greengrocer Who acts: greengrocer, person, Mum, sign, local greengrocer, people · What happens: be, sell, buy, weigh, do, say · To what, where: person, fresh fruit, shop, carrots, greengrocer, potatoes · Speech: someone speaks here
«greengrocer» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: greengrocer in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A greengrocer is a person who sells fresh fruit and vegetables in a shop.
The tree, 14 words det nsubj cop det nsubj acl:relcl amod obj cc conj case det obl punct root A DET greengrocer NOUN is AUX a DET person NOUN who PRON sells VERB fresh ADJ fruit NOUN and CCONJ vegetables NOUN in ADP a DET shop NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 greengrocer det 2 greengrocer greengrocer NOUN Number=Sing 5 person nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 person cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 person det 5 person person NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 who who PRON PronType=Rel 7 sells nsubj 7 sells sell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 person acl:relcl 8 fresh fresh ADJ Degree=Pos 9 fruit amod 9 fruit fruit NOUN Number=Sing 7 sells obj 10 and and CCONJ _ 11 vegetables cc 11 vegetables vegetable NOUN Number=Plur 9 fruit conj 12 in in ADP _ 14 shop case 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 shop det 14 shop shop NOUN Number=Sing 7 sells obl 15 . . PUNCT _ 5 person punct
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1 is a present a greengrocer a person tree rules 2 sell present a person fresh fruit and vegetables a shop vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=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.
Meaning 2 A greengrocer's (or greengrocer) is the shop itself.
det nsubj case punct cc appos punct cop det nmod:unmarked punct root A DET greengrocer NOUN 's PART ( PUNCT or CCONJ greengrocer NOUN ) PUNCT is AUX the DET shop NOUN itself PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 greengrocer det 2 greengrocer greengrocer NOUN Number=Sing 10 shop nsubj 3 's 's PART _ 2 greengrocer case 4 ( ( PUNCT _ 6 greengrocer punct 5 or or CCONJ _ 6 greengrocer cc 6 greengrocer greengrocer NOUN Number=Sing 2 greengrocer appos 7 ) ) PUNCT _ 6 greengrocer punct 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 shop cop 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 shop det 10 shop shop NOUN Number=Sing root root 11 itself itself PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes 10 shop nmod:unmarked 12 . . PUNCT _ 10 shop punct
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1 is a present a greengrocer the shop greengrocer nmod:unmarked tree rules
Example 1 Mum buys carrots at the greengrocer's on the high street.
nsubj obj case det obl case case det amod obl punct root Mum NOUN buys VERB carrots NOUN at ADP the DET greengrocer NOUN 's PART on ADP the DET high ADJ street NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 2 buys nsubj 2 buys buy VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 carrots carrot NOUN Number=Plur 2 buys obj 4 at at ADP _ 6 greengrocer case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 greengrocer det 6 greengrocer greengrocer NOUN Number=Sing 2 buys obl 7 's 's PART _ 6 greengrocer case 8 on on ADP _ 11 street case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 street det 10 high high ADJ Degree=Pos 11 street amod 11 street street NOUN Number=Sing 2 buys obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 buys punct
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1 buy present Mum carrots the greengrocer on the high street vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent carrot=Theme at greengrocer=Asset
Example 2 The greengrocer weighed the potatoes on his scales.
det nsubj det obj case nmod:poss obl punct root The DET greengrocer NOUN weighed VERB the DET potatoes NOUN on ADP his PRON scales NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 greengrocer det 2 greengrocer greengrocer NOUN Number=Sing 3 weighed nsubj 3 weighed weigh VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 potatoes det 5 potatoes potato NOUN Number=Plur 3 weighed obj 6 on on ADP _ 8 scales case 7 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 scales nmod:poss 8 scales scale NOUN Number=Plur 3 weighed obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 weighed punct
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1 weigh past the greengrocer the potatoes greengrocer's scales vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme potato=Value
Example 3 A greengrocer sells bananas for 20p each — how much do 6 cost?
