nurture

Who acts: thing, Nurture, care, person, bird, They · What happens: nurture, be, feed, grow, help, grow up · To what, where: young thing, care, person, chicks, nest, little seed

«nurture» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: nurture in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To nurture is to care for and feed a young thing so that it grows well.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 nurture	mark
2	nurture	nurture	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 care	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 care	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 care	mark
5	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	5 care	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 feed	cc
8	feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 care	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 thing	det
10	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 thing	amod
11	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 feed	obj
12	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	15 grows	mark
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 so	fixed
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 grows	nsubj
15	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 feed	advcl
16	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	15 grows	advmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 care	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	nurture	to-infinitive				vn rear-26.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present			care property	tree rules
3	feed	present		a young thing		vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Recipient
4	grow	present	thing		well property	vn appear-48.1.1 «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

Nurture is the care and training that helps a person grow up.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nurture	nurture	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 care	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 care	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 care	det
4	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 training	cc
6	training	training	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 care	conj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 helps	nsubj
8	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 care	acl:relcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 person	det
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 helps	obj
11	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 helps	xcomp
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 grow	compound:prt
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 care	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	Nurture	the care and training	tree rules
2	help	present	the care and training	a person	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent person=Beneficiary clause=Theme
3	grow up	infinitive	a person not said here		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

The bird nurtures her chicks in the nest.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bird	det
2	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nurtures	nsubj
3	nurtures	nurture	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 chicks	nmod:poss
5	chicks	chick	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 nurtures	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 nest	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 nest	det
8	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nurtures	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 nurtures	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nurture	present	the bird	bird's chicks		the nest			vn rear-26.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chick=Patient

Example 2

They nurtured the little seed until it grew.

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 nurtured	nsubj
2	nurtured	nurture	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 seed	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 seed	amod
5	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nurtured	obj
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 grew	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 grew	nsubj
8	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 nurtured	advcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 nurtured	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nurture	past	They	the little seed					vn rear-26.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Patient
2	grow	past	seed						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

The girl was nurtured in a loving home.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nurtured	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 nurtured	aux:pass
4	nurtured	nurture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 home	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 home	det
7	loving	loving	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 home	amod
8	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nurtured	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 nurtured	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nurture	past · passive		the girl		a loving home			vn rear-26.2.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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