bur

Who acts: bur, plant, dog, I, Thorns · What happens: be, stick, come, cover, pull · To what, where: prickly seed case, bur, sock, wool

«bur» 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: bur in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A bur is a prickly seed case or head of a plant that sticks to fur, wool and clothes.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bur	det
2	bur	bur	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 case	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 case	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 case	det
5	prickly	prickly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 case	amod
6	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 case	compound
7	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 head	cc
9	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 case	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 plant	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 plant	det
12	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 case	nmod
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 sticks	nsubj
14	sticks	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 plant	acl:relcl
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 fur	case
16	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sticks	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 wool	punct
18	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 fur	conj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 clothes	cc
20	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	16 fur	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 case	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a bur	a prickly seed case or head				of a plant	tree rules
2	stick	present	a plant					to fur and wool and clothes	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to fur=Co-Patient

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 dog came home covered in burs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	home	home	ADV	_	3 came	advmod
5	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 came	advcl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 burs	case
7	burs	bur	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 covered	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the dog					home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cover	participle	the dog not said here					in burs	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in bur=Theme

Example 2

I pulled a bur off my sock.

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	2 pulled	nsubj
2	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bur	det
4	bur	bur	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pulled	obj
5	off	off	ADP	_	7 sock	case
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 sock	nmod:poss
7	sock	sock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pulled	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pulled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	past	I	a bur		my sock			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent bur=Theme off sock=Initial_Location

Example 3

Thorns and burs stuck in the sheep's wool.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thorns	thorn	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stuck	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 burs	cc
3	burs	bur	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Thorns	conj
4	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 wool	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sheep	det
7	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wool	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 sheep	case
9	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stuck	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 stuck	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick	participle	Thorns and burs			the sheep's wool			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in wool=Destination

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