mistletoe
Who acts: Mistletoe, white berries, people, We, fairy · What happens: be, grow, hang up, hang, not be, eat · To what, where: plant, branches, Christmas, mistletoe, door, oak tree
«mistletoe» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: mistletoe in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Mistletoe is a plant with white berries that grows on the branches of trees; people hang it up at Christmas.
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mistletoe | Mistletoe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 plant | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 plant | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 plant | det |
| 4 | plant | plant | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 berries | case |
| 6 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 berries | amod |
| 7 | berries | berry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 plant | nmod |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 grows | nsubj |
| 9 | grows | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 berries | acl:relcl |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 branches | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 branches | det |
| 12 | branches | branch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 grows | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 trees | case |
| 14 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 branches | nmod |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 hang | punct |
| 16 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 hang | nsubj |
| 17 | hang | hang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 plant | parataxis |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 hang | obj |
| 19 | up | up | ADP | _ | 17 hang | compound:prt |
| 20 | at | at | ADP | _ | 21 Christmas | case |
| 21 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 hang | obl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 plant | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Mistletoe | a plant | with white berries | tree rules | |||
| 2 | grow | present | white berries | the branches of trees | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on branch=Location | ||||
| 3 | hang up | present | people | plant | Christmas | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme at christmas=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
We hung mistletoe over the door at Christmas.
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 hung | nsubj |
| 2 | hung | hang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | mistletoe | mistletoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hung | obj |
| 4 | over | over | ADP | _ | 6 door | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 door | det |
| 6 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hung | obl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 Christmas | case |
| 8 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 hung | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 hung | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hang | past | We | mistletoe | the door | at Christmas | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent mistletoe=Theme over door=Destination |
Example 2
Mistletoe grows high in the oak tree.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mistletoe | mistletoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 grows | nsubj |
| 2 | grows | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 grows | xcomp |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 tree | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 tree | det |
| 6 | oak | oak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tree | compound |
| 7 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 grows | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 grows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present | Mistletoe | the oak tree | high property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location |
Example 3
The white berries of mistletoe are not good to eat.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 berries | det |
| 2 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 berries | amod |
| 3 | berries | berry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 good | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 mistletoe | case |
| 5 | mistletoe | mistletoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 berries | nmod |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 good | cop |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 good | advmod |
| 8 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 eat | mark |
| 10 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 good | xcomp |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 good | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | the white berries of mistletoe | good property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | eat | to-infinitive | the white berries of mistletoe not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 4
The fairy hid a sprig of mistletoe in her basket.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 fairy | det |
| 2 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hid | nsubj |
| 3 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 sprig | det |
| 5 | sprig | sprig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hid | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 mistletoe | case |
| 7 | mistletoe | mistletoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sprig | nmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 basket | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 basket | nmod:poss |
| 10 | basket | basket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hid | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 hid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | the fairy | a sprig of mistletoe | fairy's basket | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sprig=Patient in basket=Location |
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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