juniper

Who acts: juniper, bird, old story · What happens: be, sit, sing, use, flavour, begin · To what, where: evergreen bush, juniper tree, Juniper berries, drinks

«juniper» 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: juniper in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A juniper is an evergreen bush or small tree with prickly needles and blue berries.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 juniper	det
2	juniper	juniper	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bush	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bush	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bush	det
5	evergreen	evergreen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bush	amod
6	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 tree	cc
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tree	amod
9	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bush	conj
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 needles	case
11	prickly	prickly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 needles	amod
12	needles	needle	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 tree	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 berries	cc
14	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 berries	amod
15	berries	berry	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 needles	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 bush	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a juniper	a evergreen bush or small tree with prickly needles and blue berries					tree rules

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

The bird sat in the juniper tree and sang.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bird	det
2	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sat	nsubj
3	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 tree	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tree	det
6	juniper	juniper	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tree	compound
7	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sat	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sang	cc
9	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sat	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	the bird			the juniper tree			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=Location
2	sing speech: express	past	the bird not said here						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

Juniper berries are used to flavour some drinks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Juniper	juniper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 berries	compound
2	berries	berry	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 used	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 used	aux:pass
4	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 flavour	mark
6	flavour	flavour	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 used	advcl
7	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	8 drinks	det
8	drinks	drink	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 flavour	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · passive		Juniper berries					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	flavour	to-infinitive		some drinks					tree rules

Example 3

Under the juniper tree the old story began.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Under	under	ADP	_	4 tree	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tree	det
3	juniper	juniper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tree	compound
4	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 began	obl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 story	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 story	amod
7	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 began	nsubj
8	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 began	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	past	the old story			the juniper tree			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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