hickory

Who acts: Hickory dickory, Squirrels, barbecue sauce, Hickory wood, pioneers · What happens: use, flavour, smoke, run up, love, eat · To what, where: hard strong wood, hickory wood, meat, clock, hickory nuts, Axe handles

«hickory» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: hickory in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A North American tree of the walnut family, with hard nuts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tree	det
2	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 tree	compound
3	American	American	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tree	amod
4	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 family	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 family	det
7	walnut	walnut	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 family	compound
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tree	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 nuts	punct
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 nuts	case
11	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 nuts	amod
12	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tree	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tree	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 2

The very hard, strong wood of this tree, used for tool handles and drumsticks.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wood	det
2	very	very	ADV	_	3 hard	advmod
3	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wood	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 hard	punct
5	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wood	amod
6	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 tree	case
8	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 tree	det
9	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wood	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 used	punct
11	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 wood	acl
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 handles	case
13	tool	tool	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 handles	compound
14	handles	handle	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 used	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 drumsticks	cc
16	drumsticks	drumstick	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 handles	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 wood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle		the hard strong wood of this tree not said here				for tool handles and drumsticks	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Meaning 3

Smoke from hickory wood, used to flavour meat: hickory-smoked bacon.

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wood	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 wood	case
3	hickory	hickory	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wood	compound
4	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 used	punct
6	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 wood	acl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 flavour	mark
8	flavour	flavour	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 used	advcl
9	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 flavour	obj
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 bacon	punct
11	hickory	hickory	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 smoked	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 hickory	punct
13	smoked	smoke	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 bacon	amod
14	bacon	bacon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wood	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 wood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	use	participle	hickory wood and smoked bacon not said here	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	flavour	to-infinitive	meat	tree rules
3	smoke	participle		vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

«Hickory, dickory, dock, the mouse ran up the clock.»

The tree, 9 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 ran	punct
2	Hickory	Hickory	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 dickory	compound
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 dickory	punct
4	dickory	dickory	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ran	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 dock	punct
6	dock	dock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dickory	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 mouse	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mouse	det
9	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dickory	conj
10	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 ran	compound:prt
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 clock	det
13	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ran	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 ran	punct
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run up in a quote	past	Hickory dickory and dock and the mouse	the clock					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme clock=Trajectory

Example 2

Squirrels love to eat hickory nuts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 love	nsubj
2	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 eat	mark
4	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 love	xcomp
5	hickory	hickory	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 nuts	compound
6	nuts	nut	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 eat	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 love	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	Squirrels						vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	eat not said to happen	to-infinitive	Squirrels not said here	hickory nuts					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nut=Patient

Example 3

Axe handles are often made of hickory.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 handles	compound
2	handles	handle	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux:pass
4	often	often	ADV	_	5 made	advmod
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 hickory	case
7	hickory	hickory	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		Axe handles				of hickory; often property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Example 4

Dad's barbecue sauce has a hickory-smoked flavour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sauce	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Dad	case
3	barbecue	barbecue	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sauce	compound
4	sauce	sauce	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	nsubj
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 flavour	det
7	hickory	hickory	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 smoked	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 hickory	punct
9	smoked	smoke	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 flavour	amod
10	flavour	flavour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Dad's barbecue sauce	a smoked flavour					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flavour=Patient
2	smoke	participle							vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

Hickory wood is very hard and strong.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hickory	Hickory	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 wood	compound
2	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hard	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hard	cop
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 hard	advmod
5	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 strong	cc
7	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hard	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 hard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Hickory wood					hard property	tree rules
2	be		Hickory wood not said here						tree rules

Example 6

The pioneers used hickory to make wagon wheels.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pioneers	det
2	pioneers	pioneer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 used	nsubj
3	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	hickory	hickory	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 used	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 make	mark
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 used	advcl
7	wagon	wagon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wheels	compound
8	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 make	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	the pioneers	hickory					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hickory=Patient
2	make	to-infinitive	the pioneers not said here	wagon wheels					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wheel=Product

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