betel

Who acts: betel, servants, young Raja, people · What happens: be, chew, mix, find, begin, eat · To what, where: climbing plant, Asia, leaves, betel leaf, leaf, betel

«betel» 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: betel in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A betel is a climbing plant from Asia whose leaves are chewed with a nut, often after being mixed with spices.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 betel	det
2	betel	betel	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 plant	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 plant	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 plant	det
5	climbing	climbing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 plant	compound
6	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 Asia	case
8	Asia	Asia	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 plant	nmod
9	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	10 leaves	nmod:poss
10	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 chewed	nsubj:pass
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 chewed	aux:pass
12	chewed	chew	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 plant	parataxis
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 nut	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 nut	det
15	nut	nut	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 chewed	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 mixed	punct
17	often	often	ADV	_	20 mixed	advmod
18	after	after	SCONJ	_	20 mixed	mark
19	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 mixed	aux:pass
20	mixed	mix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 chewed	conj
21	with	with	ADP	_	22 spices	case
22	spices	spice	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 mixed	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 plant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a betel	a climbing plant	Asia		tree rules
2	chew	present · passive		leaves		with a nut	vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	mix	gerund · passive				with spices; often property	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: with spice=Co-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

The princess's servants found the betel-leaf and began to eat it.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 princess	det
2	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 servants	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 princess	case
4	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 found	nsubj
5	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 leaf	det
7	betel	betel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 leaf	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 betel	punct
9	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 found	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 began	cc
11	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 found	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 eat	mark
13	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 began	xcomp
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 eat	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	find	past	the princess's servants	the betel leaf	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Topic
2	begin	past	the princess's servants not said here		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	eat	to-infinitive	the princess's servants not said here	leaf	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Example 2

The young Raja asked for a great deal of betel-leaf.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Raja	det
2	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Raja	amod
3	Raja	Raja	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 asked	nsubj
4	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 deal	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 deal	det
7	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 deal	amod
8	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asked	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 leaf	case
10	betel	betel	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 leaf	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 betel	punct
12	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 deal	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	the young Raja					for a great deal of betel leaf	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	deal			betel leaf					nom deal «act transitive»: of=patient

Example 3

In some countries people chew betel after meals.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 countries	case
2	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 countries	det
3	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 chew	obl
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 chew	nsubj
5	chew	chew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	betel	betel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chew	obj
7	after	after	ADP	_	8 meals	case
8	meals	meal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 chew	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 chew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chew	present	people	betel		some countries	after meals		vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent betel=Patient

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