intersperse

What happens: scatter, intersperse · To what, where: other things, Flowers, story, Trees

«intersperse» 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: intersperse in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To scatter or place things here and there among other things.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 scatter	mark
2	scatter	scatter	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 things	cc
4	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 things	compound
5	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 scatter	conj
6	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 scatter	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 there	cc
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 here	conj
9	among	among	ADP	_	11 things	case
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 things	amod
11	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 scatter	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 scatter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scatter	to-infinitive				other things; here			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme among thing=Destination

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

Flowers were interspersed among the green bushes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 interspersed	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 interspersed	aux:pass
3	interspersed	intersperse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	among	among	ADP	_	7 bushes	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bushes	det
6	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bushes	amod
7	bushes	bush	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 interspersed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 interspersed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intersperse	past · passive		Flowers				among the green bushes	vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Example 2

The story is interspersed with songs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 story	det
2	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 interspersed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 interspersed	aux:pass
4	interspersed	intersperse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 songs	case
6	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 interspersed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 interspersed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intersperse	present · passive		the story				with songs	vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with song=Co-Patient

Example 3

Trees were interspersed with the tall grass.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 interspersed	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 interspersed	aux:pass
3	interspersed	intersperse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 grass	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 grass	det
6	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 grass	amod
7	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 interspersed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 interspersed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intersperse	past · passive		Trees				with the tall grass	vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with grass=Co-Patient

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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