briar

Who acts: briar, thorny stems, prince, briars, he, bramble · What happens: be, grow, have, cut, reach, scratch · To what, where: prickly bush, hedges, castle, arms, walls

«briar» 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: briar in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A briar is a prickly bush or wild rose with thorny stems that grows in hedges and woods.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 briar	det
2	briar	briar	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bush	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bush	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bush	det
5	prickly	prickly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bush	amod
6	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 rose	cc
8	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 rose	amod
9	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bush	conj
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 stems	case
11	thorny	thorny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 stems	amod
12	stems	stem	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 rose	nmod
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 grows	nsubj
14	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 stems	acl:relcl
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 hedges	case
16	hedges	hedge	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 grows	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 woods	cc
18	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 hedges	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 bush	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a briar	a prickly bush or wild rose with thorny stems					tree rules
2	grow	present	thorny stems			hedges and woods			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hedge=Location

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 prince had to cut through the thick briar to reach the castle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prince	det
2	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 cut	mark
5	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 had	xcomp
6	through	through	ADP	_	9 briar	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 briar	det
8	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 briar	amod
9	briar	briar	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cut	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 reach	mark
11	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 cut	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 castle	det
13	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reach	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	past	the prince			tree rules
2	cut	to-infinitive	the prince not said here		through the thick briar	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent through briar=Patient
3	reach	to-infinitive	the prince not said here	the castle		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent castle=Theme

Example 2

The briars scratched his arms as he pushed through.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 briars	det
2	briars	briar	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 scratched	nsubj
3	scratched	scratch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 arms	nmod:poss
5	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 scratched	obj
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 pushed	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 pushed	nsubj
8	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 scratched	advcl
9	through	through	ADV	_	8 pushed	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 scratched	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scratch	past	the briars	his arms					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme
2	push through	past	he					through property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The bramble and briar grew over the walls of the palace.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bramble	det
2	bramble	bramble	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grew	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 briar	cc
4	briar	briar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bramble	conj
5	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	over	over	ADP	_	8 walls	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 walls	det
8	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 grew	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 palace	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 palace	det
11	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 walls	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	the bramble and briar			the walls of the palace			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over wall=Location

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