milkweed Who acts: Milkweed, caterpillars, Monarch caterpillars, We, Milkweed sap, poison · What happens: be, eat, plant, help, float away, protect · To what, where: North American plant, only monarch butterfly, milkweed, school garden, butterflies, fluffy seeds
«milkweed» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: milkweed in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Milkweed is a North American plant with a milky white sap, pinkish flower clusters and pods full of fluffy seeds.
The tree, 20 words nsubj cop det compound amod case det amod amod nmod punct amod compound appos cc conj amod case amod obl punct root Milkweed NOUN is AUX a DET North PROPN American ADJ plant NOUN with ADP a DET milky ADJ white ADJ sap NOUN , PUNCT pinkish ADJ flower NOUN clusters NOUN and CCONJ pods NOUN full ADJ of ADP fluffy ADJ seeds NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Milkweed milkweed NOUN Number=Sing 6 plant nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 plant cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 plant det 4 North North PROPN Number=Sing 6 plant compound 5 American American ADJ Degree=Pos 6 plant amod 6 plant plant NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 with with ADP _ 11 sap case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 sap det 9 milky milky ADJ Degree=Pos 11 sap amod 10 white white ADJ Degree=Pos 11 sap amod 11 sap SAP NOUN Number=Sing 6 plant nmod 12 , , PUNCT _ 15 clusters punct 13 pinkish pinkish ADJ Degree=Pos 15 clusters amod 14 flower flower NOUN Number=Sing 15 clusters compound 15 clusters cluster NOUN Number=Plur 11 sap appos 16 and and CCONJ _ 17 pods cc 17 pods pod NOUN Number=Plur 15 clusters conj 18 full full ADJ Degree=Pos 15 clusters amod 19 of of ADP _ 21 seeds case 20 fluffy fluffy ADJ Degree=Pos 21 seeds amod 21 seeds seed NOUN Number=Plur 18 full obl 22 . . PUNCT _ 6 plant punct
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1 is a present Milkweed a North American plant with a milky white sap 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 Milkweed is the only food monarch butterfly caterpillars eat.
nsubj cop det amod compound compound nsubj acl:relcl punct root Milkweed NOUN is AUX the DET only ADJ food NOUN monarch NOUN butterfly NOUN caterpillars NOUN eat VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Milkweed milkweed NOUN Number=Sing 7 butterfly nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 butterfly cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 butterfly det 4 only only ADJ Degree=Pos 7 butterfly amod 5 food food NOUN Number=Sing 6 monarch compound 6 monarch monarch NOUN Number=Sing 7 butterfly compound 7 butterfly butterfly NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 caterpillars caterpillar NOUN Number=Plur 9 eat nsubj 9 eat eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 butterfly acl:relcl 10 . . PUNCT _ 7 butterfly punct
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1 is a present Milkweed the only monarch butterfly tree rules 2 eat present caterpillars the only monarch butterfly not said here vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent butterfly=Patient
Example 1 Monarch caterpillars eat only milkweed.
compound nsubj advmod obj punct root Monarch NOUN caterpillars NOUN eat VERB only ADV milkweed NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Monarch monarch NOUN Number=Sing 2 caterpillars compound 2 caterpillars caterpillar NOUN Number=Plur 3 eat nsubj 3 eat eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 only only ADV _ 5 milkweed advmod 5 milkweed milkweed NOUN Number=Sing 3 eat obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 eat punct
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1 eat present Monarch caterpillars milkweed vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milkweed=Patient
Example 2 We planted milkweed in the school garden to help butterflies.
nsubj obj case det compound obl mark advcl obj punct root We PRON planted VERB milkweed NOUN in ADP the DET school NOUN garden NOUN to PART help VERB butterflies NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 planted nsubj 2 planted plant VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 milkweed milkweed NOUN Number=Sing 2 planted obj 4 in in ADP _ 7 garden case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 garden det 6 school school NOUN Number=Sing 7 garden compound 7 garden garden NOUN Number=Sing 2 planted obl 8 to to PART _ 9 help mark 9 help help VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 planted advcl 10 butterflies butterfly NOUN Number=Plur 9 help obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 planted punct
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1 plant past We milkweed the school garden vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent milkweed=Theme in garden=Destination 2 help to-infinitive We not said here butterflies vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent butterfly=Beneficiary
Example 3 The milkweed pod burst and fluffy seeds floated away.
det compound compound cc amod conj acl advmod punct root The DET milkweed NOUN pod NOUN burst NOUN and CCONJ fluffy ADJ seeds NOUN floated VERB away ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 burst det 2 milkweed milkweed NOUN Number=Sing 4 burst compound 3 pod pod NOUN Number=Sing 4 burst compound 4 burst burst NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 and and CCONJ _ 7 seeds cc 6 fluffy fluffy ADJ Degree=Pos 7 seeds amod 7 seeds seed NOUN Number=Plur 4 burst conj 8 floated float VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 7 seeds acl 9 away away ADV _ 8 floated advmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 burst punct
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1 float away participle fluffy seeds not said here away property vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 4 Milkweed sap is white and sticky like milk.
compound nsubj cop cc conj case obl punct root Milkweed NOUN sap NOUN is AUX white ADJ and CCONJ sticky ADJ like ADP milk NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Milkweed milkweed NOUN Number=Sing 2 sap compound 2 sap SAP NOUN Number=Sing 4 white nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 white cop 4 white white ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 sticky cc 6 sticky sticky ADJ Degree=Pos 4 white conj 7 like like ADP _ 8 milk case 8 milk milk NOUN Number=Sing 4 white obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 white punct
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1 is present Milkweed sap like milk; white property tree rules 2 be Milkweed sap not said here tree rules
Example 5 The poison in milkweed protects monarchs from birds.
det nsubj case nmod obj case obl punct root The DET poison NOUN in ADP milkweed NOUN protects VERB monarchs NOUN from ADP birds NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 poison det 2 poison poison NOUN Number=Sing 5 protects nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 4 milkweed case 4 milkweed milkweed NOUN Number=Sing 2 poison nmod 5 protects protect VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 monarchs monarch NOUN Number=Plur 5 protects obj 7 from from ADP _ 8 birds case 8 birds bird NOUN Number=Plur 5 protects obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 protects punct
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1 protect present the poison in milkweed monarchs from birds vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent monarch=Beneficiary from bird=Theme
Example 6 We found a monarch egg on a milkweed leaf.
nsubj det compound obj case det compound obl punct root We PRON found VERB a DET monarch NOUN egg NOUN on ADP a DET milkweed NOUN leaf NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 found nsubj 2 found find VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 egg det 4 monarch monarch NOUN Number=Sing 5 egg compound 5 egg egg NOUN Number=Sing 2 found obj 6 on on ADP _ 9 leaf case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 leaf det 8 milkweed milkweed NOUN Number=Sing 9 leaf compound 9 leaf leaf NOUN Number=Sing 2 found obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 found punct
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1 find past We a monarch egg a milkweed leaf vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Topic
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