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parsnip

Who acts: We, parsnip, Grandad, Parsnips, Mum, gardener · What happens: shape, cook, have, look, grow, allot · To what, where: long pale root vegetable, roast parsnips, parsnips, allotment, parsnip soup, gate

«parsnip» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: parsnip in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A long, pale cream root vegetable, shaped like a carrot, with a sweet taste when cooked.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 vegetable	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 vegetable	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 long	punct
4	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 vegetable	amod
5	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 root	compound
6	root	root	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 vegetable	compound
7	vegetable	vegetable	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 shaped	punct
9	shaped	shape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 vegetable	acl
10	like	like	ADP	_	12 carrot	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 carrot	det
12	carrot	carrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shaped	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 taste	punct
14	with	with	ADP	_	17 taste	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 taste	det
16	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 taste	amod
17	taste	taste	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shaped	obl
18	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	19 cooked	advmod
19	cooked	cook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 taste	acl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 vegetable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shape	participle		a long pale root vegetable not said here				like a carrot; with a sweet taste	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	cook	participle							vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=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.

Example 1

We had roast parsnips with our chicken.

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	roast	roast	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 parsnips	compound
4	parsnips	parsnip	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 had	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 chicken	case
6	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 chicken	nmod:poss
7	chicken	chicken	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	We	roast parsnips				with our chicken	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parsnip=Patient

Example 2

A parsnip looks like a white carrot.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 parsnip	det
2	parsnip	parsnip	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looks	nsubj
3	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	like	like	ADP	_	7 carrot	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 carrot	det
6	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 carrot	amod
7	carrot	carrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looks	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 looks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	a parsnip					like a white carrot	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Example 3

Grandad grows parsnips in his allotment.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 grows	nsubj
2	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	parsnips	parsnip	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grows	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 allotment	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 allotment	nmod:poss
6	allotment	allotment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grows	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 grows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	Grandad	parsnips		Grandad's allotment			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location parsnip=Theme
2	allot		Grandad						nom allotment «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Example 4

Parsnips taste sweeter after a frost.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Parsnips	parsnip	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 taste	nsubj
2	taste	taste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sweeter	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 taste	xcomp
4	after	after	ADP	_	6 frost	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 frost	det
6	frost	frost	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 taste	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 taste	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	taste	present	Parsnips				after a frost	sweet property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 5

Fine words butter no parsnips.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 words	amod
2	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 butter	compound
3	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 parsnips	det
5	parsnips	parsnip	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 butter	conj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 butter	punct

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

Example 6

Mum made parsnip soup.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	parsnip	parsnip	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 soup	compound
4	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	Mum	parsnip soup					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soup=Product

Example 7

The gardener was near the gate, watering the dill and parsley, the carrots and parsnips.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gardener	det
2	gardener	gardener	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gate	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 gate	cop
4	near	near	ADP	_	6 gate	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gate	det
6	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 watering	punct
8	watering	water	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 gate	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dill	det
10	dill	dill	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 watering	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 parsley	cc
12	parsley	parsley	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dill	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 carrots	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 carrots	det
15	carrots	carrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 dill	appos
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 parsnips	cc
17	parsnips	parsnip	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 carrots	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 gate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the gardener			the gate			tree rules
2	water	gerund	the gate not said here	the dill and parsley					vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent dill=Destination

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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