pluck Who acts: She, He, you, lifeboat crew, farmer, little girl · What happens: pluck, be, cook, let, go, make · To what, where: something, bird, strings, note, Pluck courage, difficult situation · Speech: someone speaks here
«pluck» in the school dictionary: its 5 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: pluck in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To pluck something is to pull it off or out quickly, such as a flower, a fruit or a hair.
The tree, 20 words mark advcl obj cop mark obj compound:prt cc conj advmod punct case fixed det obl punct det nmod cc det conj punct root To PART pluck VERB something PRON is AUX to PART pull VERB it PRON off ADP or CCONJ out ADV quickly ADV , PUNCT such ADJ as ADP a DET flower NOUN , PUNCT a DET fruit NOUN or CCONJ a DET hair NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 pluck mark 2 pluck pluck VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 pull advcl 3 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 pluck obj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 pull cop 5 to to PART _ 6 pull mark 6 pull pull VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 7 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 pull obj 8 off off ADP _ 6 pull compound:prt 9 or or CCONJ _ 10 out cc 10 out out ADV _ 6 pull conj 11 quickly quickly ADV _ 6 pull advmod 12 , , PUNCT _ 16 flower punct 13 such such ADJ Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP 16 flower case 14 as as ADP _ 13 such fixed 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 16 flower det 16 flower flower NOUN Number=Sing 6 pull obl 17 , , PUNCT _ 19 fruit punct 18 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 19 fruit det 19 fruit fruit NOUN Number=Sing 16 flower nmod 20 or or CCONJ _ 22 hair cc 21 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 22 hair det 22 hair hair NOUN Number=Sing 19 fruit conj 23 . . PUNCT _ 6 pull punct
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1 pluck to-infinitive something vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient 2 is present such a flower a fruit or a hair; pull, quickly property tree rules
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 pluck a bird is to pull its feathers off before cooking.
mark advcl det obj cop mark nmod:poss obj advmod mark advcl punct root To PART pluck VERB a DET bird NOUN is AUX to PART pull VERB its PRON feathers NOUN off ADV before SCONJ cooking VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 pluck mark 2 pluck pluck VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 pull advcl 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 bird det 4 bird bird NOUN Number=Sing 2 pluck obj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 pull cop 6 to to PART _ 7 pull mark 7 pull pull VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 8 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 feathers nmod:poss 9 feathers feather NOUN Number=Plur 7 pull obj 10 off off ADV _ 7 pull advmod 11 before before SCONJ _ 12 cooking mark 12 cooking cook VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 7 pull advcl 13 . . PUNCT _ 7 pull punct
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1 pluck to-infinitive a bird vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Patient 2 is present off, pull property tree rules 3 cook gerund vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Meaning 3 To pluck the strings of a guitar or harp is to pull and let go with your fingers to make a note.
The tree, 22 words mark advcl det obj case det nmod cc conj cop mark cc conj xcomp case nmod:poss obl mark advcl det obj punct root To PART pluck VERB the DET strings NOUN of ADP a DET guitar NOUN or CCONJ harp NOUN is AUX to PART pull VERB and CCONJ let VERB go VERB with ADP your PRON fingers NOUN to PART make VERB a DET note NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 pluck mark 2 pluck pluck VERB VerbForm=Inf 12 pull advcl 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 strings det 4 strings string NOUN Number=Plur 2 pluck obj 5 of of ADP _ 7 guitar case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 guitar det 7 guitar guitar NOUN Number=Sing 4 strings nmod 8 or or CCONJ _ 9 harp cc 9 harp harp NOUN Number=Sing 7 guitar conj 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 pull cop 11 to to PART _ 12 pull mark 12 pull pull VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 13 and and CCONJ _ 14 let cc 14 let let VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 12 pull conj 15 go go VERB VerbForm=Inf 14 let xcomp 16 with with ADP _ 18 fingers case 17 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 18 fingers nmod:poss 18 fingers finger NOUN Number=Plur 15 go obl 19 to to PART _ 20 make mark 20 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 15 go advcl 21 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 22 note det 22 note note NOUN Number=Sing 20 make obj 23 . . PUNCT _ 12 pull punct
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1 pluck to-infinitive the strings of a guitar or harp vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Patient 2 is present pull property tree rules 3 let infinitive tree rules 4 go infinitive with your fingers vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with finger=Beneficiary 5 make to-infinitive a note vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset note=Product
Meaning 4 Usage: noun — kept apart, not parsed.
