nourish

Who acts: food, books, Healthy food, Compost, mother bird, warm bowl · What happens: give, need, live, grow, stay, help · To what, where: food, person, feeling, imagination, hope, body

«nourish» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: nourish in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To give a person, animal or plant the food it needs to live, grow and stay healthy.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 give	mark
2	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 person	det
4	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 animal	punct
6	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 person	conj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 plant	cc
8	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 person	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 food	det
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 needs	nsubj
12	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 food	acl:relcl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 live	mark
14	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 needs	xcomp
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 grow	punct
16	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 live	conj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 stay	cc
18	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 grow	conj
19	healthy	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 stay	xcomp
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	give	to-infinitive		the food	a person and animal or plant		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent person=Recipient food=Theme
2	need	present	food	the food not said here			tree rules
3	live not said to happen	to-infinitive	the food not said here				vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	grow	infinitive	the food not said here				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	stay	infinitive	the food not said here			healthy property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

To help a feeling, idea or skill grow: books nourish the imagination.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 help	mark
2	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 grow	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 feeling	det
4	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 help	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 idea	punct
6	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feeling	appos
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 skill	cc
8	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 idea	conj
9	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 nourish	punct
11	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 nourish	nsubj
12	nourish	nourish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 grow	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 imagination	det
14	imagination	imagination	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 nourish	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 grow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	help	to-infinitive		a feeling	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Beneficiary
2	grow	present			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	nourish	present	books	the imagination	vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent imagination=Patient

Meaning 3

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To keep a hope or belief for a long time.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hope	det
4	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 belief	cc
6	belief	belief	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hope	conj
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 time	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 time	det
9	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 time	amod
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		a hope or belief			time		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hope=Theme

Example 1

Healthy food nourishes your body.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Healthy	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 food	amod
2	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nourishes	nsubj
3	nourishes	nourish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 body	nmod:poss
5	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nourishes	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 nourishes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nourish	present	Healthy food	your body					vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Patient

Example 2

Compost nourishes the soil in the garden.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Compost	compost	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nourishes	nsubj
2	nourishes	nourish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 soil	det
4	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nourishes	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 garden	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 garden	det
7	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nourishes	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 nourishes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nourish	present	Compost	the soil		the garden			vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soil=Patient

Example 3

The mother bird nourished her chicks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bird	det
2	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bird	compound
3	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nourished	nsubj
4	nourished	nourish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 chicks	nmod:poss
6	chicks	chick	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 nourished	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 nourished	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nourish	participle	the mother bird	bird's chicks					vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chick=Patient

Example 4

A warm bowl of soup is very nourishing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bowl	det
2	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bowl	amod
3	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 nourishing	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 soup	case
5	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bowl	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 nourishing	cop
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 nourishing	advmod
8	nourishing	nourishing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 nourishing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a warm bowl of soup					nourishing property	tree rules

Example 5

Reading nourishes your mind.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nourishes	nsubj
2	nourishes	nourish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mind	nmod:poss
4	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nourishes	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 nourishes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nourish	present	Reading	your mind					vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient
2	mind		your						nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Example 6

Rain nourishes the crops.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nourishes	nsubj
2	nourishes	nourish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 crops	det
4	crops	crop	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 nourishes	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 nourishes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nourish	present	Rain	the crops					vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crop=Patient

Example 7

The children looked happy and well nourished.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 children	det
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 looked	nsubj
3	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 looked	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 nourished	cc
6	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 nourished	advmod
7	nourished	nourish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 happy	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 looked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	the children					happy property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	nourish	participle	the children not said here					well property	vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 8

A HEN finding the eggs of a viper and carefully keeping them warm, nourished them into life.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 HEN	det
2	HEN	hen	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	finding	find	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 HEN	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 eggs	det
5	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 finding	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 viper	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 viper	det
8	viper	viper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eggs	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 keeping	cc
10	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	11 keeping	advmod
11	keeping	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 finding	conj
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 keeping	obj
13	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 keeping	xcomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 nourished	punct
15	nourished	nourish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 keeping	conj
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 nourished	obj
17	into	into	ADP	_	18 life	case
18	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 nourished	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 HEN	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	find	gerund	a HEN not said here	the eggs of a viper			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Topic
2	keep	gerund	a HEN not said here	eggs = egg		carefully, warm property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
3	nourish	participle	a HEN not said here	eggs = egg	life		vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

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