laurel

Who acts: laurel, Apollo, Tall laurel · What happens: be, wear, crown, make, grow · To what, where: evergreen bush, wreath, honour, hedge, crown

«laurel» 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: laurel in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A laurel is an evergreen bush with shiny dark leaves.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 laurel	det
2	laurel	laurel	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	with	with	ADP	_	10 leaves	case
8	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 leaves	amod
9	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 leaves	amod
10	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bush	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 bush	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a laurel	a evergreen bush				with shiny dark leaves	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.

Meaning 2

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A wreath of laurel leaves was worn as a crown of honour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 wreath	det
2	wreath	wreath	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 worn	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 leaves	case
4	laurel	laurel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leaves	compound
5	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wreath	nmod
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 worn	aux:pass
7	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 crown	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 crown	det
10	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 worn	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 honour	case
12	honour	honour	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 crown	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 worn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past · passive		a wreath of laurel leaves				as a crown of honour	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source
2	crown			honour					nom crown «communication transitive»: of=patient

Example 1

The hedge is made of laurel.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		the hedge				of laurel	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Example 2

Apollo's crown was made of laurel.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 crown	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Apollo	case
3	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 laurel	case
7	laurel	laurel	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	past · passive		Apollo's crown				of laurel	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	crown		Apollo						nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

Tall laurel grew by the wall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 laurel	amod
2	laurel	laurel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grew	nsubj
3	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 wall	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wall	det
6	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grew	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	Tall laurel					by the wall	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by wall=Location

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