Pluck is courage and spirit in a difficult situation.
compound cop cc conj case det amod nmod punct root Pluck NOUN is AUX courage NOUN and CCONJ spirit NOUN in ADP a DET difficult ADJ situation NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Pluck pluck NOUN Number=Sing 3 courage compound 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 courage cop 3 courage courage NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 spirit cc 5 spirit spirit NOUN Number=Sing 3 courage conj 6 in in ADP _ 9 situation case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 situation det 8 difficult difficult ADJ Degree=Pos 9 situation amod 9 situation situation NOUN Number=Sing 3 courage nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 courage punct
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1 is a present Pluck courage and spirit a difficult situation tree rules
Meaning 5 To pluck up courage is to make yourself brave enough to do something.
mark advcl compound:prt obj cop mark obj xcomp advmod mark advcl obj punct root To PART pluck VERB up ADP courage NOUN is AUX to PART make VERB yourself PRON brave ADJ enough ADV to PART do VERB something PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 pluck mark 2 pluck pluck VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 make advcl 3 up up ADP _ 2 pluck compound:prt 4 courage courage NOUN Number=Sing 2 pluck obj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 make cop 6 to to PART _ 7 make mark 7 make make VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 8 yourself yourself PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 7 make obj 9 brave brave ADJ Degree=Pos 7 make xcomp 10 enough enough ADV _ 9 brave advmod 11 to to PART _ 12 do mark 12 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 brave advcl 13 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 12 do obj 14 . . PUNCT _ 7 make punct
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1 pluck up to-infinitive courage vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Patient 2 is present brave, make property tree rules 3 do to-infinitive something vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
Example 1 She plucked an apple from the tree.
nsubj det obj case det obl punct root She PRON plucked VERB an DET apple NOUN from ADP the DET tree NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 plucked nsubj 2 plucked pluck VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 apple det 4 apple apple NOUN Number=Sing 2 plucked obj 5 from from ADP _ 7 tree case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 tree det 7 tree tree NOUN Number=Sing 2 plucked obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 plucked punct
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1 pluck past She a apple the tree vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent apple=Theme from tree=Source
Example 2 He finally plucked up the courage to ask a question.
nsubj advmod compound:prt det obj mark advcl det obj punct root He PRON finally ADV plucked VERB up ADP the DET courage NOUN to PART ask VERB a DET question NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 plucked nsubj 2 finally finally ADV _ 3 plucked advmod 3 plucked pluck VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 up up ADP _ 3 plucked compound:prt 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 courage det 6 courage courage NOUN Number=Sing 3 plucked obj 7 to to PART _ 8 ask mark 8 ask ask VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 plucked advcl 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 question det 10 question question NOUN Number=Sing 8 ask obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 plucked punct
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1 pluck up past He the courage finally property vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Patient 2 ask speech: ask to-infinitive He not said here a question vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient
Example 3 Pluck the strings gently on your ukulele.
det obj advmod case nmod:poss obl punct root Pluck VERB the DET strings NOUN gently ADV on ADP your PRON ukulele NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Pluck pluck VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 strings det 3 strings string NOUN Number=Plur 1 Pluck obj 4 gently gently ADV _ 1 Pluck advmod 5 on on ADP _ 7 ukulele case 6 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 ukulele nmod:poss 7 ukulele ukulele NOUN Number=Sing 1 Pluck obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 1 Pluck punct
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1 pluck imperative you not said here the strings your ukulele gently property vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Patient
Example 4 The lifeboat crew plucked the sailors from the stormy sea.
