laurels

Who acts: Laurels, They, He, his · What happens: be, mean, sit, win, sing · To what, where: leaves, honour, laurels

«laurels» 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: laurels in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Laurels are the leaves or bushes of the laurel plant.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Laurels	laurel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 leaves	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 leaves	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 leaves	det
4	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 bushes	cc
6	bushes	bush	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 leaves	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 plant	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 plant	det
9	laurel	laurel	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 plant	compound
10	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bushes	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 leaves	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Laurels	the leaves or bushes of the laurel plant					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

Laurels means honour and praise for a success (rest on one's laurels: be content with past success).

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Laurels	laurel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	honour	honour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 praise	cc
5	praise	praise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 honour	conj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 success	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 success	det
8	success	success	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 honour	nmod
9	(	(	PUNCT	_	10 rest	punct
10	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 success	conj
11	on	on	ADP	_	14 laurels	case
12	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 laurels	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 one	case
14	laurels	laurel	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 rest	nmod
15	:	:	PUNCT	_	17 content	punct
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 content	cop
17	content	content	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	parataxis
18	with	with	ADP	_	20 success	case
19	past	past	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 success	amod
20	success	success	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 content	obl
21	)	)	PUNCT	_	17 content	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Laurels	honour and praise				for a success and rest on one's laurels	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot honour=Theme for success=Attribute
2	is	infinitive						with past success; content property	tree rules

Example 1

Plant these two laurels by the gate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	4 laurels	det
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 laurels	nummod
4	laurels	laurel	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Plant	appos
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 gate	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gate	det
7	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laurels	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Plant	punct

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

Example 2

They sat under the laurels in the garden.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	under	under	ADP	_	5 laurels	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 laurels	det
5	laurels	laurel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sat	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 garden	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 garden	det
8	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sat	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	They			the laurels		in the garden	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under laurel=Location

Example 3

He won laurels for his singing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 won	nsubj
2	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	laurels	laurel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 won	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 singing	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 singing	nmod:poss
6	singing	singing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 won	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 won	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	past	He	laurels				for his singing	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent laurel=Theme for singing=Beneficiary
2	sing		his = he						nom singing «act transitive»: poss=agent

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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