sorghum Who acts: Sorghum, little rain, many families, Farmers, We, agricultural editor · What happens: grow, make, be, eat, feed, use · To what, where: tall cereal grass, warm dry countries, grain, plant, porridge, Sudan · Speech: someone speaks here
«sorghum» 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: sorghum in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A tall cereal grass grown in warm, dry countries, especially in Africa and Asia, for its grain, its sweet juice and animal feed.
The tree, 23 words det amod compound acl case amod punct amod obl punct advmod case nmod cc conj punct case nmod:poss conj punct nmod:poss amod conj cc compound conj punct root A DET tall ADJ cereal NOUN grass NOUN grown VERB in ADP warm ADJ , PUNCT dry ADJ countries NOUN , PUNCT especially ADV in ADP Africa PROPN and CCONJ Asia PROPN , PUNCT for ADP its PRON grain NOUN , PUNCT its PRON sweet ADJ juice NOUN and CCONJ animal NOUN feed NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 grass det 2 tall tall ADJ Degree=Pos 4 grass amod 3 cereal cereal NOUN Number=Sing 4 grass compound 4 grass grass NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 grown grow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 grass acl 6 in in ADP _ 10 countries case 7 warm warm ADJ Degree=Pos 10 countries amod 8 , , PUNCT _ 7 warm punct 9 dry dry ADJ Degree=Pos 10 countries amod 10 countries country NOUN Number=Plur 5 grown obl 11 , , PUNCT _ 14 Africa punct 12 especially especially ADV _ 14 Africa advmod 13 in in ADP _ 14 Africa case 14 Africa Africa PROPN Number=Sing 10 countries nmod 15 and and CCONJ _ 16 Asia cc 16 Asia Asia PROPN Number=Sing 14 Africa conj 17 , , PUNCT _ 20 grain punct 18 for for ADP _ 20 grain case 19 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 20 grain nmod:poss 20 grain grain NOUN Number=Sing 14 Africa conj 21 , , PUNCT _ 24 juice punct 22 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 24 juice nmod:poss 23 sweet sweet ADJ Degree=Pos 24 juice amod 24 juice juice NOUN Number=Sing 14 Africa conj 25 and and CCONJ _ 27 feed cc 26 animal animal NOUN Number=Sing 27 feed compound 27 feed feed NOUN Number=Sing 24 juice conj 28 . . PUNCT _ 4 grass punct
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1 grow participle a tall cereal grass not said here warm dry countries in Africa and Asia and grass's grain and grain's sweet juice and animal feed vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in country=Location
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 The grain or syrup made from this plant.
det cc conj acl case det obl punct root The DET grain NOUN or CCONJ syrup NOUN made VERB from ADP this DET plant NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 grain det 2 grain grain NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 or or CCONJ _ 4 syrup cc 4 syrup syrup NOUN Number=Sing 2 grain conj 5 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 grain acl 6 from from ADP _ 8 plant case 7 this this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 8 plant det 8 plant plant NOUN Number=Sing 5 made obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 grain punct
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1 make participle the grain or syrup not said here this plant vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from plant=Material
Example 1 Sorghum grows well where there is little rain.
nsubj advmod advmod expl advcl amod nsubj punct root Sorghum NOUN grows VERB well ADV where ADV there PRON is VERB little ADJ rain NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sorghum sorghum NOUN Number=Sing 2 grows nsubj 2 grows grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 well well ADV Degree=Pos 2 grows advmod 4 where where ADV PronType=Rel 6 is advmod 5 there there PRON PronType=Dem 6 is expl 6 is be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 grows advcl 7 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 8 rain amod 8 rain rain NOUN Number=Sing 6 is nsubj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 grows punct
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1 grow present Sorghum well property vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 be present little rain there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 2 In Sudan many families eat porridge made from sorghum.
case obl amod nsubj obj acl case obl punct root In ADP Sudan PROPN many ADJ families NOUN eat VERB porridge NOUN made VERB from ADP sorghum NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 2 Sudan case 2 Sudan Sudan PROPN Number=Sing 5 eat obl 3 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 4 families amod 4 families family NOUN Number=Plur 5 eat nsubj 5 eat eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 porridge porridge NOUN Number=Sing 5 eat obj 7 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 porridge acl 8 from from ADP _ 9 sorghum case 9 sorghum sorghum NOUN Number=Sing 7 made obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 eat punct
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1 eat present many families porridge Sudan vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent porridge=Patient 2 make participle porridge not said here sorghum vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from sorghum=Material
Example 3 Farmers feed sorghum to cattle.
