cypress

Who acts: We, Mourners, tall cypress · What happens: plant, sign, carry, stand · To what, where: dark pointed leaves, gardens, mourning, cypress, garden, cypress branches

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

Meaning 1

A tall evergreen tree with dark, pointed leaves, often planted in gardens and graveyards.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tree	det
2	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tree	amod
3	evergreen	evergreen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tree	compound
4	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	9 leaves	case
6	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 leaves	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 dark	punct
8	pointed	pointed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 leaves	amod
9	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tree	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 planted	punct
11	often	often	ADV	_	12 planted	advmod
12	planted	plant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 leaves	acl:relcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 gardens	case
14	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 planted	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 graveyards	cc
16	graveyards	graveyard	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 gardens	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tree	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plant	participle		dark pointed leaves not said here		gardens and graveyards		often property	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in garden=Destination

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

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A branch of the tree, a sign of mourning.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 branch	det
2	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 tree	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tree	det
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 branch	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sign	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sign	det
8	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 branch	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 mourning	case
10	mourning	mourning	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sign	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 branch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sign			mourning					nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient

Example 1

We planted a cypress in the garden.

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 planted	nsubj
2	planted	plant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cypress	det
4	cypress	cypress	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 planted	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 garden	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 garden	det
7	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 planted	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 planted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plant	past	We	a cypress		the garden			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cypress=Theme in garden=Destination

Example 2

Mourners carried cypress branches.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mourners	mourner	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 carried	nsubj
2	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	cypress	cypress	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 branches	compound
4	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 carried	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 carried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	Mourners	cypress branches					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent branch=Theme

Example 3

The tall cypress stood by the gate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cypress	det
2	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cypress	amod
3	cypress	cypress	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stood	nsubj
4	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 gate	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gate	det
7	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stood	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	the tall cypress					by the gate	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by gate=Location

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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