sow

Who acts: We, Farmers, sow, you, lies, His · What happens: plant, cause, start, spread, sow, have · To what, where: seeds, ground, something, doubt, sunflower seeds, pots

«sow» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: sow in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: verb, rhymes with go — kept apart, not parsed.

To plant seeds in the ground.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 plant	mark
2	plant	plant	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 plant	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 ground	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ground	det
6	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 plant	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 plant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plant	to-infinitive		seeds		the ground			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent seed=Theme in ground=Destination

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

Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

To cause something to start or spread: sow doubt.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 cause	mark
2	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 cause	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 start	mark
5	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 something	acl
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 spread	cc
7	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 start	conj
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 sow	punct
9	sow	sow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 spread	conj
10	doubt	doubt	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sow	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cause	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	cause	to-infinitive	something	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition something=Patient
2	start	to-infinitive	something not said here	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	spread	infinitive		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	sow	infinitive	doubt	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent doubt=Theme

Meaning 3

Usage: noun, rhymes with cow — kept apart, not parsed.

An adult female pig.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pig	det
2	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pig	amod
3	female	female	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pig	amod
4	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 pig	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

We sowed sunflower seeds in pots.

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 sowed	nsubj
2	sowed	sow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sunflower	sunflower	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seeds	compound
4	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sowed	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 pots	case
6	pots	pot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sowed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sowed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sow	past	We	sunflower seeds		pots			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent seed=Theme in pot=Destination

Example 2

Farmers sow wheat in autumn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sow	nsubj
2	sow	sow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sow	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 autumn	case
5	autumn	autumn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sow	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sow	present	Farmers	wheat			autumn		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wheat=Theme

Example 3

The sow had ten piglets.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sow	det
2	sow	sow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 piglets	nummod
5	piglets	piglet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the sow	ten piglets					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piglet=Patient

Example 4

Sow the seeds 2 cm apart.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sow	sow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 seeds	det
3	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Sow	obj
4	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 cm	nummod
5	cm	cm	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 apart	obl:unmarked
6	apart	apart	ADV	_	1 Sow	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Sow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sow	imperative	you not said here	the seeds				apart property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent seed=Theme

Example 5

His lies sowed doubt in our minds.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 lies	nmod:poss
2	lies	lie	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sowed	nsubj
3	sowed	sow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	doubt	doubt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sowed	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 minds	case
6	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 minds	nmod:poss
7	minds	mind	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sowed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sowed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	sow	past	His lies	doubt	our minds	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent doubt=Theme in mind=Destination
2	lie		His = he			nom lie «communication intransitive»: poss=agent
3	mind		our			nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Example 6

You reap what you sow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 reap	nsubj
2	reap	reap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 sow	obj
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 sow	nsubj
5	sow	sow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 reap	ccomp
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reap	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reap	present	You						tree rules
2	sow	present	you						vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent what=Theme

Example 7

"Who sowed this sort of corn?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 sowed	punct
2	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 sowed	nsubj
3	sowed	sow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 sort	det
5	sort	sort	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sowed	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 corn	case
7	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sort	nmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 sowed	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 sowed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sow in a quote	past		this sort of corn					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sort=Theme
2	sort in a quote			corn					nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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