dill

Who acts: Mum, I, We, Dill seeds, Australia, you · What happens: use, sprinkle, chop, love, grow, smell · To what, where: herb, cooking, chopped dill, potatoes, crunchy dill pickles, burger · Speech: someone speaks here

«dill» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: dill in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A herb with soft feathery leaves and a fresh taste, used in cooking, especially with fish, potatoes and pickles.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 herb	det
2	herb	herb	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	6 leaves	case
4	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 leaves	amod
5	feathery	feathery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 leaves	amod
6	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 herb	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 taste	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 taste	det
9	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 taste	amod
10	taste	taste	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leaves	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 used	punct
12	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 herb	acl
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 cooking	case
14	cooking	cooking	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 used	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 fish	punct
16	especially	especially	ADV	_	18 fish	advmod
17	with	with	ADP	_	18 fish	case
18	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cooking	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 potatoes	punct
20	potatoes	potato	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 cooking	conj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 pickles	cc
22	pickles	pickle	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 potatoes	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 herb	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle		a herb with soft feathery leaves and a fresh taste not said here		cooking and fish and potatoes and pickles			vn eat-39.1 «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.

Meaning 2

Usage: Australia, NZ, informal — kept apart, not parsed.

A silly or foolish person; a mild, friendly insult.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
2	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 person	amod
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 foolish	cc
4	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 silly	conj
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 insult	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 insult	det
8	mild	mild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 insult	amod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 mild	punct
10	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 insult	amod
11	insult	insult	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

Mum sprinkled chopped dill on the potatoes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sprinkled	nsubj
2	sprinkled	sprinkle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	chopped	chop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 dill	amod
4	dill	dill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sprinkled	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 potatoes	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 potatoes	det
7	potatoes	potato	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sprinkled	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sprinkled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sprinkle	past	Mum	chopped dill		the potatoes			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dill=Theme on potato=Destination
2	chop	participle							vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Example 2

I love crunchy dill pickles in my burger.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 love	nsubj
2	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	crunchy	crunchy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pickles	amod
4	dill	dill	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pickles	compound
5	pickles	pickle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 love	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 burger	case
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 burger	nmod:poss
8	burger	burger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pickles	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 love	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	I	crunchy dill pickles		my burger			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pickle=Stimulus

Example 3

We grew dill in a pot on the windowsill.

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 grew	nsubj
2	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	dill	dill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grew	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 pot	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pot	det
6	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grew	obl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 windowsill	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 windowsill	det
9	windowsill	windowsill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grew	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	We	dill		a pot		on the windowsill	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location dill=Theme

Example 4

Dill seeds smell a bit like aniseed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dill	dill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seeds	compound
2	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 smell	nsubj
3	smell	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bit	det
5	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smell	obj
6	like	like	ADP	_	7 aniseed	case
7	aniseed	aniseed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smell	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 smell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell	present	Dill seeds	a bit				like aniseed	vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bit=Stimulus

Example 5

(Australia) «You left your lunch on the bus, you dill!» laughed Jack.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Australia	punct
2	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 left	nsubj
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Australia	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 left	punct
5	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 left	nsubj
6	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 lunch	nmod:poss
8	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 left	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 bus	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bus	det
11	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 left	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 dill	punct
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 dill	nsubj
14	dill	dill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 laughed	parataxis
15	!	!	PUNCT	_	14 dill	punct
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 dill	punct
17	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 left	conj
18	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 laughed	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 left	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	leave in a quote	past	Australia	your lunch	the bus	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent lunch=Theme on bus=Location
2	dill in a quote	present	you			tree rules
3	laugh	past	Australia not said here	Jack		tree rules

Example 6

(Australia) Don't be a dill, put your hat on in the sun.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Australia	punct
2	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 put	obl
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Australia	punct
4	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 put	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 dill	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 dill	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 dill	det
8	dill	dill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Do	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 put	punct
10	put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 hat	nmod:poss
12	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 put	obj
13	on	on	ADP	_	10 put	compound:prt
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 sun.	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 sun.	det
16	sun.	sun.	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	infinitive		a dill					tree rules
2	put on	present · do-support		Australia		the sun.			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hat=Theme in sun.=Destination

Example 7

Grandma makes salmon with dill sauce.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	salmon	salmon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 sauce	case
5	dill	dill	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sauce	compound
6	sauce	sauce	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Grandma	salmon				with dill sauce	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salmon=Product

Example 8

The gardener was near the gate, watering the dill and parsley, the carrots and parsnips.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gardener	det
2	gardener	gardener	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gate	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 gate	cop
4	near	near	ADP	_	6 gate	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gate	det
6	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 watering	punct
8	watering	water	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 gate	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dill	det
10	dill	dill	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 watering	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 parsley	cc
12	parsley	parsley	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dill	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 carrots	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 carrots	det
15	carrots	carrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 dill	appos
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 parsnips	cc
17	parsnips	parsnip	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 carrots	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 gate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the gardener			the gate			tree rules
2	water	gerund	the gate not said here	the dill and parsley					vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent dill=Destination

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