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banyan

Who acts: tropical fig tree, ground, one tree, banyan tree, Banyan roots, One banyan · What happens: drop, grow, look, spread, hang down, cover · To what, where: roots, ground, new trunks, whole village square, branches, huge area

«banyan» 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: banyan in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A tropical fig tree from India whose branches drop roots down to the ground, which grow into new trunks so one tree can look like a whole forest.

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tree	det
2	tropical	tropical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tree	amod
3	fig	fig	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tree	compound
4	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 drop	nsubj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 India	case
6	India	India	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 tree	nmod
7	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	8 branches	nmod:poss
8	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 drop	nsubj
9	drop	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 drop	obj
11	down	down	ADV	_	14 ground	advmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 ground	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 ground	det
14	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 roots	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 grow	punct
16	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 grow	nsubj
17	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 ground	acl:relcl
18	into	into	ADP	_	20 trunks	case
19	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 trunks	amod
20	trunks	trunk	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 grow	obl
21	so	so	SCONJ	_	25 look	mark
22	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	23 tree	nummod
23	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 look	nsubj
24	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25 look	aux
25	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 grow	advcl
26	like	like	ADP	_	29 forest	case
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 forest	det
28	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 forest	amod
29	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 look	obl
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 drop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	present	a tropical fig tree from India	roots		the ground			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent root=Theme to ground=Destination
2	grow	present	the ground					into new trunks result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into trunk=Result
3	look	can	one tree					like a whole forest	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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

The banyan tree spread across the whole village square.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tree	det
2	banyan	banyan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tree	compound
3	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spread	nsubj
4	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	across	across	ADP	_	9 square	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 square	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 square	amod
8	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 square	compound
9	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spread	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 spread	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	past	the banyan tree			the whole village square			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme across square=Destination

Example 2

Banyan roots hang down from the branches.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Banyan	banyan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 roots	compound
2	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hang	nsubj
3	hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	down	down	ADP	_	3 hang	compound:prt
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 branches	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 branches	det
7	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hang	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang down	present	Banyan roots			the branches			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

One banyan can cover a huge area.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 banyan	nummod
2	banyan	banyan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cover	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 cover	aux
4	cover	cover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 area	det
6	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 area	amod
7	area	area	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cover	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 cover	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	can	One banyan	a huge area					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme area=Destination

Example 4

The banyan is India's national tree.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 banyan	det
2	banyan	banyan	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tree	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 tree	cop
4	India	India	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 tree	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 India	case
6	national	national	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tree	amod
7	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 tree	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the banyan	India's national tree					tree rules

Example 5

Children played under the shady banyan.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 played	nsubj
2	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	under	under	ADP	_	6 banyan	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 banyan	det
5	shady	shady	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 banyan	amod
6	banyan	banyan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 played	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 played	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past	Children			the shady banyan			vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 6

A banyan starts life growing on another tree.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 banyan	det
2	banyan	banyan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 starts	nsubj
3	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 starts	obj
5	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 life	acl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 tree	case
7	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	8 tree	det
8	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 growing	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 starts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	present	a banyan	life					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Eventuality
2	grow	gerund	life not said here			another tree			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on tree=Location

Example 7

So they went to a banyan tree, and stripped the bark to make strings for their slings, and next they repaired to the river bank to find stones.

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	3 went	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 tree	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tree	det
6	banyan	banyan	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tree	compound
7	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 stripped	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 stripped	cc
10	stripped	strip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bark	det
12	bark	bark	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stripped	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 make	mark
14	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 stripped	advcl
15	strings	string	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 make	obj
16	for	for	ADP	_	18 slings	case
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 slings	nmod:poss
18	slings	sling	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 strings	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 repaired	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 repaired	cc
21	next	next	ADV	_	23 repaired	advmod
22	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 repaired	nsubj
23	repaired	repair	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	conj
24	to	to	ADP	_	27 bank	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 bank	det
26	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 bank	compound
27	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 repaired	obl
28	to	to	PART	_	29 find	mark
29	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 repaired	advcl
30	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 find	obj
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	they			a banyan tree			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to tree=Initial_Location
2	strip	past	they not said here	the bark					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bark=Patient
3	make	to-infinitive	they not said here	strings				for strings's slings	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent string=Product for sling=Asset
4	repair	past	strings = string					to the river bank; next property	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent
5	find	to-infinitive	strings = string not said here	stones					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Topic

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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