comfrey

Who acts: tall wild plant, leaves, Comfrey, Bees, Grandad, People · What happens: shape, grow, use, break, feed, buzz · To what, where: damp places, leaves, past, soil, edge, purple comfrey flowers · Speech: someone speaks here

«comfrey» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: comfrey in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A tall wild plant with large hairy leaves and bell-shaped purple, pink or white flowers, growing in damp places by rivers and ditches.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 plant	det
2	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 plant	amod
3	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 plant	amod
4	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 leaves	case
6	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 leaves	amod
7	hairy	hairy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 leaves	amod
8	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 plant	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 flowers	cc
10	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 shaped	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 bell	punct
12	shaped	shape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 flowers	amod
13	purple	purple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 flowers	amod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 pink	punct
15	pink	pink	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 purple	conj
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 white	cc
17	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 purple	conj
18	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 leaves	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 growing	punct
20	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 plant	acl
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 places	case
22	damp	damp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 places	amod
23	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 growing	obl
24	by	by	ADP	_	25 rivers	case
25	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 growing	obl
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 ditches	cc
27	ditches	ditch	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 rivers	conj
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 plant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shape	participle							vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	grow	gerund	a tall wild plant with large hairy leaves and shaped purple flowers not said here			damp places		by rivers and ditches	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=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.

Meaning 2

The leaves or root of this plant, used in the past as a herbal medicine for bruises and broken bones, and by gardeners to feed the soil.

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 leaves	det
2	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 feed	nsubj
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 root	cc
4	root	root	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leaves	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 plant	case
6	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 plant	det
7	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 root	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 used	punct
9	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 leaves	acl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 past	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 past	det
12	past	past	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 used	obl
13	as	as	ADP	_	16 medicine	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 medicine	det
15	herbal	herbal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 medicine	amod
16	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 used	obl
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 bruises	case
18	bruises	bruise	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 medicine	nmod
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 bones	cc
20	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 bones	amod
21	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 bruises	conj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 feed	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 feed	cc
24	by	by	ADP	_	25 gardeners	case
25	gardeners	gardener	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 feed	obl
26	to	to	PART	_	27 feed	mark
27	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 soil	det
29	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 feed	obj
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	27 feed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	use	participle		the leaves or root of this plant not said here	the past	as a herbal medicine for bruises and broken bones	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	break	participle					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	feed	to-infinitive	the leaves or root of this plant	the soil		by gardeners	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soil=Recipient

Example 1

Comfrey grew thick along the edge of the stream.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Comfrey	comfrey	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grew	nsubj
2	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 grew	xcomp
4	along	along	ADP	_	6 edge	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 edge	det
6	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grew	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 stream	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stream	det
9	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 edge	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	Comfrey			the edge of the stream		thick property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along edge=Location

Example 2

Bees buzzed around the purple comfrey flowers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 buzzed	nsubj
2	buzzed	buzz	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	around	around	ADP	_	7 flowers	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 flowers	det
5	purple	purple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 flowers	amod
6	comfrey	comfrey	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flowers	compound
7	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 buzzed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 buzzed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buzz	past	Bees			the purple comfrey flowers			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around flower=Location

Example 3

Grandad soaks comfrey leaves in water to feed his tomatoes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 soaks	nsubj
2	soaks	soak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	comfrey	comfrey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leaves	compound
4	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 soaks	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 water	case
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 soaks	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 feed	mark
8	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 soaks	advcl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 tomatoes	nmod:poss
10	tomatoes	tomato	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 feed	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 soaks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	soak	present	Grandad	comfrey leaves				in water	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent leaf=Destination in water=Theme
2	feed	to-infinitive	Grandad not said here	Grandad's tomatoes					vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tomato=Recipient

Example 4

People once called comfrey «knitbone».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 called	nsubj
2	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 called	advmod
3	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	comfrey	comfrey	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 called	xcomp
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 knitbone	punct
6	knitbone	knitbone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 comfrey	appos
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 knitbone	punct
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	People	comfrey				once property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

The Mole saw comfrey and willow-herb on the river bank.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mole	det
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saw	nsubj
3	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	comfrey	comfrey	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saw	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 herb	cc
6	willow	willow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 herb	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 willow	punct
8	herb	herb	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 comfrey	conj
9	on	on	ADP	_	12 bank	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bank	det
11	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bank	compound
12	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saw	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	the Mole	comfrey and willow herb		the river bank			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer comfrey=Stimulus

Example 6

Don't eat comfrey – it is not safe as food.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 eat	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 eat	advmod
3	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	comfrey	comfrey	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eat	obj
5	–	-	PUNCT	_	9 safe	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 safe	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 safe	cop
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 safe	advmod
9	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 eat	parataxis
10	as	as	ADP	_	11 food	case
11	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 safe	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 eat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not eat	imperative · do-support	you not said here	comfrey					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent comfrey=Patient
2	not is	present	comfrey					as food; safe property	tree rules

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