boll Who acts: flax plant, Workers, boll weevil, boll, We, field · What happens: open, show, split, pick, damage, hold · To what, where: fluffy cotton fibres, cotton, white fluff, bolls, cotton crop, seeds
«boll» 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: boll in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 The round seed pod of the cotton plant (or flax plant) that opens to show the fluffy cotton fibres inside.
The tree, 20 words det amod compound case det compound nmod punct cc compound appos punct nsubj acl:relcl mark xcomp det amod compound obj advmod punct root The DET round ADJ seed NOUN pod NOUN of ADP the DET cotton NOUN plant NOUN ( PUNCT or CCONJ flax NOUN plant NOUN ) PUNCT that PRON opens VERB to PART show VERB the DET fluffy ADJ cotton NOUN fibres NOUN inside ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 pod det 2 round round ADJ Degree=Pos 4 pod amod 3 seed seed NOUN Number=Sing 4 pod compound 4 pod pod NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 of of ADP _ 8 plant case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 plant det 7 cotton cotton NOUN Number=Sing 8 plant compound 8 plant plant NOUN Number=Sing 4 pod nmod 9 ( ( PUNCT _ 12 plant punct 10 or or CCONJ _ 12 plant cc 11 flax flax NOUN Number=Sing 12 plant compound 12 plant plant NOUN Number=Sing 8 plant appos 13 ) ) PUNCT _ 12 plant punct 14 that that PRON PronType=Rel 15 opens nsubj 15 opens open VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 plant acl:relcl 16 to to PART _ 17 show mark 17 show show VERB VerbForm=Inf 15 opens xcomp 18 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 21 fibres det 19 fluffy fluffy ADJ Degree=Pos 21 fibres amod 20 cotton cotton NOUN Number=Sing 21 fibres compound 21 fibres fibre NOUN Number=Plur 17 show obj 22 inside inside ADV _ 21 fibres advmod 23 . . PUNCT _ 4 pod punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 open present flax plant tree rules 2 show to-infinitive flax plant not said here the fluffy cotton fibres vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fibre=Recipient
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 cotton boll split open, showing white fluff.
det nsubj:pass aux xcomp punct advcl amod obj punct root The DET cotton NOUN boll AUX split VERB open ADJ , PUNCT showing VERB white ADJ fluff NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 cotton det 2 cotton cotton NOUN Number=Sing 4 split nsubj:pass 3 boll boll AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 split aux 4 split split VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 open open ADJ Degree=Pos 4 split xcomp 6 , , PUNCT _ 7 showing punct 7 showing show VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 split advcl 8 white white ADJ Degree=Pos 9 fluff amod 9 fluff fluff NOUN Number=Sing 7 showing obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 split punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 split present · passive the cotton open property vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient 2 show gerund white fluff vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fluff=Recipient
Example 2 Workers picked the cotton from the bolls.
nsubj det obj case det obl punct root Workers NOUN picked VERB the DET cotton NOUN from ADP the DET bolls NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Workers worker NOUN Number=Plur 2 picked nsubj 2 picked pick VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 cotton det 4 cotton cotton NOUN Number=Sing 2 picked obj 5 from from ADP _ 7 bolls case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 bolls det 7 bolls boll NOUN Number=Plur 2 picked obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 picked punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pick past Workers the cotton the bolls vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent cotton=Theme from boll=Source
Example 3 The boll weevil damaged the cotton crop.
det compound nsubj det compound obj punct root The DET boll NOUN weevil NOUN damaged VERB the DET cotton NOUN crop NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 weevil det 2 boll boll NOUN Number=Sing 3 weevil compound 3 weevil weevil NOUN Number=Sing 4 damaged nsubj 4 damaged damage VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 crop det 6 cotton cotton NOUN Number=Sing 7 crop compound 7 crop crop NOUN Number=Sing 4 damaged obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 damaged punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 damage past the boll weevil the cotton crop vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crop=Patient
Example 4 Each boll holds seeds wrapped in soft fibres.
det nsubj obj acl case amod obl punct root Each DET boll NOUN holds VERB seeds NOUN wrapped VERB in ADP soft ADJ fibres NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Each each DET PronType=Tot 2 boll det 2 boll boll NOUN Number=Sing 3 holds nsubj 3 holds hold VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 seeds seed NOUN Number=Plur 3 holds obj 5 wrapped wrap VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 seeds acl 6 in in ADP _ 8 fibres case 7 soft soft ADJ Degree=Pos 8 fibres amod 8 fibres fibre NOUN Number=Plur 5 wrapped obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 holds punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hold present each boll seeds vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Theme 2 wrap participle seeds not said here soft fibres vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in fibre=Destination
Example 5 We looked at a dried cotton boll in class.
nsubj case det amod compound obl case nmod punct root We PRON looked VERB at ADP a DET dried VERB cotton NOUN boll NOUN in ADP class NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 looked nsubj 2 looked look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 at at ADP _ 7 boll case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 boll det 5 dried dry VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 7 boll amod 6 cotton cotton NOUN Number=Sing 7 boll compound 7 boll boll NOUN Number=Sing 2 looked obl 8 in in ADP _ 9 class case 9 class class NOUN Number=Sing 7 boll nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 looked punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 look past We at a dried cotton boll in class vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at boll=Theme 2 dry participle vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Example 6 The field was full of bursting bolls.
det nsubj cop mark advcl obj punct root The DET field NOUN was AUX full ADJ of SCONJ bursting VERB bolls NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 field det 2 field field NOUN Number=Sing 4 full nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 full cop 4 full full ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 of of SCONJ _ 6 bursting mark 6 bursting burst VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 full advcl 7 bolls boll NOUN Number=Plur 6 bursting obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 full punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past the field full property tree rules 2 burst gerund the field not said here bolls vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location boll=Theme
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