nectar

Who acts: bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, flowers, peach nectar · What happens: drink, collect, feed, turn, make, attract · To what, where: flowers, nectar, honey, insects

«nectar» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: nectar in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The sweet liquid inside flowers that bees, butterflies, moths and some birds drink.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 liquid	det
2	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 liquid	amod
3	liquid	liquid	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	inside	inside	ADP	_	5 flowers	case
5	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 liquid	nmod
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 drink	obj
7	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 drink	nsubj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 butterflies	punct
9	butterflies	butterfly	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 bees	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 moths	punct
11	moths	moth	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 bees	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 birds	cc
13	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	14 birds	det
14	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 bees	conj
15	drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 flowers	acl:relcl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 liquid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	present	bees and butterflies and moths and some birds	flowers					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient

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

A very delicious drink; in Greek myths, the drink of the gods.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 drink	det
2	very	very	ADV	_	3 delicious	advmod
3	delicious	delicious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 drink	amod
4	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 myths	punct
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 myths	case
7	Greek	Greek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 myths	amod
8	myths	myth	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 drink	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 drink	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 drink	det
11	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 myths	appos
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 gods	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 gods	det
14	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 drink	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 drink	punct

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

Meaning 3

A thick fruit juice: «peach nectar».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 juice	det
2	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 juice	amod
3	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 juice	compound
4	juice	juice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 nectar	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 nectar	punct
7	peach	peach	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 nectar	compound
8	nectar	nectar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 juice	appos
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 nectar	punct
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 juice	punct

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

Example 1

Bees collect nectar from flowers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 collect	nsubj
2	collect	collect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nectar	nectar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 collect	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 flowers	case
5	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 collect	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 collect	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collect	present	Bees	nectar		flowers			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent nectar=Theme from flower=Source

Example 2

Butterflies drink nectar with their long tongues.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Butterflies	butterfly	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drink	nsubj
2	drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nectar	nectar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drink	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 tongues	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 tongues	nmod:poss
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tongues	amod
7	tongues	tongue	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drink	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 drink	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	present	Butterflies	nectar				with Butterflies's long tongues	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nectar=Patient

Example 3

Hummingbirds feed on nectar.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hummingbirds	hummingbird	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 feed	nsubj
2	feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 nectar	case
4	nectar	nectar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feed	obl
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 feed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	present	Hummingbirds					on nectar	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on nectar=Patient

Example 4

Bees turn nectar into honey.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 turn	nsubj
2	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nectar	nectar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turn	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 honey	case
5	honey	honey	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turn	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 turn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	Bees	nectar		honey			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent nectar=Theme into honey=Trajectory

Example 5

The flowers make nectar to attract insects.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 flowers	det
2	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 make	nsubj
3	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	nectar	nectar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 attract	mark
6	attract	attract	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 make	advcl
7	insects	insect	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 attract	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the flowers	nectar					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nectar=Product
2	attract	to-infinitive	the flowers not said here	insects					vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insect=Patient

Example 6

This peach nectar is thick and sweet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 nectar	det
2	peach	peach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nectar	compound
3	nectar	nectar	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thick	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 thick	cop
5	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sweet	cc
7	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thick	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 thick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	this peach nectar					thick property	tree rules
2	be		this peach nectar not said here						tree rules

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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