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fertiliser

Who acts: plants, farmer, Compost, tomato plant, much fertiliser, you · What happens: add, help, grow, spread, be, pollute · To what, where: substance, plants, fertiliser, field, natural fertiliser, rivers

«fertiliser» 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: fertiliser in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A substance added to soil to help plants grow, such as manure, compost or chemical pellets.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 substance	det
2	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	added	add	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 substance	acl
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 soil	case
5	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 added	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 help	mark
7	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 added	advcl
8	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 help	obj
9	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 help	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 manure	punct
11	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	13 manure	case
12	as	as	ADP	_	11 such	fixed
13	manure	manure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 substance	appos
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 compost	punct
15	compost	compost	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 substance	conj
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 pellets	cc
17	chemical	chemical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 pellets	amod
18	pellets	pellet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 substance	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 substance	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	participle		a substance and compost or chemical pellets not said here				to soil	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to soil=Co-Patient
2	help	to-infinitive		plants					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent plant=Beneficiary clause=Theme
3	grow	infinitive	plants not said here						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 farmer spread fertiliser on the field.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spread	nsubj
3	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	fertiliser	fertiliser	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spread	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 field	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 field	det
7	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spread	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 spread	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	past	the farmer	fertiliser		the field			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent fertiliser=Theme on field=Destination

Example 2

Compost is a natural fertiliser.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Compost	compost	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fertiliser	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fertiliser	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fertiliser	det
4	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fertiliser	amod
5	fertiliser	fertiliser	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 fertiliser	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Compost	a natural fertiliser					tree rules

Example 3

Our tomato plant grew bigger with fertiliser.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 plant	nmod:poss
2	tomato	tomato	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plant	compound
3	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grew	nsubj
4	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 grew	xcomp
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 fertiliser	case
7	fertiliser	fertiliser	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bigger	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	Our tomato plant					big property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 4

Too much fertiliser can pollute rivers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Too	too	ADV	_	2 much	advmod
2	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fertiliser	amod
3	fertiliser	fertiliser	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pollute	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 pollute	aux
5	pollute	pollute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pollute	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 pollute	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pollute	can	much fertiliser	rivers					tree rules

Example 5

Wash your hands after touching fertiliser.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wash	wash	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 hands	nmod:poss
3	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Wash	obj
4	after	after	SCONJ	_	5 touching	mark
5	touching	touch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Wash	advcl
6	fertiliser	fertiliser	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 touching	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Wash	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	imperative	you not said here	your hands					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient
2	touch	gerund	you not said here	fertiliser					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme fertiliser=Co-Theme

Example 6

Manure is used as fertiliser.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Manure	manure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 used	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 used	aux:pass
3	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 fertiliser	case
5	fertiliser	fertiliser	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 used	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · passive		Manure				as fertiliser	vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Duration as fertiliser=Attribute

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