butterwort Who acts: small plant, butterwort, Butterworts, We, our, people · What happens: catch, eat, grow, have, see, trip · To what, where: small insects, tiny fly, sticky leaf, wet boggy places, violet flowers, butterwort
«butterwort» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 5 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: butterwort in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A small plant with a flat rosette of sticky, pale green leaves and purple, violet or yellow flowers; it catches and eats small insects.
The tree, 24 words det amod nsubj case det amod nmod case amod punct amod amod nmod cc amod punct conj cc conj conj punct nsubj cc conj amod obj punct root A DET small ADJ plant NOUN with ADP a DET flat ADJ rosette NOUN of ADP sticky ADJ , PUNCT pale ADJ green ADJ leaves NOUN and CCONJ purple ADJ , PUNCT violet ADJ or CCONJ yellow ADJ flowers NOUN ; PUNCT it PRON catches VERB and CCONJ eats VERB small ADJ insects NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 plant det 2 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 3 plant amod 3 plant plant NOUN Number=Sing 23 catches nsubj 4 with with ADP _ 7 rosette case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 rosette det 6 flat flat ADJ Degree=Pos 7 rosette amod 7 rosette rosette NOUN Number=Sing 3 plant nmod 8 of of ADP _ 13 leaves case 9 sticky sticky ADJ Degree=Pos 13 leaves amod 10 , , PUNCT _ 9 sticky punct 11 pale pale ADJ Degree=Pos 13 leaves amod 12 green green ADJ Degree=Pos 13 leaves amod 13 leaves leaf NOUN Number=Plur 7 rosette nmod 14 and and CCONJ _ 20 flowers cc 15 purple purple ADJ Degree=Pos 20 flowers amod 16 , , PUNCT _ 17 violet punct 17 violet violet ADJ Degree=Pos 15 purple conj 18 or or CCONJ _ 19 yellow cc 19 yellow yellow ADJ Degree=Pos 15 purple conj 20 flowers flower NOUN Number=Plur 13 leaves conj 21 ; ; PUNCT _ 23 catches punct 22 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 23 catches nsubj 23 catches catch VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 24 and and CCONJ _ 25 eats cc 25 eats eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 23 catches conj 26 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 27 insects amod 27 insects insect NOUN Number=Plur 25 eats obj 28 . . PUNCT _ 23 catches punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 catch present a small plant with a flat rosette of sticky pale green leaves and purple flowers vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 eat present a small plant with a flat rosette of sticky pale green leaves and purple flowers not said here small insects vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=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 butterwort caught a tiny fly on its sticky leaf.
det nsubj det amod obj case nmod:poss amod obl punct root The DET butterwort NOUN caught VERB a DET tiny ADJ fly NOUN on ADP its PRON sticky ADJ leaf NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 butterwort det 2 butterwort butterwort NOUN Number=Sing 3 caught nsubj 3 caught catch VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 fly det 5 tiny tiny ADJ Degree=Pos 6 fly amod 6 fly fly NOUN Number=Sing 3 caught obj 7 on on ADP _ 10 leaf case 8 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 leaf nmod:poss 9 sticky sticky ADJ Degree=Pos 10 leaf amod 10 leaf leaf NOUN Number=Sing 3 caught obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 caught punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 catch past the butterwort a tiny fly butterwort's sticky leaf vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fly=Theme
Example 2 Butterworts grow in wet, boggy places.
nsubj case amod punct amod obl punct root Butterworts NOUN grow VERB in ADP wet ADJ , PUNCT boggy ADJ places NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Butterworts butterwort NOUN Number=Plur 2 grow nsubj 2 grow grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 in in ADP _ 7 places case 4 wet wet ADJ Degree=Pos 7 places amod 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 wet punct 6 boggy boggy ADJ Degree=Pos 7 places amod 7 places place NOUN Number=Plur 2 grow obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 grow punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 grow present Butterworts wet boggy places vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location
Example 3 The butterwort has pretty violet flowers.
det nsubj advmod amod obj punct root The DET butterwort NOUN has VERB pretty ADV violet ADJ flowers NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 butterwort det 2 butterwort butterwort NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 pretty pretty ADV _ 5 violet advmod 5 violet violet ADJ Degree=Pos 6 flowers amod 6 flowers flower NOUN Number=Plur 3 has obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present the butterwort violet flowers vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Patient
Example 4 We saw butterwort on our trip to the Scottish hills.
nsubj obj case nmod:poss obl case det amod nmod punct root We PRON saw VERB butterwort NOUN on ADP our PRON trip NOUN to ADP the DET Scottish ADJ hills NOUN . 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 saw nsubj 2 saw see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 butterwort butterwort NOUN Number=Sing 2 saw obj 4 on on ADP _ 6 trip case 5 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 trip nmod:poss 6 trip trip NOUN Number=Sing 2 saw obl 7 to to ADP _ 10 hills case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 hills det 9 Scottish Scottish ADJ Degree=Pos 10 hills amod 10 hills hill NOUN Number=Plur 6 trip nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 saw punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 see past We butterwort our trip to the Scottish hills vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer butterwort=Stimulus 2 trip our to the Scottish hills nom trip «act transitive»: poss=agent to=obl
Example 5 Some people keep butterworts to catch fungus gnats.
det nsubj obj mark advcl compound obj punct root Some DET people NOUN keep VERB butterworts NOUN to PART catch VERB fungus NOUN gnats NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Some some DET PronType=Ind 2 people det 2 people people NOUN Number=Plur 3 keep nsubj 3 keep keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 butterworts butterwort NOUN Number=Plur 3 keep obj 5 to to PART _ 6 catch mark 6 catch catch VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 keep advcl 7 fungus fungus NOUN Number=Sing 8 gnats compound 8 gnats gnat NOUN Number=Plur 6 catch obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 keep punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 keep present some people butterworts vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent butterwort=Theme 2 catch to-infinitive some people not said here fungus gnats vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gnat=Theme
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