plantain Who acts: common wild plant, tiny flowers, Fried plantain, plantain, Plantains, mum · What happens: cook, eat, fry, boil, bake, grow · To what, where: big banana, lawns, plantain, lawn, game, heads
«plantain» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: plantain in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A fruit like a big banana that is usually cooked before eating, often fried, boiled or baked; popular in Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America.
The tree, 25 words det case det amod nmod nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod acl:relcl mark advcl punct advmod conj punct conj cc conj punct amod case obl punct det conj cc compound conj punct root A DET fruit NOUN like ADP a DET big ADJ banana NOUN that PRON is AUX usually ADV cooked VERB before SCONJ eating VERB , PUNCT often ADV fried VERB , PUNCT boiled VERB or CCONJ baked VERB ; PUNCT popular ADJ in ADP Africa PROPN , PUNCT the DET Caribbean PROPN and CCONJ Latin PROPN America PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 fruit det 2 fruit fruit NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 like like ADP _ 6 banana case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 banana det 5 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 6 banana amod 6 banana banana NOUN Number=Sing 2 fruit nmod 7 that that PRON PronType=Rel 10 cooked nsubj:pass 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 cooked aux:pass 9 usually usually ADV _ 10 cooked advmod 10 cooked cook VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 banana acl:relcl 11 before before SCONJ _ 12 eating mark 12 eating eat VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 10 cooked advcl 13 , , PUNCT _ 15 fried punct 14 often often ADV _ 15 fried advmod 15 fried fry VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 10 cooked conj 16 , , PUNCT _ 17 boiled punct 17 boiled boil VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 15 fried conj 18 or or CCONJ _ 19 baked cc 19 baked bake VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 17 boiled conj 20 ; ; PUNCT _ 21 popular punct 21 popular popular ADJ Degree=Pos 2 fruit amod 22 in in ADP _ 23 Africa case 23 Africa Africa PROPN Number=Sing 21 popular obl 24 , , PUNCT _ 26 Caribbean punct 25 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 26 Caribbean det 26 Caribbean Caribbean PROPN Number=Sing 23 Africa conj 27 and and CCONJ _ 29 America cc 28 Latin Latin PROPN Number=Sing 29 America compound 29 America America PROPN Number=Sing 23 Africa conj 30 . . PUNCT _ 2 fruit punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 cook present · passive a big banana usually property vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient 2 eat gerund vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 fry participle often property vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 4 boil participle vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 5 bake 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.
Meaning 2 A common wild plant (weed) with flat leaves close to the ground and thin spikes of tiny flowers; it grows on lawns and paths.
The tree, 24 words det amod amod nsubj punct appos punct case amod nmod amod case det obl cc amod conj case amod nmod punct nsubj case obl cc conj punct root A DET common ADJ wild ADJ plant NOUN ( PUNCT weed NOUN ) PUNCT with ADP flat ADJ leaves NOUN close ADJ to ADP the DET ground NOUN and CCONJ thin ADJ spikes NOUN of ADP tiny ADJ flowers NOUN ; PUNCT it PRON grows VERB on ADP lawns NOUN and CCONJ paths NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 plant det 2 common common ADJ Degree=Pos 4 plant amod 3 wild wild ADJ Degree=Pos 4 plant amod 4 plant plant NOUN Number=Sing 23 grows nsubj 5 ( ( PUNCT _ 6 weed punct 6 weed weed NOUN Number=Sing 4 plant appos 7 ) ) PUNCT _ 6 weed punct 8 with with ADP _ 10 leaves case 9 flat flat ADJ Degree=Pos 10 leaves amod 10 leaves leaf NOUN Number=Plur 4 plant nmod 11 close close ADJ Degree=Pos 10 leaves amod 12 to to ADP _ 14 ground case 13 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 ground det 14 ground ground NOUN Number=Sing 11 close obl 15 and and CCONJ _ 17 spikes cc 16 thin thin ADJ Degree=Pos 17 spikes amod 17 spikes spike NOUN Number=Plur 14 ground conj 18 of of ADP _ 20 flowers case 19 tiny tiny ADJ Degree=Pos 20 flowers amod 20 flowers flower NOUN Number=Plur 17 spikes nmod 21 ; ; PUNCT _ 23 grows punct 22 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 23 grows nsubj 23 grows grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 24 on on ADP _ 25 lawns case 25 lawns lawn NOUN Number=Plur 23 grows obl 26 and and CCONJ _ 27 paths cc 27 paths path NOUN Number=Plur 25 lawns conj 28 . . PUNCT _ 23 grows punct
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1 grow present a common wild plant with flat leaves lawns and paths vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on lawn=Location 2 spike tiny flowers nom spike «event intransitive»: of=agent
Example 1 Fried plantain is sweet and soft when it is ripe.
