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awn

Who acts: thin stiff bristle, Barley, awns, grass awn, seeds, you · What happens: grow, have, look, get, help, dig · To what, where: long awns, seeds, field, awns

«awn» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: awn in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: science — kept apart, not parsed.

A thin, stiff bristle growing from the seed head of some grasses and grains, like barley and wheat.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bristle	det
2	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bristle	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 thin	punct
4	stiff	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bristle	amod
5	bristle	bristle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 bristle	acl
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 head	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 head	det
9	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 head	compound
10	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 growing	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 grasses	case
12	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	13 grasses	det
13	grasses	grass	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 head	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 grains	cc
15	grains	grain	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 grasses	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 barley	punct
17	like	like	ADP	_	18 barley	case
18	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 growing	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 wheat	cc
20	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 barley	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 bristle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	gerund	a thin stiff bristle not said here					like barley and wheat; from the seed head of some grasses and grains	vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.product V PP.patient»: agent=Product from head=Patient

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

Barley has long awns.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Barley	Barley	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 awns	amod
4	awns	awn	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 has	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Barley	long awns					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent awn=Patient

Example 2

The awns on the wheat looked like whiskers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 awns	det
2	awns	awn	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 looked	nsubj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 wheat	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wheat	det
5	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 awns	nmod
6	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	like	like	ADP	_	8 whiskers	case
8	whiskers	whisker	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 looked	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 looked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	the awns on the wheat					like whiskers	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Example 3

A grass awn got stuck in the dog's paw.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 awn	det
2	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 awn	compound
3	awn	awn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 got	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	10 paw	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dog	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 paw	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 dog	case
10	paw	paw	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stuck	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	a grass awn					stuck property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Example 4

Some awns help seeds dig into the ground.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 awns	det
2	awns	awn	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 help	nsubj
3	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 help	obj
5	dig	dig	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 help	xcomp
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 ground	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ground	det
8	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dig	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	some awns	seeds					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent seed=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	dig	infinitive	seeds not said here					into the ground	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.patient»: agent=Agent into ground=Patient

Example 5

Look at the awns with a magnifying glass.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 awns	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 awns	det
4	awns	awn	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Look	obl
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 glass	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 glass	det
7	magnifying	magnify	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 glass	amod
8	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Look	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	imperative	you not said here					with a magnifying glass; at the awns	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at awn=Theme
2	magnify	gerund							vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Example 6

The field shimmered as wind moved the awns.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 field	det
2	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 moved	nsubj
3	shimmered	shimmer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 field	acl
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 wind	case
5	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shimmered	obl
6	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 awns	det
8	awns	awn	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 moved	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 moved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shimmer	participle		the field not said here				as wind	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	move	past	the field	the awns					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent awn=Theme

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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