basil

Who acts: Basil, Mum, pot, you · What happens: be, use, flavour, put, sit, smell · To what, where: sweet green herb, food, fresh basil, pizza, sunny window, leaves

«basil» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: basil in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Basil is a sweet green herb with shiny leaves, used to flavour food, especially tomato dishes and pasta.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Basil	basil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 herb	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 herb	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 herb	det
4	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 herb	amod
5	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 herb	amod
6	herb	herb	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 leaves	case
8	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 leaves	amod
9	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 herb	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 used	punct
11	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 herb	parataxis
12	to	to	PART	_	13 flavour	mark
13	flavour	flavour	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 used	advcl
14	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 flavour	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 dishes	punct
16	especially	especially	ADV	_	18 dishes	advmod
17	tomato	tomato	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 dishes	compound
18	dishes	dish	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 food	conj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 pasta	cc
20	pasta	pasta	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 food	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 herb	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Basil	a sweet green herb	with shiny leaves	tree rules
2	use	participle				vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	flavour	to-infinitive		food and tomato dishes and pasta		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.

Example 1

Mum put fresh basil on the pizza.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	nsubj
2	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 basil	amod
4	basil	basil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 pizza	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pizza	det
7	pizza	pizza	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	past	Mum	fresh basil		the pizza			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent basil=Theme on pizza=Destination

Example 2

The pot of basil sat in the sunny window.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pot	det
2	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sat	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 basil	case
4	basil	basil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pot	nmod
5	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 window	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 window	det
8	sunny	sunny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 window	amod
9	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sat	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	the pot of basil			the sunny window			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in window=Location

Example 3

Basil smells sweet when you crush the leaves.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Basil	basil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 smells	nsubj
2	smells	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 smells	xcomp
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 crush	advmod
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 crush	nsubj
6	crush	crush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 smells	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 leaves	det
8	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 crush	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 smells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell	present	Basil					sweet property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	crush	present	you	the leaves					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient

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