brier

Who acts: brier, Brer Rabbit, thorns, rabbit · What happens: be, not fling, say, scratch, run · To what, where: spelling, Brer Rabbit, brier patch, legs · Speech: someone speaks here

«brier» 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: brier in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A brier is another spelling of briar, a prickly bush with thorny stems.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 brier	det
2	brier	brier	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spelling	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 spelling	cop
4	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	5 spelling	det
5	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 briar	case
7	briar	briar	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spelling	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bush	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bush	det
10	prickly	prickly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bush	amod
11	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spelling	appos
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 stems	case
13	thorny	thorny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 stems	amod
14	stems	stem	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 bush	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 spelling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a brier	another spelling				of briar	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

"Don't fling me in that brier-patch," said Brer Rabbit.

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 fling	punct
2	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 fling	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 fling	advmod
4	fling	fling	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 said	ccomp
5	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 fling	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	10 patch	case
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 patch	det
8	brier	brier	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 patch	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 brier	punct
10	patch	patch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fling	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 fling	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 fling	punct
13	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Rabbit	compound
15	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 said	nsubj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not fling in a quote	infinitive · do-support		Brer Rabbit = rabbit		that brier patch			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent i=Theme in patch=Destination
2	say speech: assert	past	Brer Rabbit						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

Example 2

The thorns on the brier scratched the boy's legs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 thorns	det
2	thorns	thorn	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 scratched	nsubj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 brier	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 brier	det
5	brier	brier	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thorns	nmod
6	scratched	scratch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boy	det
8	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 legs	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 boy	case
10	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 scratched	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 scratched	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scratch	past	the thorns on the brier	the boy's legs					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Theme

Example 3

The rabbit ran into the brier-patch and was safe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rabbit	det
2	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	nsubj
3	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	8 patch	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 patch	det
6	brier	brier	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 patch	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 brier	punct
8	patch	patch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 safe	cc
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 safe	cop
11	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ran	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	the rabbit					into the brier patch result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into patch=Result
2	is	past	the rabbit not said here					safe property	tree rules

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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