seedling Who acts: seedling, young plant, bean seedlings, you, seedlings, We · What happens: be, grow, have, need, care, water · To what, where: young plant, first small leaves, light, two centimetres, seedlings, tomato seedlings
«seedling» 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: seedling in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A seedling is a very young plant that has just grown from a seed.
The tree, 14 words det nsubj cop det advmod amod nsubj aux advmod acl:relcl case det obl punct root A DET seedling NOUN is AUX a DET very ADV young ADJ plant NOUN that PRON has AUX just ADV grown VERB from ADP a DET seed NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 seedling det 2 seedling seedling NOUN Number=Sing 7 plant nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 plant cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 plant det 5 very very ADV _ 6 young advmod 6 young young ADJ Degree=Pos 7 plant amod 7 plant plant NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 that that PRON PronType=Rel 11 grown nsubj 9 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 grown aux 10 just just ADV _ 11 grown advmod 11 grown grow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 7 plant acl:relcl 12 from from ADP _ 14 seed case 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 seed det 14 seed seed NOUN Number=Sing 11 grown obl 15 . . PUNCT _ 7 plant punct
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1 is a present a seedling a young plant tree rules 2 grow present · perfect a young plant from a seed vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.product V PP.patient»: agent=Product from seed=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 seedling has its first small leaves and needs light, water and care to grow strong.
The tree, 16 words det nsubj nmod:poss amod amod obj cc conj obj punct conj cc conj mark xcomp xcomp punct root A DET seedling NOUN has VERB its PRON first ADJ small ADJ leaves NOUN and CCONJ needs VERB light NOUN , PUNCT water NOUN and CCONJ care VERB to PART grow VERB strong ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 seedling det 2 seedling seedling NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 leaves nmod:poss 5 first first ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 7 leaves amod 6 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 7 leaves amod 7 leaves leaf NOUN Number=Plur 3 has obj 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 needs cc 9 needs need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 has conj 10 light light NOUN Number=Sing 9 needs obj 11 , , PUNCT _ 12 water punct 12 water water NOUN Number=Sing 10 light conj 13 and and CCONJ _ 14 care cc 14 care care VERB VerbForm=Inf 10 light conj 15 to to PART _ 16 grow mark 16 grow grow VERB VerbForm=Inf 14 care xcomp 17 strong strong ADJ Degree=Pos 16 grow xcomp 18 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present a seedling seedling's first small leaves vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient 2 need present a seedling not said here light and water vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot light=Theme 3 care infinitive a seedling not said here vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 4 grow to-infinitive a seedling not said here strong property vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 1 Our bean seedlings grew two centimetres this week.
nmod:poss compound nsubj nummod obj det obl:unmarked punct root Our PRON bean NOUN seedlings NOUN grew VERB two NUM centimetres NOUN this DET week 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 3 seedlings nmod:poss 2 bean bean NOUN Number=Sing 3 seedlings compound 3 seedlings seedling NOUN Number=Plur 4 grew nsubj 4 grew grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 6 centimetres nummod 6 centimetres centimetre NOUN Number=Plur 4 grew obj 7 this this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 8 week det 8 week week NOUN Number=Sing 4 grew obl:unmarked 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 grew punct
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1 grow past Our bean seedlings two centimetres week vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location centimetre=Theme
Example 2 Water the seedlings gently.
det obj advmod punct root Water VERB the DET seedlings NOUN gently ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Water water VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 seedlings det 3 seedlings seedling NOUN Number=Plur 1 Water obj 4 gently gently ADV _ 1 Water advmod 5 . . PUNCT _ 1 Water punct
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1 water imperative you not said here the seedlings gently property vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent seedling=Destination
Example 3 The seedlings on the dark shelf were pale and thin.
det nsubj case det amod nmod cop cc conj punct root The DET seedlings NOUN on ADP the DET dark ADJ shelf NOUN were AUX pale ADJ and CCONJ thin ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 seedlings det 2 seedlings seedling NOUN Number=Plur 8 pale nsubj 3 on on ADP _ 6 shelf case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 shelf det 5 dark dark ADJ Degree=Pos 6 shelf amod 6 shelf shelf NOUN Number=Sing 2 seedlings nmod 7 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 pale cop 8 pale pale ADJ Degree=Pos root root 9 and and CCONJ _ 10 thin cc 10 thin thin ADJ Degree=Pos 8 pale conj 11 . . PUNCT _ 8 pale punct
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1 is past the seedlings on the dark shelf pale property tree rules 2 be the seedlings on the dark shelf not said here tree rules
Example 4 We planted the tomato seedlings in the garden.
nsubj det compound obj case det obl punct root We PRON planted VERB the DET tomato NOUN seedlings NOUN in ADP the DET garden 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 planted nsubj 2 planted plant VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 seedlings det 4 tomato tomato NOUN Number=Sing 5 seedlings compound 5 seedlings seedling NOUN Number=Plur 2 planted obj 6 in in ADP _ 8 garden case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 garden det 8 garden garden NOUN Number=Sing 2 planted obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 planted punct
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1 plant past We the tomato seedlings the garden vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent seedling=Theme in garden=Destination
Example 5 A seedling grows from a seed.
det nsubj case det obl punct root A DET seedling NOUN grows VERB from ADP a DET seed NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 seedling det 2 seedling seedling NOUN Number=Sing 3 grows nsubj 3 grows grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 from from ADP _ 6 seed case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 seed det 6 seed seed NOUN Number=Sing 3 grows obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 grows punct
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1 grow present a seedling from a seed vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.product V PP.patient»: agent=Product from seed=Patient
Example 6 Slugs ate our lettuce seedlings overnight.
nsubj nmod:poss nsubj ccomp advmod punct root Slugs NOUN ate VERB our PRON lettuce NOUN seedlings VERB overnight ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Slugs slug NOUN Number=Plur 2 ate nsubj 2 ate eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 lettuce nmod:poss 4 lettuce lettuce NOUN Number=Sing 5 seedlings nsubj 5 seedlings seedling VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 ate ccomp 6 overnight overnight ADV _ 5 seedlings advmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 ate punct
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1 eat past Slugs tree rules 2 seedling present our lettuce overnight property tree rules
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