bulrush

Who acts: I, He, ducks · What happens: grow, seek, be, hide · To what, where: marshes, three bulrushes, bulrushes

«bulrush» 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: bulrush in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A tall reed-like water plant with a brown, furry head, growing in marshes and at the edge of ponds.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 plant	det
2	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 plant	amod
3	reed	reed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 like	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 reed	punct
5	like	like	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 plant	amod
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 plant	compound
7	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	13 head	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 head	det
10	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 head	amod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 brown	punct
12	furry	furry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 head	amod
13	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 plant	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 growing	punct
15	growing	grow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 plant	parataxis
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 marshes	case
17	marshes	marsh	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 growing	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 edge	cc
19	at	at	ADP	_	21 edge	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 edge	det
21	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 marshes	conj
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 ponds	case
23	ponds	pond	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 edge	nmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 plant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	gerund				marshes and the edge of ponds			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in marsh=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

I am seeking the three bulrushes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 seeking	nsubj
2	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 seeking	aux
3	seeking	seek	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bulrushes	det
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 bulrushes	nummod
6	bulrushes	bulrush	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 seeking	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 seeking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seek	present · progressive	I	the three bulrushes					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bulrush=Theme

Example 2

He was careful of the third bulrush.

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	3 careful	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 careful	cop
3	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 bulrush	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bulrush	det
6	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 bulrush	amod
7	bulrush	bulrush	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 careful	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 careful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					of the third bulrush; careful property	tree rules

Example 3

The ducks hid among the bulrushes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ducks	det
2	ducks	duck	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hid	nsubj
3	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	among	among	ADP	_	6 bulrushes	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bulrushes	det
6	bulrushes	bulrush	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hid	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	the ducks			the bulrushes			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent among bulrush=Location

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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