aloes

Who acts: Aloes, aloes wood, merchant, gardener, Aloe leaves · What happens: be, smell, burn, use, scent, bring · To what, where: plant, smelling wood, old tales, room, aloes wood, aloes

«aloes» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: aloes in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Aloes is a plant with thick, spiky leaves.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aloes	aloe	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 plant	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 plant	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 plant	det
4	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	9 leaves	case
6	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 leaves	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 thick	punct
8	spiky	spiky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 leaves	amod
9	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 plant	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 plant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Aloes	a plant				with thick spiky leaves	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.

Meaning 2

In old tales, «aloes wood» is a sweet-smelling wood, burned or used for perfume.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 tales	case
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tales	amod
3	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 wood	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 tales	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 wood	punct
6	aloes	aloe	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wood	compound
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wood	nsubj
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 wood	punct
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 wood	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 wood	det
11	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 smelling	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 sweet	punct
13	smelling	smell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 wood	amod
14	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 burned	punct
16	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 wood	acl
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 used	cc
18	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 burned	conj
19	for	for	ADP	_	20 perfume	case
20	perfume	perfume	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 used	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 wood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	smell	gerund					vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present	aloes wood	a smelling wood	old tales		tree rules
3	burn	participle		a smelling wood not said here			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	use	participle				for perfume	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

The room was scented with aloes and ambergris.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 room	det
2	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scented	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 scented	aux:pass
4	scented	scent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 aloes	case
6	aloes	aloe	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 scented	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 ambergris	cc
8	ambergris	ambergris	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 aloes	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 scented	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scent	past · passive		the room				with aloes and ambergris	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with aloe=Theme

Example 2

The merchant brought aloes wood and camphor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 merchant	det
2	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	nsubj
3	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	aloes	aloe	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wood	compound
5	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 camphor	cc
7	camphor	camphor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wood	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 brought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past	the merchant	aloes wood and camphor					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent wood=Theme

Example 3

The gardener planted aloes by the wall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gardener	det
2	gardener	gardener	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	planted	plant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 gardener	acl
4	aloes	aloe	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 planted	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 wall	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wall	det
7	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 planted	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gardener	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plant	participle	the gardener not said here	aloes				by the wall	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent aloe=Theme by wall=Destination

Example 4

Aloe leaves can feel cool and sticky.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aloe	aloe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leaves	compound
2	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 feel	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 feel	aux
4	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 feel	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sticky	cc
7	sticky	sticky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cool	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 feel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	can	Aloe leaves					cool property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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