banana Who acts: banana, you, banana plant, bananas, I, bunch · What happens: curve, be, peel, grow on, eat, have · To what, where: long curved fruit, yellow skin, large plant, one banana, table, 6 bananas
«banana» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: banana in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A banana is a long curved fruit with a yellow skin that you peel; inside it is soft and sweet.
The tree, 20 words det nsubj cop det amod amod case det amod nmod obj nsubj acl:relcl punct mark nsubj cop conj cc conj punct root A DET banana NOUN is AUX a DET long ADJ curved VERB fruit NOUN with ADP a DET yellow ADJ skin NOUN that PRON you PRON peel VERB ; PUNCT inside ADP it PRON is AUX soft ADJ and CCONJ sweet ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 banana det 2 banana banana NOUN Number=Sing 7 fruit nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 fruit cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 fruit det 5 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 7 fruit amod 6 curved curve VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 7 fruit amod 7 fruit fruit NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 with with ADP _ 11 skin case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 skin det 10 yellow yellow ADJ Degree=Pos 11 skin amod 11 skin skin NOUN Number=Sing 7 fruit nmod 12 that that PRON PronType=Rel 14 peel obj 13 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 14 peel nsubj 14 peel peel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 skin acl:relcl 15 ; ; PUNCT _ 19 soft punct 16 inside inside ADP _ 19 soft mark 17 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 19 soft nsubj 18 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 19 soft cop 19 soft soft ADJ Degree=Pos 7 fruit conj 20 and and CCONJ _ 21 sweet cc 21 sweet sweet ADJ Degree=Pos 19 soft conj 22 . . PUNCT _ 7 fruit punct
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1 curve participle vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material 2 is a present a banana a long curved fruit with a yellow skin tree rules 3 peel present you a yellow skin vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Source 4 is present banana soft property tree rules 5 be banana not said here 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 A banana plant is the large plant that bananas grow on, in a bunch.
The tree, 14 words det compound nsubj cop det amod obj nsubj acl:relcl compound:prt punct case det conj punct root A DET banana NOUN plant NOUN is AUX the DET large ADJ plant NOUN that PRON bananas NOUN grow VERB on ADP , PUNCT in ADP a DET bunch NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 plant det 2 banana banana NOUN Number=Sing 3 plant compound 3 plant plant NOUN Number=Sing 7 plant nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 plant cop 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 plant det 6 large large ADJ Degree=Pos 7 plant amod 7 plant plant NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 that that PRON PronType=Rel 10 grow obj 9 bananas banana NOUN Number=Plur 10 grow nsubj 10 grow grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 plant acl:relcl 11 on on ADP _ 10 grow compound:prt 12 , , PUNCT _ 15 bunch punct 13 in in ADP _ 15 bunch case 14 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 15 bunch det 15 bunch bunch NOUN Number=Sing 10 grow conj 16 . . PUNCT _ 7 plant punct
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1 is a present a banana plant the large plant tree rules 2 grow on present bananas the large plant vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location that=Theme
Example 1 I eat one banana from the table.
nsubj nummod obj case det obl punct root I PRON eat VERB one NUM banana NOUN from ADP the DET table NOUN . PUNCT 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 eat nsubj 2 eat eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 4 banana nummod 4 banana banana NOUN Number=Sing 2 eat obj 5 from from ADP _ 7 table case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 table det 7 table table NOUN Number=Sing 2 eat obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 eat punct
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1 eat present I one banana the table vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent banana=Patient
Example 2 Student: two bananas and one pear
punct nummod appos cc nummod conj root Student NOUN : PUNCT two NUM bananas NOUN and CCONJ one NUM pear NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Student student NOUN Number=Sing root root 2 : : PUNCT _ 4 bananas punct 3 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 4 bananas nummod 4 bananas banana NOUN Number=Plur 1 Student appos 5 and and CCONJ _ 7 pear cc 6 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 7 pear nummod 7 pear pear NOUN Number=Sing 4 bananas conj
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 3 A bunch has 6 bananas. How many bananas are in 3 bunches?
Sentence 1: A bunch has 6 bananas.
det nsubj nummod obj punct root A DET bunch NOUN has VERB 6 NUM bananas NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 bunch det 2 bunch bunch NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 6 6 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 bananas nummod 5 bananas banana NOUN Number=Plur 3 has obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present a bunch 6 bananas vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent banana=Patient
Sentence 2: How many bananas are in 3 bunches?
advmod amod nsubj cop case nummod punct root How ADV many ADJ bananas NOUN are AUX in ADP 3 NUM bunches NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 How how ADV PronType=Int 2 many advmod 2 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 3 bananas amod 3 bananas banana NOUN Number=Plur 7 bunches nsubj 4 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 bunches cop 5 in in ADP _ 7 bunches case 6 3 3 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 7 bunches nummod 7 bunches bunch NOUN Number=Plur root root 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 7 bunches punct
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1 is present many bananas 3 bunches tree rules
Example 4 Ali bought 8 bananas and ate 2.
nsubj nummod obj cc conj obj punct root Ali PROPN bought VERB 8 NUM bananas NOUN and CCONJ ate VERB 2 NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ali Ali PROPN Number=Sing 2 bought nsubj 2 bought buy VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 8 8 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 bananas nummod 4 bananas banana NOUN Number=Plur 2 bought obj 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 ate cc 6 ate eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 bought conj 7 2 2 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 ate obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 bought punct
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1 buy past Ali 8 bananas vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent banana=Theme 2 eat past Ali not said here 2 vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2=Patient
Example 5 Peel the banana before you eat it.
