pollinator

Who acts: pollinator, that, plant, birds, Bees, Hummingbirds · What happens: be, carry, make, act, know, plant · To what, where: animal, pollen, one flower, seeds, best known pollinators, pollinators

«pollinator» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: pollinator in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A pollinator is an animal, usually an insect like a bee, butterfly or moth, that carries pollen from one flower to another so the plant can make seeds and fruit.

The tree, 30 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pollinator	det
2	pollinator	pollinator	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 animal	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 animal	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 animal	det
5	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 insect	punct
7	usually	usually	ADV	_	9 insect	advmod
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 insect	det
9	insect	insect	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 animal	nmod
10	like	like	ADP	_	12 bee	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bee	det
12	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 insect	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 butterfly	punct
14	butterfly	butterfly	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bee	conj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 moth	cc
16	moth	moth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bee	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 carries	punct
18	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 carries	nsubj
19	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 animal	conj
20	pollen	pollen	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 carries	obj
21	from	from	ADP	_	23 flower	case
22	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	23 flower	nummod
23	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 carries	obl
24	to	to	ADP	_	25 another	case
25	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	19 carries	obl
26	so	so	SCONJ	_	30 make	mark
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 plant	det
28	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 make	nsubj
29	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	30 make	aux
30	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 carries	advcl
31	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 make	obj
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 fruit	cc
33	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 seeds	conj
34	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 animal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a pollinator	a animal		a insect like a bee and butterfly or moth nmod	tree rules
2	carry	present	that	pollen	one flower	to another	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent pollen=Theme from flower=Initial_Location to another=Destination
3	make	can	the plant	seeds and fruit			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset seed=Product

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

Some birds (like hummingbirds), bats and even the wind can act as pollinators.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 birds	det
2	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 act	nsubj
3	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 hummingbirds	punct
4	like	like	ADP	_	5 hummingbirds	case
5	hummingbirds	hummingbird	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 birds	appos
6	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 hummingbirds	punct
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bats	punct
8	bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 birds	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 wind	cc
10	even	even	ADV	_	12 wind	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wind	det
12	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 birds	conj
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 act	aux
14	act	act	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
15	as	as	ADP	_	16 pollinators	case
16	pollinators	pollinator	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 act	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 act	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	act	can	some birds and bats and the wind					as pollinators	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as pollinator=Attribute

Example 1

Bees are the best-known pollinators.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 pollinators	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 pollinators	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pollinators	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 pollinators	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 best	punct
6	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 pollinators	amod
7	pollinators	pollinator	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 pollinators	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	participle							vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	present	Bees	the best known pollinators					tree rules

Example 2

Hummingbirds are pollinators in the Americas.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hummingbirds	hummingbird	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pollinators	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pollinators	cop
3	pollinators	pollinator	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 Americas	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Americas	det
6	Americas	AMERICAS	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 pollinators	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 pollinators	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Hummingbirds	pollinators		the Americas			tree rules

Example 3

We planted lavender to attract pollinators.

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 planted	nsubj
2	planted	plant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	lavender	lavender	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 planted	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 attract	mark
5	attract	attract	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 planted	advcl
6	pollinators	pollinator	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 attract	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 planted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plant	past	We	lavender					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lavender=Patient
2	attract	to-infinitive	We not said here	pollinators					vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pollinator=Patient

Example 4

Without pollinators, there would be far fewer apples.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Without	without	ADP	_	2 pollinators	case
2	pollinators	pollinator	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 apples	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 pollinators	punct
4	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	6 be	expl
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 be	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 apples	cop
7	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 fewer	advmod
8	fewer	few	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 apples	amod
9	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 apples	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	imperative	you not said here	fewer apples				without pollinators	tree rules

Example 5

Moths are night-time pollinators.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moths	moth	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pollinators	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 pollinators	cop
3	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 time	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 night	punct
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pollinators	compound
6	pollinators	pollinator	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 pollinators	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Moths	time pollinators					tree rules

Example 6

Pesticides can harm pollinators.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pesticides	pesticide	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 harm	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 harm	aux
3	harm	harm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	pollinators	pollinator	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 harm	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 harm	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	harm	can	Pesticides	pollinators					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pollinator=Experiencer

Example 7

Our school made a pollinator garden by the playground.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 school	nmod:poss
2	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 garden	det
5	pollinator	pollinator	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 garden	compound
6	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obj
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 playground	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 playground	det
9	playground	playground	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	Our school	a pollinator garden				by the playground	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset garden=Product

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