baobab Who acts: baobab, short branches, Baobab trunks, Elephants, Little Prince, Baobab fruit · What happens: be, look, plant down, store, peel, pull up · To what, where: huge tree, baobab, water, bark, baobab trees, baobab sprouts
«baobab» 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: baobab in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A baobab is a huge tree of Africa, Madagascar and Australia with a very fat trunk and short branches that look like roots.
The tree, 23 words det nsubj cop det amod case nmod punct conj cc conj case det advmod amod nmod cc amod conj nsubj acl:relcl case obl punct root A DET baobab NOUN is AUX a DET huge ADJ tree NOUN of ADP Africa PROPN , PUNCT Madagascar PROPN and CCONJ Australia PROPN with ADP a DET very ADV fat ADJ trunk NOUN and CCONJ short ADJ branches NOUN that PRON look VERB like ADP roots NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 baobab det 2 baobab baobab NOUN Number=Sing 6 tree nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 tree cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 tree det 5 huge huge ADJ Degree=Pos 6 tree amod 6 tree tree NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 of of ADP _ 8 Africa case 8 Africa Africa PROPN Number=Sing 6 tree nmod 9 , , PUNCT _ 10 Madagascar punct 10 Madagascar Madagascar PROPN Number=Sing 8 Africa conj 11 and and CCONJ _ 12 Australia cc 12 Australia Australia PROPN Number=Sing 8 Africa conj 13 with with ADP _ 17 trunk case 14 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 17 trunk det 15 very very ADV _ 16 fat advmod 16 fat fat ADJ Degree=Pos 17 trunk amod 17 trunk trunk NOUN Number=Sing 6 tree nmod 18 and and CCONJ _ 20 branches cc 19 short short ADJ Degree=Pos 20 branches amod 20 branches branch NOUN Number=Plur 17 trunk conj 21 that that PRON PronType=Rel 22 look nsubj 22 look look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 20 branches acl:relcl 23 like like ADP _ 24 roots case 24 roots root NOUN Number=Plur 22 look obl 25 . . PUNCT _ 6 tree punct
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1 is a present a baobab a huge tree of Africa and Madagascar and Australia; with a fat trunk and short branches tree rules 2 look present short branches like roots 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 baobab looked like it was planted upside down.
det nsubj mark nsubj:pass aux:pass xcomp obj advmod punct root The DET baobab NOUN looked VERB like SCONJ it PRON was AUX planted VERB upside NOUN down ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 baobab det 2 baobab baobab NOUN Number=Sing 3 looked nsubj 3 looked look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 like like SCONJ _ 7 planted mark 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 planted nsubj:pass 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 planted aux:pass 7 planted plant VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 looked xcomp 8 upside upside NOUN Number=Sing 7 planted obj 9 down down ADV _ 7 planted advmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 looked punct
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1 look past the baobab tree rules 2 plant down past · passive baobab down property vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme upside=Destination
Example 2 Baobab trunks store water.
compound nsubj obj punct root Baobab NOUN trunks NOUN store VERB water NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Baobab baobab NOUN Number=Sing 2 trunks compound 2 trunks trunk NOUN Number=Plur 3 store nsubj 3 store store VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 water water NOUN Number=Sing 3 store obj 5 . . PUNCT _ 3 store punct
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1 store present Baobab trunks water vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
Example 3 Elephants peel bark from baobab trees.
nsubj obj case compound obl punct root Elephants NOUN peel VERB bark NOUN from ADP baobab NOUN trees NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Elephants elephant NOUN Number=Plur 2 peel nsubj 2 peel peel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 bark bark NOUN Number=Sing 2 peel obj 4 from from ADP _ 6 trees case 5 baobab baobab NOUN Number=Sing 6 trees compound 6 trees tree NOUN Number=Plur 2 peel obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 peel punct
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1 peel present Elephants bark baobab trees vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bark=Source
Example 4 The Little Prince pulled up baobab sprouts.
det amod nsubj compound:prt compound obj punct root The DET Little ADJ Prince PROPN pulled VERB up ADP baobab NOUN sprouts NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 Prince det 2 Little little ADJ Degree=Pos 3 Prince amod 3 Prince Prince PROPN Number=Sing 4 pulled nsubj 4 pulled pull VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 up up ADP _ 4 pulled compound:prt 6 baobab baobab NOUN Number=Sing 7 sprouts compound 7 sprouts sprout NOUN Number=Plur 4 pulled obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 pulled punct
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1 pull up past the Little Prince baobab sprouts vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sprout=Theme
Example 5 Baobab fruit is full of vitamin C.
compound nsubj cop case compound obl root Baobab NOUN fruit NOUN is AUX full ADJ of ADP vitamin NOUN C. NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Baobab baobab NOUN Number=Sing 2 fruit compound 2 fruit fruit NOUN Number=Sing 4 full nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 full cop 4 full full ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 of of ADP _ 7 C. case 6 vitamin vitamin NOUN Number=Sing 7 C. compound 7 C. c. NOUN Number=Sing 4 full obl
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1 is present Baobab fruit of vitamin C.; full property tree rules
Example 6 Some hollow baobabs have been used as shelters.
det amod nsubj:pass aux aux:pass case obl punct root Some DET hollow ADJ baobabs NOUN have AUX been AUX used VERB as ADP shelters NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Some some DET PronType=Ind 3 baobabs det 2 hollow hollow ADJ Degree=Pos 3 baobabs amod 3 baobabs baobab NOUN Number=Plur 6 used nsubj:pass 4 have have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 used aux 5 been be AUX Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 6 used aux:pass 6 used use VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 7 as as ADP _ 8 shelters case 8 shelters shelter NOUN Number=Plur 6 used obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 used punct
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1 use present · perfect · passive some hollow baobabs as shelters vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Duration as shelter=Attribute
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