blackthorn

Who acts: small sour dark berries, sheep, Sloes, He · What happens: call, hide, grow, cut · To what, where: sloes, blackthorn hedge, blackthorn, strong stick · Speech: someone speaks here

«blackthorn» 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: blackthorn in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A wild bush with black, sharp thorns and small sour dark berries called sloes.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bush	det
2	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bush	amod
3	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	8 thorns	case
5	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 thorns	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 black	punct
7	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 thorns	amod
8	thorns	thorn	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bush	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 berries	cc
10	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 berries	amod
11	sour	sour	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 berries	amod
12	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 berries	amod
13	berries	berry	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 thorns	conj
14	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 berries	acl
15	sloes	sloe	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 called	xcomp
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 bush	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	participle	small sour dark berries not said here	sloes					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 sheep were hiding behind the blackthorn hedge.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sheep	det
2	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hiding	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hiding	aux
4	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	behind	behind	ADP	_	8 hedge	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hedge	det
7	blackthorn	blackthorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hedge	compound
8	hedge	hedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hiding	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 hiding	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past · progressive	the sheep			the blackthorn hedge			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind hedge=Location

Example 2

Sloes grow on the blackthorn in autumn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sloes	sloe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grow	nsubj
2	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 blackthorn	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 blackthorn	det
5	blackthorn	blackthorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grow	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 autumn	case
7	autumn	autumn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grow	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 grow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	Sloes			the blackthorn	autumn		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on blackthorn=Location

Example 3

He cut a strong stick from the blackthorn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stick	det
4	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stick	amod
5	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 blackthorn	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 blackthorn	det
8	blackthorn	blackthorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past	He	a strong stick		the blackthorn			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent stick=Product from blackthorn=Material

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