det obj mark nsubj advcl obj punct root Peel VERB the DET banana NOUN before SCONJ you PRON eat VERB it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Peel peel VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 banana det 3 banana banana NOUN Number=Sing 1 Peel obj 4 before before SCONJ _ 6 eat mark 5 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 6 eat nsubj 6 eat eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Peel advcl 7 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 eat obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 1 Peel punct
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1 peel imperative you not said here the banana vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent banana=Source 2 eat present you banana vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
Example 6 These bananas are still green, so they are not ripe.
det nsubj cop advmod punct advmod nsubj cop advmod parataxis punct root These DET bananas NOUN are AUX still ADV green ADJ , PUNCT so ADV they PRON are AUX not PART ripe ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 These this DET Number=Plur PronType=Dem 2 bananas det 2 bananas banana NOUN Number=Plur 5 green nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 green cop 4 still still ADV _ 5 green advmod 5 green green ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 11 ripe punct 7 so so ADV _ 11 ripe advmod 8 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 ripe nsubj 9 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 ripe cop 10 not not PART Polarity=Neg 11 ripe advmod 11 ripe ripe ADJ Degree=Pos 5 green parataxis 12 . . PUNCT _ 5 green punct
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1 is present this bananas still green property tree rules 2 not is present bananas = banana ripe property tree rules
Example 7 Mum made banana bread with the old bananas.
nsubj compound obj case det amod obl punct root Mum NOUN made VERB banana NOUN bread NOUN with ADP the DET old ADJ bananas NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 2 made nsubj 2 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 banana banana NOUN Number=Sing 4 bread compound 4 bread bread NOUN Number=Sing 2 made obj 5 with with ADP _ 8 bananas case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 bananas det 7 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 8 bananas amod 8 bananas banana NOUN Number=Plur 2 made obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 made punct
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1 make past Mum banana bread with the old bananas vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Product
Example 8 The monkey grabbed a banana from the tree.
det nsubj det obj case det obl punct root The DET monkey NOUN grabbed VERB a DET banana NOUN from ADP the DET tree NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 monkey det 2 monkey monkey NOUN Number=Sing 3 grabbed nsubj 3 grabbed grab VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 banana det 5 banana banana NOUN Number=Sing 3 grabbed obj 6 from from ADP _ 8 tree case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 tree det 8 tree tree NOUN Number=Sing 3 grabbed obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 grabbed punct
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1 grab past the monkey a banana the tree vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent banana=Theme from tree=Source
Example 9 Don't leave a banana skin on the floor; someone could slip.
aux advmod det compound obj case det obl punct nsubj aux conj punct root Do AUX n't PART leave VERB a DET banana NOUN skin NOUN on ADP the DET floor NOUN ; PUNCT someone PRON could AUX slip VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Do do AUX Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 leave aux 2 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 3 leave advmod 3 leave leave VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 skin det 5 banana banana NOUN Number=Sing 6 skin compound 6 skin skin NOUN Number=Sing 3 leave obj 7 on on ADP _ 9 floor case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 floor det 9 floor floor NOUN Number=Sing 3 leave obl 10 ; ; PUNCT _ 13 slip punct 11 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 13 slip nsubj 12 could could AUX VerbForm=Fin 13 slip aux 13 slip slip VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 leave conj 14 . . PUNCT _ 3 leave punct
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1 not leave imperative · do-support you not said here a banana skin the floor vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent skin=Theme on floor=Location 2 slip could someone vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
Example 10 Early in the morning Rikki-tikki came to early breakfast in the veranda riding on Teddy’s shoulder, and they gave him banana and some boiled egg.
The tree, 27 words advmod case det obl compound punct nsubj case amod obl case det compound nmod case nmod:poss case nmod punct cc nsubj conj iobj obj cc det amod conj punct root Early ADV in ADP the DET morning NOUN Rikki PROPN - PUNCT tikki NOUN came VERB to ADP early ADJ breakfast NOUN in ADP the DET veranda NOUN riding NOUN on ADP Teddy PROPN ’s PART shoulder NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ they PRON gave VERB him PRON banana NOUN and CCONJ some DET boiled VERB egg NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Early early ADV Degree=Pos 8 came advmod 2 in in ADP _ 4 morning case 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 morning det 4 morning morning NOUN Number=Sing 8 came obl 5 Rikki Rikki PROPN Number=Sing 7 tikki compound 6 - - PUNCT _ 5 Rikki punct 7 tikki tikki NOUN Number=Sing 8 came nsubj 8 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 9 to to ADP _ 11 breakfast case 10 early early ADJ Degree=Pos 11 breakfast amod 11 breakfast breakfast NOUN Number=Sing 8 came obl 12 in in ADP _ 15 riding case 13 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 15 riding det 14 veranda veranda NOUN Number=Sing 15 riding compound 15 riding riding NOUN Number=Sing 11 breakfast nmod 16 on on ADP _ 19 shoulder case 17 Teddy Teddy PROPN Number=Sing 19 shoulder nmod:poss 18 ’s 's PART _ 17 Teddy case 19 shoulder shoulder NOUN Number=Sing 15 riding nmod 20 , , PUNCT _ 23 gave punct 21 and and CCONJ _ 23 gave cc 22 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 23 gave nsubj 23 gave give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 came conj 24 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 23 gave iobj 25 banana banana NOUN Number=Sing 23 gave obj 26 and and CCONJ _ 29 egg cc 27 some some DET PronType=Ind 29 egg det 28 boiled boil VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 29 egg amod 29 egg egg NOUN Number=Sing 25 banana conj 30 . . PUNCT _ 8 came punct
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1 come past Rikki tikki early breakfast in the veranda riding on Teddy's shoulder morning early property vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to breakfast=Initial_Location 2 give past they banana and some boiled egg tikki vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient banana=Theme 3 boil participle vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
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