frond

Who acts: palm fronds · What happens: divide, shine, crouch, wave · To what, where: long leaf, many small leaves, fern, hare, fronds

«frond» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: frond in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A long leaf of a fern or palm, often divided into many small leaves.

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	3 leaf	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 leaf	amod
3	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 divided	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 fern	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fern	det
6	fern	fern	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leaf	nmod
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 palm	cc
8	palm	palm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fern	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 divided	punct
10	often	often	ADV	_	11 divided	advmod
11	divided	divide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	into	into	ADP	_	15 leaves	case
13	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 leaves	amod
14	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 leaves	amod
15	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 divided	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 divided	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	divide	participle · passive		a long leaf of a fern or palm		many small leaves		often property	vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 fronds of the fern shone with dew.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fronds	det
2	fronds	frond	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 fern	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fern	det
5	fern	fern	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fronds	nmod
6	shone	shine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 fern	acl
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 dew	case
8	dew	dew	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shone	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 fronds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shine	participle		the fern not said here				with dew	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with dew=Theme

Example 2

The hare crouched in the fronds.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hare	det
2	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	crouched	crouch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 hare	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 fronds	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fronds	det
6	fronds	frond	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 crouched	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hare	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crouch	participle		the hare not said here		the fronds			vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in frond=Location

Example 3

The palm fronds waved in the wind.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fronds	det
2	palm	palm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fronds	compound
3	fronds	frond	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 waved	nsubj
4	waved	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 wind	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wind	det
7	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 waved	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 waved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	past	the palm fronds					in the wind	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in wind=Theme

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