grapevine

Who acts: climbing plant, plant, way news, he, legs, Grapevines · What happens: grow, stem, spread, reach, crack, hear · To what, where: grapes, stems, grapevine, warm sun., news

«grapevine» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: grapevine in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

a climbing plant that grows grapes on its stems.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 plant	det
2	climbing	climbing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plant	compound
3	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 grows	nsubj
5	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 plant	acl:relcl
6	grapes	grape	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 grows	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 stems	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 stems	nmod:poss
9	stems	stem	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 grows	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 plant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	a climbing plant	grapes		plant's stems			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location grape=Theme
2	stem		plant						nom stem «communication transitive»: poss=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: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

the way news and rumours spread from person to person.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 news	det
2	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 news	compound
3	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spread	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 rumours	cc
5	rumours	rumour	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 news	conj
6	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 person	case
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spread	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 person	case
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 person	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 spread	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	present	the way news and rumours					from person to person	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

No sooner had he reached the grapevine than his legs cracked.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 sooner	det
2	sooner	soon	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 reached	advmod
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 reached	aux
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 reached	nsubj
5	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 grapevine	det
7	grapevine	grapevine	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reached	obj
8	than	than	SCONJ	_	11 cracked	mark
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 legs	nmod:poss
10	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 cracked	nsubj
11	cracked	crack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 reached	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 reached	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	past	he	the grapevine				soon property	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent grapevine=Theme
2	crack	past	his legs						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

Grapevines grow well in warm sun.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grapevines	grapevine	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grow	nsubj
2	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 grow	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 sun.	case
5	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sun.	amod
6	sun.	sun.	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	Grapevines			warm sun.		well property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sun.=Location

Example 3

I heard the news on the grapevine at school.

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 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 news	det
4	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 grapevine	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 grapevine	det
7	grapevine	grapevine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 school	case
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 heard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	I	the news		the grapevine		at school	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer news=Stimulus

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