myrtle

Who acts: myrtle, favourite plants · What happens: be, grow, love, carry, sign · To what, where: evergreen shrub, gardens, plant, old stories, myrtle, myrtle branch

«myrtle» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 2 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: myrtle in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A myrtle is an evergreen shrub with shiny leaves and small white or pink flowers, often grown in gardens.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 myrtle	det
2	myrtle	myrtle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shrub	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 shrub	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 shrub	det
5	evergreen	evergreen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shrub	amod
6	shrub	shrub	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 leaves	case
8	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 leaves	amod
9	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 shrub	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 flowers	cc
11	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 flowers	amod
12	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 flowers	amod
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 pink	cc
14	pink	pink	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 white	conj
15	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 leaves	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 grown	punct
17	often	often	ADV	_	18 grown	advmod
18	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 shrub	acl
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 gardens	case
20	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 grown	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 shrub	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a myrtle	a evergreen shrub				with shiny leaves and small white flowers	tree rules
2	grow	participle		a evergreen shrub not said here		gardens		often property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garden=Location

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.

In old stories the myrtle was a plant sacred to love.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 stories	case
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stories	amod
3	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 plant	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 myrtle	det
5	myrtle	myrtle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 plant	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 plant	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 plant	det
8	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 plant	amod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 love	mark
11	love	love	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 sacred	xcomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 plant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the myrtle	a plant		old stories			tree rules
2	love	to-infinitive	the myrtle not said here						vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer

Example 1

Her favourite plants were the myrtle and the rose.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 plants	nmod:poss
2	favourite	favourite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 plants	amod
3	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 myrtle	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 myrtle	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 myrtle	det
6	myrtle	myrtle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 rose	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rose	det
9	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 myrtle	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 myrtle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Her favourite plants	the myrtle and the rose					tree rules

Example 2

The myrtle branch was carried as a sign of peace.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 branch	det
2	myrtle	myrtle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 branch	compound
3	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carried	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 carried	aux:pass
5	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 sign	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sign	det
8	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carried	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 peace	case
10	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sign	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 carried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past · passive		the myrtle branch				as a sign of peace	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	sign			peace					nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient

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