The tree, 13 words det nsubj obj case nummod nmod nmod:unmarked punct advmod obj conj nummod obj punct root A DET greengrocer NOUN sells VERB bananas NOUN for ADP 20 NUM p NOUN each DET — PUNCT how ADV much ADJ do VERB 6 NUM cost NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 greengrocer det 2 greengrocer greengrocer NOUN Number=Sing 3 sells nsubj 3 sells sell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 bananas banana NOUN Number=Plur 3 sells obj 5 for for ADP _ 7 p case 6 20 20 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 7 p nummod 7 p p NOUN Number=Sing 4 bananas nmod 8 each each DET PronType=Tot 4 bananas nmod:unmarked 9 — - PUNCT _ 12 do punct 10 how how ADV PronType=Int 11 much advmod 11 much much ADJ Degree=Pos 12 do obj 12 do do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 sells conj 13 6 6 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 14 cost nummod 14 cost cost NOUN Number=Sing 12 do obj 15 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 sells punct
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1 sell present a greengrocer bananas each for 20 p vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent banana=Theme for p=Asset 2 do present a greengrocer not said here much tree rules
Example 4 The greengrocer's sign said «banana's», a classic greengrocer's apostrophe.
The tree, 12 words det nmod:poss case nsubj punct obj case punct punct det amod nmod:poss case ccomp punct root The DET greengrocer NOUN 's PART sign NOUN said VERB « PUNCT banana NOUN 's PART » PUNCT , PUNCT a DET classic ADJ greengrocer NOUN 's PART apostrophe NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 greengrocer det 2 greengrocer greengrocer NOUN Number=Sing 4 sign nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 greengrocer case 4 sign sign NOUN Number=Sing 5 said nsubj 5 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 « « PUNCT _ 7 banana punct 7 banana banana NOUN Number=Sing 5 said obj 8 's 's PART _ 7 banana case 9 » » PUNCT _ 7 banana punct 10 , , PUNCT _ 15 apostrophe punct 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 greengrocer det 12 classic classic ADJ Degree=Pos 13 greengrocer amod 13 greengrocer greengrocer NOUN Number=Sing 15 apostrophe nmod:poss 14 's 's PART _ 13 greengrocer case 15 apostrophe apostrophe NOUN Number=Sing 5 said ccomp 16 . . PUNCT _ 5 said punct
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1 say speech: assert past the greengrocer's sign banana vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent banana=Topic 2 sign the greengrocer nom sign «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Example 5 Our local greengrocer has the best strawberries.
nmod:poss amod nsubj det amod obj punct root Our PRON local ADJ greengrocer NOUN has VERB the DET best ADJ strawberries NOUN . PUNCT 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 greengrocer nmod:poss 2 local local ADJ Degree=Pos 3 greengrocer amod 3 greengrocer greengrocer NOUN Number=Sing 4 has nsubj 4 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 strawberries det 6 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 7 strawberries amod 7 strawberries strawberry NOUN Number=Plur 4 has obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 has punct
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1 have present Our local greengrocer the best strawberries vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strawberry=Patient
Example 6 In the USA, people usually buy produce at a grocery store or farmers' market.
The tree, 15 words case det obl punct nsubj advmod obj case det compound obl cc nmod:poss case conj punct root In ADP the DET USA PROPN , PUNCT people NOUN usually ADV buy VERB produce NOUN at ADP a DET grocery NOUN store NOUN or CCONJ farmers NOUN ' PART market NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 USA case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 USA det 3 USA USA PROPN Number=Sing 7 buy obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 USA punct 5 people people NOUN Number=Plur 7 buy nsubj 6 usually usually ADV _ 7 buy advmod 7 buy buy VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 produce produce NOUN Number=Sing 7 buy obj 9 at at ADP _ 12 store case 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 store det 11 grocery grocery NOUN Number=Sing 12 store compound 12 store store NOUN Number=Sing 7 buy obl 13 or or CCONJ _ 16 market cc 14 farmers farmer NOUN Number=Plur 16 market nmod:poss 15 ' 's PART _ 14 farmers case 16 market market NOUN Number=Sing 12 store conj 17 . . PUNCT _ 7 buy punct
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1 buy present people produce the USA at a grocery store or farmers's market; usually property vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent produce=Theme at store=Asset 2 market farmers nom market «act transitive»: poss=agent
Example 7 The greengrocer gave me a free apple.
det nsubj iobj det amod obj punct root The DET greengrocer NOUN gave VERB me PRON a DET free ADJ apple NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 greengrocer det 2 greengrocer greengrocer NOUN Number=Sing 3 gave nsubj 3 gave give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 gave iobj 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 apple det 6 free free ADJ Degree=Pos 7 apple amod 7 apple apple NOUN Number=Sing 3 gave obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 gave punct
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1 give past the greengrocer a free apple me vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient apple=Theme
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