furze
Who acts: Furze, prickly flowered shrub, heaths, man, pig, Yellow flowers · What happens: flower, be, grow, call, carry, build · To what, where: prickly flowered shrub, heaths, gorse, bundle, house, furze · Speech: someone speaks here
«furze» 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: furze in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Furze is a prickly yellow-flowered shrub that grows on heaths and common land, also called gorse. (old use, in fairy tales).
Sentence 1: Furze is a prickly yellow-flowered shrub that grows on heaths and common land, also called gorse.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Furze | furze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 shrub | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 shrub | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 shrub | det |
| 4 | prickly | prickly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 shrub | amod |
| 5 | yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 flowered | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 yellow | punct |
| 7 | flowered | flower | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 shrub | amod |
| 8 | shrub | shrub | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 grows | nsubj |
| 10 | grows | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 shrub | acl:relcl |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 heaths | case |
| 12 | heaths | heath | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 grows | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 land | cc |
| 14 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 land | amod |
| 15 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 heaths | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 called | punct |
| 17 | also | also | ADV | _ | 18 called | advmod |
| 18 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 heaths | acl |
| 19 | gorse | gorse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 called | xcomp |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 shrub | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flower | participle | vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | Furze | a prickly flowered shrub | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | grow | present | a prickly flowered shrub | heaths and common land | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on heath=Location | ||||
| 4 | call | participle | heaths and common land not said here | gorse | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «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.
Sentence 2: (old use, in fairy tales).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 3 use | punct |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 use | amod |
| 3 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 tales | punct |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 tales | case |
| 6 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tales | compound |
| 7 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 use | nmod |
| 8 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 7 tales | punct |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 use | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
The man carried a bundle of furze.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 man | det |
| 2 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 carried | nsubj |
| 3 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bundle | det |
| 5 | bundle | bundle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 carried | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 furze | case |
| 7 | furze | furze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bundle | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 carried | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | past | the man | a bundle of furze | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bundle=Theme |
Example 2
The pig built his house from furze.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pig | det |
| 2 | pig | pig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 built | nsubj |
| 3 | built | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 house | nmod:poss |
| 5 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 built | obj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 furze | case |
| 7 | furze | furze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 built | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 built | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build | past | the pig | pig's house | furze | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent house=Product from furze=Material |
Example 3
Yellow flowers grew on the furze bushes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 flowers | amod |
| 2 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 grew | nsubj |
| 3 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 bushes | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bushes | det |
| 6 | furze | furze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bushes | compound |
| 7 | bushes | bush | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 grew | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 grew | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | past | Yellow flowers | the furze bushes | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on bush=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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