seagrass Who acts: Seagrass, flowering plant, Dugongs, Seagrass meadows, Boat anchors, Shark Bay · What happens: be, grow, form, use, weave, graze · To what, where: flowering plant, shallow seas, green meadows, sea floor, strong like material, mats
«seagrass» 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: seagrass in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Seagrass is a flowering plant that grows underwater in shallow seas, forming green meadows on the sea floor.
The tree, 18 words nsubj cop det amod nsubj acl:relcl advmod case amod obl punct advcl amod obj case det compound obl punct root Seagrass NOUN is AUX a DET flowering ADJ plant NOUN that PRON grows VERB underwater ADV in ADP shallow ADJ seas NOUN , PUNCT forming VERB green ADJ meadows NOUN on ADP the DET sea NOUN floor NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Seagrass seagrass NOUN Number=Sing 5 plant nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 plant cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 plant det 4 flowering flowering ADJ Degree=Pos 5 plant amod 5 plant plant NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 that that PRON PronType=Rel 7 grows nsubj 7 grows grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 plant acl:relcl 8 underwater underwater ADV _ 7 grows advmod 9 in in ADP _ 11 seas case 10 shallow shallow ADJ Degree=Pos 11 seas amod 11 seas sea NOUN Number=Plur 7 grows obl 12 , , PUNCT _ 13 forming punct 13 forming form VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 7 grows advcl 14 green green ADJ Degree=Pos 15 meadows amod 15 meadows meadow NOUN Number=Plur 13 forming obj 16 on on ADP _ 19 floor case 17 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 19 floor det 18 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing 19 floor compound 19 floor floor NOUN Number=Sing 13 forming obl 20 . . PUNCT _ 5 plant punct
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1 is a present Seagrass a flowering plant tree rules 2 grow present a flowering plant shallow seas underwater property vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Location 3 form gerund a flowering plant not said here green meadows the sea floor vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location meadow=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 Seagrass is also a strong grass-like material used to weave mats and baskets.
The tree, 14 words nsubj cop advmod det amod compound punct amod acl mark advcl obj cc conj punct root Seagrass NOUN is AUX also ADV a DET strong ADJ grass NOUN - PUNCT like ADJ material NOUN used VERB to PART weave VERB mats NOUN and CCONJ baskets NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Seagrass seagrass NOUN Number=Sing 9 material nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 material cop 3 also also ADV _ 9 material advmod 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 material det 5 strong strong ADJ Degree=Pos 9 material amod 6 grass grass NOUN Number=Sing 8 like compound 7 - - PUNCT _ 6 grass punct 8 like like ADJ Degree=Pos 9 material amod 9 material material NOUN Number=Sing root root 10 used use VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 9 material acl 11 to to PART _ 12 weave mark 12 weave weave VERB VerbForm=Inf 10 used advcl 13 mats mat NOUN Number=Plur 12 weave obj 14 and and CCONJ _ 15 baskets cc 15 baskets basket NOUN Number=Plur 13 mats conj 16 . . PUNCT _ 9 material punct
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1 is a present Seagrass a strong like material tree rules 2 use participle a strong like material not said here vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 weave to-infinitive mats and baskets vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mat=Product
Example 1 Dugongs graze on seagrass like cows on grass.
nsubj case obl case obl case nmod punct root Dugongs NOUN graze VERB on ADP seagrass NOUN like ADP cows NOUN on ADP grass NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dugongs dugong NOUN Number=Plur 2 graze nsubj 2 graze graze VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 on on ADP _ 4 seagrass case 4 seagrass seagrass NOUN Number=Sing 2 graze obl 5 like like ADP _ 6 cows case 6 cows cow NOUN Number=Plur 2 graze obl 7 on on ADP _ 8 grass case 8 grass grass NOUN Number=Sing 6 cows nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 graze punct
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1 graze present Dugongs like cows on grass; on seagrass vn dine-39.5 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on seagrass=Patient
Example 2 Seagrass meadows are nurseries for baby fish.
