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catkin

Who acts: Catkins, Pussy willow catkins, We, our, spring, Birch catkins · What happens: hang, cover, release, feel, collect, walk · To what, where: hazel tree, pollen, wind, catkins, spring walk, sign

«catkin» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: catkin in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A long, thin, soft hanging cluster of tiny flowers on trees such as willow, hazel and birch.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cluster	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cluster	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 long	punct
4	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cluster	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 thin	punct
6	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cluster	amod
7	hanging	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 cluster	amod
8	cluster	cluster	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 flowers	case
10	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 flowers	amod
11	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 cluster	nmod
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 trees	case
13	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 flowers	nmod
14	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	16 willow	case
15	as	as	ADP	_	14 such	fixed
16	willow	willow	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 trees	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 hazel	punct
18	hazel	hazel	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 willow	conj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 birch	cc
20	birch	birch	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 willow	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 cluster	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	gerund							vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 hazel tree is covered in yellow catkins.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tree	det
2	hazel	hazel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tree	compound
3	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 covered	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 covered	aux:pass
5	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 catkins	case
7	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 catkins	amod
8	catkins	catkin	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 covered	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 covered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	present · passive		the hazel tree				in yellow catkins	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in catkin=Theme

Example 2

Catkins release pollen in the wind.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Catkins	catkin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 release	nsubj
2	release	release	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	pollen	pollen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 release	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 wind	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wind	det
6	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 release	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 release	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	release	present	Catkins	pollen		the wind			vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer pollen=Source

Example 3

Pussy willow catkins feel soft and furry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pussy	pussy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 catkins	amod
2	willow	willow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 catkins	compound
3	catkins	catkin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 feel	nsubj
4	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 feel	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 furry	cc
7	furry	furry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 soft	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 feel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	present	Pussy willow catkins					soft property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 4

We collected catkins on our spring walk.

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 collected	nsubj
2	collected	collect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	catkins	catkin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 collected	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 walk	case
5	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 walk	nmod:poss
6	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walk	compound
7	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 collected	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 collected	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collect	past	We	catkins		our spring walk			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent catkin=Theme
2	walk		our						nom walk «act transitive»: poss=agent

Example 5

Catkins are a sign that spring is coming.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Catkins	catkin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sign	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sign	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sign	det
4	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 coming	mark
6	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 coming	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 coming	aux
8	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 sign	acl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sign	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Catkins	a sign					tree rules
2	come	present · progressive	spring	a sign not said here					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sign=Theme

Example 6

Birch catkins hang like little tails.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Birch	birch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 catkins	compound
2	catkins	catkin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hang	nsubj
3	hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 tails	case
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tails	amod
6	tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hang	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	present	Birch catkins					like little tails	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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