nursery Who acts: nursery, parents, children, little sister, They, baby · What happens: be, care, work, start, grow, sell · To what, where: place, young children, school, bedroom, plants, first class
«nursery» in the school dictionary: its 4 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: nursery in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A nursery is a place where young children are cared for while their parents work, before they start school.
The tree, 19 words det nsubj cop det advmod amod nsubj:pass aux:pass acl:relcl obl mark nmod:poss nsubj advcl punct mark nsubj advcl obj punct root A DET nursery NOUN is AUX a DET place NOUN where ADV young ADJ children NOUN are AUX cared VERB for ADP while SCONJ their PRON parents NOUN work VERB , PUNCT before SCONJ they PRON start VERB school NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 nursery det 2 nursery nursery NOUN Number=Sing 5 place nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 place cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 place det 5 place place NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 where where ADV PronType=Rel 10 cared advmod 7 young young ADJ Degree=Pos 8 children amod 8 children child NOUN Number=Plur 10 cared nsubj:pass 9 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 cared aux:pass 10 cared care VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 place acl:relcl 11 for for ADP _ 10 cared obl 12 while while SCONJ _ 15 work mark 13 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 14 parents nmod:poss 14 parents parent NOUN Number=Plur 15 work nsubj 15 work work VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 cared advcl 16 , , PUNCT _ 19 start punct 17 before before SCONJ _ 19 start mark 18 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 19 start nsubj 19 start start VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 work advcl 20 school school NOUN Number=Sing 19 start obj 21 . . PUNCT _ 5 place punct
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1 is a present a nursery a place tree rules 2 care present · passive young children tree rules 3 work present children's parents vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 start present parents = parent school vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Eventuality
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 nursery is a child's bedroom for a baby.
det nsubj cop det nmod:poss case case det nmod punct root A DET nursery NOUN is AUX a DET child NOUN 's PART bedroom NOUN for ADP a DET baby NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 nursery det 2 nursery nursery NOUN Number=Sing 7 bedroom nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 bedroom cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 child det 5 child child NOUN Number=Sing 7 bedroom nmod:poss 6 's 's PART _ 5 child case 7 bedroom bedroom NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 for for ADP _ 10 baby case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 baby det 10 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 7 bedroom nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 7 bedroom punct
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1 is a present a nursery a child's bedroom for a baby tree rules
Meaning 3 A nursery is a place where plants and trees are grown and sold.
det nsubj cop det advmod nsubj cc conj aux:pass acl:relcl cc conj punct root A DET nursery NOUN is AUX a DET place NOUN where ADV plants NOUN and CCONJ trees NOUN are AUX grown VERB and CCONJ sold VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 nursery det 2 nursery nursery NOUN Number=Sing 5 place nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 place cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 place det 5 place place NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 where where ADV PronType=Rel 11 grown advmod 7 plants plant NOUN Number=Plur 11 grown nsubj 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 trees cc 9 trees tree NOUN Number=Plur 7 plants conj 10 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 grown aux:pass 11 grown grow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 place acl:relcl 12 and and CCONJ _ 13 sold cc 13 sold sell VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 11 grown conj 14 . . PUNCT _ 5 place punct
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1 is a present a nursery a place tree rules 2 grow present · passive plants and trees vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme 3 sell participle vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
Meaning 4 Usage: UK — kept apart, not parsed.
Nursery (class or school) is the first class for children aged about three to four.
The tree, 15 words nsubj punct appos cc conj punct cop det amod case nmod acl advmod obj case nmod punct root Nursery NOUN ( PUNCT class NOUN or CCONJ school NOUN ) PUNCT is AUX the DET first ADJ class NOUN for ADP children NOUN aged VERB about ADV three NUM to ADP four NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nursery nursery NOUN Number=Sing 10 class nsubj 2 ( ( PUNCT _ 3 class punct 3 class class NOUN Number=Sing 1 Nursery appos 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 school cc 5 school school NOUN Number=Sing 3 class conj 6 ) ) PUNCT _ 3 class punct 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 class cop 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 class det 9 first first ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 10 class amod 10 class class NOUN Number=Sing root root 11 for for ADP _ 12 children case 12 children child NOUN Number=Plur 10 class nmod 13 aged age VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 12 children acl 14 about about ADV _ 15 three advmod 15 three three NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 13 aged obj 16 to to ADP _ 17 four case 17 four four NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 15 three nmod 18 . . PUNCT _ 10 class punct
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1 is a present Nursery the first class for children tree rules 2 age participle children not said here three to four vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent three=Patient
Example 1 My little sister goes to nursery every morning.
nmod:poss amod nsubj case obl det obl:unmarked punct root My PRON little ADJ sister NOUN goes VERB to ADP nursery NOUN every DET morning NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 sister nmod:poss 2 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 3 sister amod 3 sister sister NOUN Number=Sing 4 goes nsubj 4 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 to to ADP _ 6 nursery case 6 nursery nursery NOUN Number=Sing 4 goes obl 7 every every DET PronType=Tot 8 morning det 8 morning morning NOUN Number=Sing 4 goes obl:unmarked 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 goes punct
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1 go present My little sister nursery morning vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to nursery=Initial_Location
Example 2 They painted the nursery yellow before the baby came.
