buttercup Who acts: buttercup, field, you, Buttercups, Cows, We · What happens: be, shape, hold, not eat, leave, eat · To what, where: small wild plant, buttercup, chin, Buttercups, grass, petals
«buttercup» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: buttercup in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A buttercup is a small wild plant with shiny, bright yellow cup-shaped flowers, common in fields and lawns.
The tree, 19 words det nsubj cop det amod amod case amod punct amod amod compound punct amod nmod punct parataxis case obl cc conj punct root A DET buttercup NOUN is AUX a DET small ADJ wild ADJ plant NOUN with ADP shiny ADJ , PUNCT bright ADJ yellow ADJ cup NOUN - PUNCT shaped VERB flowers NOUN , PUNCT common ADJ in ADP fields NOUN and CCONJ lawns NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 buttercup det 2 buttercup buttercup NOUN Number=Sing 7 plant nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 plant cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 plant det 5 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 7 plant amod 6 wild wild ADJ Degree=Pos 7 plant amod 7 plant plant NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 with with ADP _ 16 flowers case 9 shiny shiny ADJ Degree=Pos 16 flowers amod 10 , , PUNCT _ 9 shiny punct 11 bright bright ADJ Degree=Pos 16 flowers amod 12 yellow yellow ADJ Degree=Pos 16 flowers amod 13 cup cup NOUN Number=Sing 15 shaped compound 14 - - PUNCT _ 15 shaped punct 15 shaped shape VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 16 flowers amod 16 flowers flower NOUN Number=Plur 7 plant nmod 17 , , PUNCT _ 18 common punct 18 common common ADJ Degree=Pos 7 plant parataxis 19 in in ADP _ 20 fields case 20 fields field NOUN Number=Plur 18 common obl 21 and and CCONJ _ 22 lawns cc 22 lawns lawn NOUN Number=Plur 20 fields conj 23 . . PUNCT _ 7 plant punct
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1 is a present a buttercup a small wild plant with shiny bright yellow shaped flowers tree rules 2 shape participle vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
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 field was full of yellow buttercups.
det nsubj cop case amod obl punct root The DET field NOUN was AUX full ADJ of ADP yellow ADJ buttercups 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 ADP _ 7 buttercups case 6 yellow yellow ADJ Degree=Pos 7 buttercups amod 7 buttercups buttercup NOUN Number=Plur 4 full obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 full punct
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1 is past the field of yellow buttercups; full property tree rules
Example 2 Hold a buttercup under my chin!
det obj case nmod:poss obl punct root Hold VERB a DET buttercup NOUN under ADP my PRON chin NOUN ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Hold hold VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 buttercup det 3 buttercup buttercup NOUN Number=Sing 1 Hold obj 4 under under ADP _ 6 chin case 5 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 chin nmod:poss 6 chin chin NOUN Number=Sing 1 Hold obl 7 ! ! PUNCT _ 1 Hold punct
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1 hold imperative you not said here a buttercup my chin vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent buttercup=Theme under chin=Location
Example 3 Buttercups are poisonous, so don't eat them.
nsubj cop punct advmod aux advmod parataxis obj punct root Buttercups NOUN are AUX poisonous ADJ , PUNCT so ADV do AUX n't PART eat VERB them PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Buttercups buttercup NOUN Number=Plur 3 poisonous nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 poisonous cop 3 poisonous poisonous ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 8 eat punct 5 so so ADV _ 8 eat advmod 6 do do AUX Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 8 eat aux 7 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 8 eat advmod 8 eat eat VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 poisonous parataxis 9 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 eat obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 poisonous punct
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1 is present Buttercups poisonous property tree rules 2 not eat infinitive · do-support Buttercups = buttercup vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
Example 4 Cows leave the buttercups and eat the grass.
nsubj det obj cc conj det obj punct root Cows NOUN leave VERB the DET buttercups NOUN and CCONJ eat VERB the DET grass NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cows cow NOUN Number=Plur 2 leave nsubj 2 leave leave VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 buttercups det 4 buttercups buttercup NOUN Number=Plur 2 leave obj 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 eat cc 6 eat eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 leave conj 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 grass det 8 grass grass NOUN Number=Sing 6 eat obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 leave punct
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1 leave present Cows the buttercups vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent buttercup=Theme 2 eat present Cows not said here the grass vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient
Example 5 We counted the petals: this buttercup has five.
nsubj det obj punct det nsubj conj obj punct root We PRON counted VERB the DET petals NOUN : PUNCT this DET buttercup NOUN has VERB five NUM . 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 counted nsubj 2 counted count VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 petals det 4 petals petal NOUN Number=Plur 2 counted obj 5 : : PUNCT _ 8 has punct 6 this this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 7 buttercup det 7 buttercup buttercup NOUN Number=Sing 8 has nsubj 8 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 counted conj 9 five five NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 8 has obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 counted punct
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1 count past We the petals vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent petal=Theme 2 have present this buttercup five vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent five=Patient
Example 6 Buttercups open in the sunshine.
nsubj case det obl punct root Buttercups NOUN open VERB in ADP the DET sunshine NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Buttercups buttercup NOUN Number=Plur 2 open nsubj 2 open open VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 in in ADP _ 5 sunshine case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 sunshine det 5 sunshine sunshine NOUN Number=Sing 2 open obl 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 open punct
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1 open present Buttercups the sunshine vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sunshine=Location
Example 7 And the buttercups sparkled gayly, and looked again at Gerda.
cc det nsubj acl advmod punct cc advmod case obl punct root And CCONJ the DET buttercups NOUN sparkled VERB gayly ADV , PUNCT and CCONJ looked VERB again ADV at ADP Gerda PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 And and CCONJ _ 8 looked cc 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 buttercups det 3 buttercups buttercup NOUN Number=Plur 8 looked nsubj 4 sparkled sparkle VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 buttercups acl 5 gayly gayly ADV _ 4 sparkled advmod 6 , , PUNCT _ 8 looked punct 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 looked cc 8 looked look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 9 again again ADV _ 8 looked advmod 10 at at ADP _ 11 Gerda case 11 Gerda Gerda PROPN Number=Sing 8 looked obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 8 looked punct
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1 sparkle participle the buttercups not said here gayly property vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 look past the buttercups again at Gerda vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at gerda=Theme
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