flax
Who acts: Flax, thou, they · What happens: be, spin, make, mean, have · To what, where: plant, stems, thread, linen cloth, Flax, two bundles
«flax» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 2 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: flax in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Flax is a plant whose stems are spun into thread for making linen cloth.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flax | flax | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 plant | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 plant | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 plant | det |
| 4 | plant | plant | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 6 stems | nmod:poss |
| 6 | stems | stem | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 spun | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 spun | aux:pass |
| 8 | spun | spin | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 plant | acl:relcl |
| 9 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 thread | case |
| 10 | thread | thread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 spun | obl |
| 11 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 12 making | mark |
| 12 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 spun | advcl |
| 13 | linen | linen | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 cloth | amod |
| 14 | cloth | cloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 making | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 plant | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Flax | a plant | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | spin | present · passive | stems | thread | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into thread=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | make | gerund | linen cloth | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cloth=Product |
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
Flax can also mean the thread spun from it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flax | flax | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mean | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 mean | aux |
| 3 | also | also | ADV | _ | 4 mean | advmod |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 thread | det |
| 6 | thread | thread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mean | obj |
| 7 | spun | spin | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 thread | acl |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 spun | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | can | Flax | the thread | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thread=Topic | ||||
| 2 | spin | participle | the thread not said here | Flax | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from it=Trajectory |
Example 1
Here thou hast two bundles of flax.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 hast | advmod |
| 2 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 3 hast | nsubj |
| 3 | hast | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 bundles | nummod |
| 5 | bundles | bundle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hast | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 flax | case |
| 7 | flax | flax | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bundles | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 hast | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | thou | two bundles of flax | here | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bundle=Patient |
Example 2
Must they spin gold flax for ever?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Must | must | CCONJ | _ | 3 spin | cc |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 spin | nsubj |
| 3 | spin | spin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 flax | compound |
| 5 | flax | flax | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 spin | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 ever | case |
| 7 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 3 spin | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 spin | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spin | present | they | gold flax | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent flax=Result for ever=Beneficiary |
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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