nsubj det compound obj mark det nsubj advcl punct root They PRON painted VERB the DET nursery NOUN yellow NOUN before SCONJ the DET baby NOUN came VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 painted nsubj 2 painted paint VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 yellow det 4 nursery nursery NOUN Number=Sing 5 yellow compound 5 yellow yellow NOUN Number=Sing 2 painted obj 6 before before SCONJ _ 9 came mark 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 baby det 8 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 9 came nsubj 9 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 painted advcl 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 painted punct
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1 paint past They the nursery yellow vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent yellow=Destination 2 come past the baby vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 3 We bought apple trees from the nursery.
nsubj compound obj case det obl punct root We PRON bought VERB apple NOUN trees NOUN from ADP the DET nursery 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 bought nsubj 2 bought buy VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 apple apple NOUN Number=Sing 4 trees compound 4 trees tree NOUN Number=Plur 2 bought obj 5 from from ADP _ 7 nursery case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 nursery det 7 nursery nursery NOUN Number=Sing 2 bought obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 bought punct
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1 buy past We apple trees the nursery vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent tree=Theme from nursery=Source
Example 4 «Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star» is a nursery rhyme.
punct nsubj punct conj punct amod appos punct cop det compound punct root « PUNCT Twinkle NOUN , PUNCT Twinkle NOUN , PUNCT Little ADJ Star PROPN » PUNCT is AUX a DET nursery NOUN rhyme NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 2 Twinkle punct 2 Twinkle twinkle NOUN Number=Sing 12 rhyme nsubj 3 , , PUNCT _ 4 Twinkle punct 4 Twinkle twinkle NOUN Number=Sing 2 Twinkle conj 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 Star punct 6 Little Little ADJ Degree=Pos 7 Star amod 7 Star Star PROPN Number=Sing 2 Twinkle appos 8 » » PUNCT _ 7 Star punct 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 rhyme cop 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 rhyme det 11 nursery nursery NOUN Number=Sing 12 rhyme compound 12 rhyme rhyme NOUN Number=Sing root root 13 . . PUNCT _ 12 rhyme punct
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1 is a present Twinkle and Twinkle a nursery rhyme tree rules
Example 5 The nursery has 24 children and 4 staff, so 6 children per adult.
The tree, 13 words det nsubj nummod obj cc nummod conj punct advmod nummod conj case nmod punct root The DET nursery NOUN has VERB 24 NUM children NOUN and CCONJ 4 NUM staff NOUN , PUNCT so ADV 6 NUM children NOUN per ADP adult NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 nursery det 2 nursery nursery NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 24 24 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 children nummod 5 children child NOUN Number=Plur 3 has obj 6 and and CCONJ _ 8 staff cc 7 4 4 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 8 staff nummod 8 staff staff NOUN Number=Sing 5 children conj 9 , , PUNCT _ 12 children punct 10 so so ADV _ 11 6 advmod 11 6 6 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 12 children nummod 12 children child NOUN Number=Plur 5 children conj 13 per per ADP _ 14 adult case 14 adult adult NOUN Number=Sing 12 children nmod 15 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present the nursery 24 children and 4 staff and 6 children per adult vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient
Example 6 I learned to paint at nursery.
nsubj mark xcomp case obl punct root I PRON learned VERB to PART paint VERB at ADP nursery NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 learned nsubj 2 learned learn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 4 paint mark 4 paint paint VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 learned xcomp 5 at at ADP _ 6 nursery case 6 nursery nursery NOUN Number=Sing 4 paint obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 learned punct
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1 learn past I vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 paint to-infinitive I not said here nursery vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent at nursery=Destination
Example 7 The nursery grows thousands of baby plants.
det nsubj obj case compound nmod punct root The DET nursery NOUN grows VERB thousands NOUN of ADP baby NOUN plants NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 nursery det 2 nursery nursery NOUN Number=Sing 3 grows nsubj 3 grows grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 thousands thousand NOUN Number=Plur 3 grows obj 5 of of ADP _ 7 plants case 6 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 7 plants compound 7 plants plant NOUN Number=Plur 4 thousands nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 grows punct
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1 grow present the nursery thousands of baby plants vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location thousand=Theme
Example 8 We now return to the nursery.
nsubj advmod case det obl punct root We PRON now ADV return VERB to ADP the DET nursery 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 3 return nsubj 2 now now ADV PronType=Dem 3 return advmod 3 return return VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to ADP _ 6 nursery case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 nursery det 6 nursery nursery NOUN Number=Sing 3 return obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 return punct
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1 return present We now to the nursery result vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to nursery=Result
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