nsubj obj case obl punct root Farmers NOUN feed VERB sorghum NOUN to ADP cattle NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Farmers farmer NOUN Number=Plur 2 feed nsubj 2 feed feed VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 sorghum sorghum NOUN Number=Sing 2 feed obj 4 to to ADP _ 5 cattle case 5 cattle cattle NOUN Number=Plur 2 feed obl 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 feed punct
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1 feed present Farmers sorghum cattle vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sorghum=Theme to cattle=Recipient
Example 4 Sorghum flour is used in gluten-free bread.
compound nsubj:pass aux:pass case compound punct amod obl punct root Sorghum NOUN flour NOUN is AUX used VERB in ADP gluten NOUN - PUNCT free ADJ bread NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sorghum sorghum NOUN Number=Sing 2 flour compound 2 flour flour NOUN Number=Sing 4 used nsubj:pass 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 used aux:pass 4 used use VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 in in ADP _ 9 bread case 6 gluten gluten NOUN Number=Sing 8 free compound 7 - - PUNCT _ 6 gluten punct 8 free free ADJ Degree=Pos 9 bread amod 9 bread bread NOUN Number=Sing 4 used obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 used punct
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1 use present · passive Sorghum flour free bread vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
Example 5 We poured sorghum syrup on our pancakes in Tennessee.
nsubj compound obj case nmod:poss obl case obl punct root We PRON poured VERB sorghum NOUN syrup NOUN on ADP our PRON pancakes NOUN in ADP Tennessee PROPN . 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 poured nsubj 2 poured pour VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 sorghum sorghum NOUN Number=Sing 4 syrup compound 4 syrup syrup NOUN Number=Sing 2 poured obj 5 on on ADP _ 7 pancakes case 6 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 pancakes nmod:poss 7 pancakes pancake NOUN Number=Plur 2 poured obl 8 in in ADP _ 9 Tennessee case 9 Tennessee Tennessee PROPN Number=Sing 2 poured obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 poured punct
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1 pour past We sorghum syrup our pancakes in Tennessee vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent syrup=Patient
Example 6 Sorghum is one of the most important cereals in the world.
nsubj cop case det advmod amod nmod case det nmod punct root Sorghum NOUN is AUX one NUM of ADP the DET most ADV important ADJ cereals NOUN in ADP the DET world NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sorghum sorghum NOUN Number=Sing 3 one nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 one cop 3 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card root root 4 of of ADP _ 8 cereals case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 cereals det 6 most most ADV Degree=Sup 7 important advmod 7 important important ADJ Degree=Pos 8 cereals amod 8 cereals cereal NOUN Number=Plur 3 one nmod 9 in in ADP _ 11 world case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 world det 11 world world NOUN Number=Sing 8 cereals nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 one punct
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1 is a present Sorghum one of the important cereals in the world tree rules
Example 7 "Yes," said the agricultural editor, "and it's the meanest bug- juice in town--regular sorghum skimmings."
The tree, 17 words punct discourse punct punct det amod obj punct punct cc nsubj cop det amod compound punct conj case nmod punct amod compound conj punct punct root " PUNCT Yes INTJ , PUNCT " PUNCT said VERB the DET agricultural ADJ editor NOUN , PUNCT " PUNCT and CCONJ it PRON 's AUX the DET meanest ADJ bug NOUN - PUNCT juice NOUN in ADP town NOUN -- PUNCT regular ADJ sorghum NOUN skimmings NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 5 said punct 2 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 5 said discourse 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 Yes punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 2 Yes punct 5 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 editor det 7 agricultural agricultural ADJ Degree=Pos 8 editor amod 8 editor editor NOUN Number=Sing 5 said obj 9 , , PUNCT _ 5 said punct 10 " " PUNCT _ 5 said punct 11 and and CCONJ _ 18 juice cc 12 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 18 juice nsubj 13 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 18 juice cop 14 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 18 juice det 15 meanest mean ADJ Degree=Sup 18 juice amod 16 bug bug NOUN Number=Sing 18 juice compound 17 - - PUNCT _ 16 bug punct 18 juice juice NOUN Number=Sing 5 said conj 19 in in ADP _ 20 town case 20 town town NOUN Number=Sing 18 juice nmod 21 -- -- PUNCT _ 24 skimmings punct 22 regular regular ADJ Degree=Pos 24 skimmings amod 23 sorghum sorghum NOUN Number=Sing 24 skimmings compound 24 skimmings skimming NOUN Number=Plur 18 juice conj 25 . . PUNCT _ 18 juice punct 26 " " PUNCT _ 18 juice punct
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1 say speech: assert past the agricultural editor vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is a in a quote present editor the meanest bug juice and regular sorghum skimmings town tree rules
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