones case 8 tiny tiny ADJ Degree=Pos 10 cones amod 9 pine pine NOUN Number=Sing 10 cones compound 10 cones cone NOUN Number=Plur 6 cones nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present the alder small brown cones like tiny pine cones vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cone=Patient
Example 3 Siskins feed on alder seeds in winter.
nsubj case compound obl case obl punct root Siskins NOUN feed VERB on ADP alder NOUN seeds NOUN in ADP winter NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Siskins siskin NOUN Number=Plur 2 feed nsubj 2 feed feed VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 on on ADP _ 5 seeds case 4 alder alder NOUN Number=Sing 5 seeds compound 5 seeds seed NOUN Number=Plur 2 feed obl 6 in in ADP _ 7 winter case 7 winter winter NOUN Number=Sing 2 feed obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 feed punct
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1 feed present Siskins winter on alder seeds vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on seed=Patient
Example 4 The Rat tied his boat to an old alder.
det nsubj nmod:poss obj case det amod obl punct root The DET Rat PROPN tied VERB his PRON boat NOUN to ADP an DET old ADJ alder NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Rat det 2 Rat Rat PROPN Number=Sing 3 tied nsubj 3 tied tie VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 boat nmod:poss 5 boat boat NOUN Number=Sing 3 tied obj 6 to to ADP _ 9 alder case 7 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 alder det 8 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 9 alder amod 9 alder alder NOUN Number=Sing 3 tied obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 tied punct
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1 tie past the Rat Rat's boat to a old alder vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent boat=Patient to alder=Co-Patient
Example 5 Alder wood lasts well in water.
compound nsubj advmod case obl punct root Alder NOUN wood NOUN lasts VERB well ADV in ADP water NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Alder alder NOUN Number=Sing 2 wood compound 2 wood wood NOUN Number=Sing 3 lasts nsubj 3 lasts last VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 well well ADV Degree=Pos 3 lasts advmod 5 in in ADP _ 6 water case 6 water water NOUN Number=Sing 3 lasts obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 lasts punct
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1 last present Alder wood water well property vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
Example 6 Catkins hang from the alder in early spring.
nsubj case det obl case amod obl punct root Catkins NOUN hang VERB from ADP the DET alder NOUN in ADP early ADJ spring NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Catkins catkin NOUN Number=Plur 2 hang nsubj 2 hang hang VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 from from ADP _ 5 alder case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 alder det 5 alder alder NOUN Number=Sing 2 hang obl 6 in in ADP _ 8 spring case 7 early early ADJ Degree=Pos 8 spring amod 8 spring spring NOUN Number=Sing 2 hang obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 hang punct
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1 hang present Catkins the alder spring vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 7 Between the crevices there grew a little rowan tree and four alder bushes.
case det obl advmod det amod compound obj cc nummod compound conj punct root Between ADP the DET crevices NOUN there ADV grew VERB a DET little ADJ rowan NOUN tree NOUN and CCONJ four NUM alder NOUN bushes NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Between between ADP _ 3 crevices case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 crevices det 3 crevices crevice NOUN Number=Plur 5 grew obl 4 there there ADV PronType=Dem 5 grew advmod 5 grew grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 tree det 7 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 9 tree amod 8 rowan rowan NOUN Number=Sing 9 tree compound 9 tree tree NOUN Number=Sing 5 grew obj 10 and and CCONJ _ 13 bushes cc 11 four four NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 13 bushes nummod 12 alder alder NOUN Number=Sing 13 bushes compound 13 bushes bush NOUN Number=Plur 9 tree conj 14 . . PUNCT _ 5 grew punct
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1 grow past a little rowan tree and four alder bushes there between the crevices vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tree=Theme
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