compound nsubj cop case compound nmod punct root Seagrass NOUN meadows NOUN are AUX nurseries NOUN for ADP baby NOUN fish NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Seagrass seagrass NOUN Number=Sing 2 meadows compound 2 meadows meadow NOUN Number=Plur 4 nurseries nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 nurseries cop 4 nurseries nursery NOUN Number=Plur root root 5 for for ADP _ 7 fish case 6 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 7 fish compound 7 fish fish NOUN Number=Sing 4 nurseries nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 nurseries punct
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1 is a present Seagrass meadows nurseries for baby fish tree rules
Example 3 Seagrass has roots, stems and even flowers.
nsubj obj punct conj cc advmod conj punct root Seagrass NOUN has VERB roots NOUN , PUNCT stems NOUN and CCONJ even ADV flowers NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Seagrass seagrass NOUN Number=Sing 2 has nsubj 2 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 roots root NOUN Number=Plur 2 has obj 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 stems punct 5 stems stem NOUN Number=Plur 3 roots conj 6 and and CCONJ _ 8 flowers cc 7 even even ADV _ 8 flowers advmod 8 flowers flower NOUN Number=Plur 3 roots conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 has punct
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1 have present Seagrass roots and stems and flowers vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent root=Patient
Example 4 Boat anchors can tear up seagrass beds.
compound nsubj aux compound:prt compound obj punct root Boat NOUN anchors NOUN can AUX tear VERB up ADP seagrass NOUN beds NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Boat boat NOUN Number=Sing 2 anchors compound 2 anchors anchor NOUN Number=Plur 4 tear nsubj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 tear aux 4 tear tear VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 up up ADP _ 4 tear compound:prt 6 seagrass seagrass NOUN Number=Sing 7 beds compound 7 beds bed NOUN Number=Plur 4 tear obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 tear punct
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1 tear up can Boat anchors seagrass beds vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location bed=Theme
Example 5 Shark Bay in Western Australia has huge seagrass meadows.
compound nsubj case compound nmod amod compound obj punct root Shark PROPN Bay PROPN in ADP Western ADJ Australia PROPN has VERB huge ADJ seagrass NOUN meadows NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Shark Shark PROPN Number=Sing 2 Bay compound 2 Bay Bay PROPN Number=Sing 6 has nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 5 Australia case 4 Western Western ADJ Degree=Pos 5 Australia compound 5 Australia Australia PROPN Number=Sing 2 Bay nmod 6 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 huge huge ADJ Degree=Pos 9 meadows amod 8 seagrass seagrass NOUN Number=Sing 9 meadows compound 9 meadows meadow NOUN Number=Plur 6 has obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 has punct
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1 have present Shark Bay in Western Australia huge seagrass meadows vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meadow=Patient
Example 6 Our kitchen has a seagrass mat.
nmod:poss nsubj det compound obj punct root Our PRON kitchen NOUN has VERB a DET seagrass NOUN mat NOUN . PUNCT 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 kitchen nmod:poss 2 kitchen kitchen NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 mat det 5 seagrass seagrass NOUN Number=Sing 6 mat compound 6 mat mat NOUN Number=Sing 3 has obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present Our kitchen a seagrass mat vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mat=Patient
Example 7 Seagrass helps store carbon from the air.
nsubj xcomp obj case det obl punct root Seagrass NOUN helps VERB store VERB carbon NOUN from ADP the DET air NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Seagrass seagrass NOUN Number=Sing 2 helps nsubj 2 helps help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 store store VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 helps xcomp 4 carbon carbon NOUN Number=Sing 3 store obj 5 from from ADP _ 7 air case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 air det 7 air air NOUN Number=Sing 3 store obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 helps punct
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1 help present Seagrass vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 store infinitive Seagrass not said here carbon the air vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carbon=Theme
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