amod nsubj cop cc conj advmod nsubj cop advcl punct root Fried VERB plantain NOUN is AUX sweet ADJ and CCONJ soft ADJ when ADV it PRON is AUX ripe ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fried fry VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 plantain amod 2 plantain plantain NOUN Number=Sing 4 sweet nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 sweet cop 4 sweet sweet ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 soft cc 6 soft soft ADJ Degree=Pos 4 sweet conj 7 when when ADV PronType=Int 10 ripe advmod 8 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 ripe nsubj 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 ripe cop 10 ripe ripe ADJ Degree=Pos 4 sweet advcl 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 sweet punct
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1 fry participle vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 is present Fried plantain sweet property tree rules 3 be Fried plantain not said here tree rules 4 is present plantain ripe property tree rules
Example 2 Plantains look like bananas but are usually cooked.
nsubj case obl cc aux:pass advmod conj punct root Plantains NOUN look VERB like ADP bananas NOUN but CCONJ are AUX usually ADV cooked VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Plantains plantain NOUN Number=Plur 2 look nsubj 2 look look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 like like ADP _ 4 bananas case 4 bananas banana NOUN Number=Plur 2 look obl 5 but but CCONJ _ 8 cooked cc 6 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 cooked aux:pass 7 usually usually ADV _ 8 cooked advmod 8 cooked cook VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 look conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 look punct
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1 look present Plantains like bananas vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus 2 cook present · passive Plantains not said here usually property vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»
Example 3 My Nigerian friend's mum makes plantain with rice.
nmod:poss amod nmod:poss case nsubj obj case obl punct root My PRON Nigerian ADJ friend NOUN 's PART mum NOUN makes VERB plantain NOUN with ADP rice 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 friend nmod:poss 2 Nigerian nigerian ADJ Degree=Pos 3 friend amod 3 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 5 mum nmod:poss 4 's 's PART _ 3 friend case 5 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 6 makes nsubj 6 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 plantain plantain NOUN Number=Sing 6 makes obj 8 with with ADP _ 9 rice case 9 rice rice NOUN Number=Sing 6 makes obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 makes punct
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1 make present My Nigerian friend's mum plantain with rice vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plantain=Product
Example 4 Green plantain is hard and starchy.
amod nsubj cop cc conj punct root Green ADJ plantain NOUN is AUX hard ADJ and CCONJ starchy ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Green green ADJ Degree=Pos 2 plantain amod 2 plantain plantain NOUN Number=Sing 4 hard nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 hard cop 4 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 starchy cc 6 starchy starchy ADJ Degree=Pos 4 hard conj 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 hard punct
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1 is present Green plantain hard property tree rules 2 be Green plantain not said here tree rules
Example 5 There is plantain growing all over our lawn.
expl nsubj acl advmod case nmod:poss obl punct root There PRON is VERB plantain NOUN growing VERB all ADV over ADP our PRON lawn NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 There there PRON PronType=Dem 2 is expl 2 is be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 plantain plantain NOUN Number=Sing 2 is nsubj 4 growing grow VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 plantain acl 5 all all ADV _ 8 lawn advmod 6 over over ADP _ 8 lawn case 7 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 lawn nmod:poss 8 lawn lawn NOUN Number=Sing 4 growing obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 is punct
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1 be present plantain there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 grow gerund plantain not said here our lawn vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over lawn=Location
Example 6 We played a game knocking the heads off ribwort plantain.
nsubj det obj acl det obj case compound obl punct root We PRON played VERB a DET game NOUN knocking VERB the DET heads NOUN off ADP ribwort NOUN plantain 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 played nsubj 2 played play VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 game det 4 game game NOUN Number=Sing 2 played obj 5 knocking knock VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 game acl 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 heads det 7 heads head NOUN Number=Plur 5 knocking obj 8 off off ADP _ 10 plantain case 9 ribwort ribwort NOUN Number=Sing 10 plantain compound 10 plantain plantain NOUN Number=Sing 5 knocking obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 played punct
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1 play past We a game vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme 2 knock gerund a game not said here the heads off ribwort plantain vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent head=Patient off plantain=Co-Patient
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