det compound nsubj det obj case det amod obl punct root The DET lifeboat NOUN crew NOUN plucked VERB the DET sailors NOUN from ADP the DET stormy ADJ sea NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 crew det 2 lifeboat lifeboat NOUN Number=Sing 3 crew compound 3 crew crew NOUN Number=Sing 4 plucked nsubj 4 plucked pluck VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 sailors det 6 sailors sailor NOUN Number=Plur 4 plucked obj 7 from from ADP _ 10 sea case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 sea det 9 stormy stormy ADJ Degree=Pos 10 sea amod 10 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing 4 plucked obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 plucked punct
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1 pluck past the lifeboat crew the sailors the stormy sea vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent sailor=Theme from sea=Source
Example 5 The farmer plucked the chicken for dinner.
det nsubj det obj case obl punct root The DET farmer NOUN plucked VERB the DET chicken NOUN for ADP dinner NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 farmer det 2 farmer farmer NOUN Number=Sing 3 plucked nsubj 3 plucked pluck VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 chicken det 5 chicken chicken NOUN Number=Sing 3 plucked obj 6 for for ADP _ 7 dinner case 7 dinner dinner NOUN Number=Sing 3 plucked obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 plucked punct
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1 pluck past the farmer the chicken for dinner vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent chicken=Theme for dinner=Beneficiary
Example 6 The little girl showed real pluck when she spoke on stage.
det amod nsubj amod obj advmod nsubj parataxis case obl punct root The DET little ADJ girl NOUN showed VERB real ADJ pluck NOUN when ADV she PRON spoke VERB on ADP stage NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 girl det 2 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 3 girl amod 3 girl girl NOUN Number=Sing 4 showed nsubj 4 showed show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 6 pluck amod 6 pluck pluck NOUN Number=Sing 4 showed obj 7 when when ADV PronType=Int 9 spoke advmod 8 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 spoke nsubj 9 spoke speak VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 showed parataxis 10 on on ADP _ 11 stage case 11 stage stage NOUN Number=Sing 9 spoke obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 showed punct
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1 show past the little girl real pluck vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent pluck=Recipient 2 speak speech: other past girl stage vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 7 He seemed to pluck the number out of thin air.
nsubj mark xcomp det obj case case amod obl punct root He PRON seemed VERB to PART pluck VERB the DET number NOUN out ADP of ADP thin ADJ air NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 seemed nsubj 2 seemed seem VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 4 pluck mark 4 pluck pluck VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 seemed xcomp 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 number det 6 number number NOUN Number=Sing 4 pluck obj 7 out out ADP _ 10 air case 8 of of ADP _ 10 air case 9 thin thin ADJ Degree=Pos 10 air amod 10 air air NOUN Number=Sing 4 pluck obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 seemed punct
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1 seem past He vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute 2 pluck to-infinitive He not said here the number thin air vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent number=Theme out air=Source
Example 8 Mum plucks her eyebrows with tweezers.
nsubj nmod:poss obj case obl punct root Mum NOUN plucks VERB her PRON eyebrows NOUN with ADP tweezers NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 2 plucks nsubj 2 plucks pluck VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 eyebrows nmod:poss 4 eyebrows eyebrow NOUN Number=Plur 2 plucks obj 5 with with ADP _ 6 tweezers case 6 tweezers tweezer NOUN Number=Plur 2 plucks obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 plucks punct
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1 pluck present Mum Mum's eyebrows with tweezers vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eyebrow=Patient
Example 9 Come, pluck up your courage and follow me.”
punct conj compound:prt nmod:poss obj cc conj obj punct punct root Come VERB , PUNCT pluck VERB up ADP your PRON courage NOUN and CCONJ follow VERB me PRON . PUNCT ” PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Come come VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 , , PUNCT _ 3 pluck punct 3 pluck pluck VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Come conj 4 up up ADP _ 3 pluck compound:prt 5 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 courage nmod:poss 6 courage courage NOUN Number=Sing 3 pluck obj 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 follow cc 8 follow follow VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 pluck conj 9 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 follow obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 1 Come punct 11 ” " PUNCT _ 1 Come punct
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1 come imperative you not said here vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 pluck up infinitive you not said here your courage vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Patient 3 follow infinitive you not said here me vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
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