sphagnum Who acts: kind, Sphagnum moss, people, sphagnum, Gardeners, Protecting · What happens: grow, hold, turn, amount, make, collect · To what, where: wet bogs, huge amounts, peat, water, weight, Peat bogs
«sphagnum» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: sphagnum in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A kind of soft moss that grows in wet bogs and can hold huge amounts of water; it slowly turns into peat.
The tree, 22 words det nsubj case amod nmod nsubj case amod obl cc aux conj amod obj case nmod punct nsubj advmod conj case obl punct root A DET kind NOUN of ADP soft ADJ moss NOUN that PRON grows VERB in ADP wet ADJ bogs NOUN and CCONJ can AUX hold VERB huge ADJ amounts NOUN of ADP water NOUN ; PUNCT it PRON slowly ADV turns VERB into ADP peat NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 kind det 2 kind kind NOUN Number=Sing 7 grows nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 5 moss case 4 soft soft ADJ Degree=Pos 5 moss amod 5 moss moss NOUN Number=Sing 2 kind nmod 6 that that PRON PronType=Rel 7 grows nsubj 7 grows grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 in in ADP _ 10 bogs case 9 wet wet ADJ Degree=Pos 10 bogs amod 10 bogs bog NOUN Number=Plur 7 grows obl 11 and and CCONJ _ 13 hold cc 12 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 13 hold aux 13 hold hold VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 grows conj 14 huge huge ADJ Degree=Pos 15 amounts amod 15 amounts amount NOUN Number=Plur 13 hold obj 16 of of ADP _ 17 water case 17 water water NOUN Number=Sing 15 amounts nmod 18 ; ; PUNCT _ 21 turns punct 19 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 21 turns nsubj 20 slowly slowly ADV _ 21 turns advmod 21 turns turn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 grows conj 22 into into ADP _ 23 peat case 23 peat peat NOUN Number=Sing 21 turns obl 24 . . PUNCT _ 7 grows punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 grow present a kind of soft moss wet bogs vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bog=Location 2 hold can a kind of soft moss not said here huge amounts of water vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent amount=Theme 3 turn present kind peat slowly property vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into peat=Trajectory 4 amount water nom amount «possession transitive»: of=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.
Example 1 Sphagnum moss can hold many times its weight in water.
compound nsubj aux amod obl:unmarked nmod:poss obj case obl punct root Sphagnum NOUN moss NOUN can AUX hold VERB many ADJ times NOUN its PRON weight NOUN in ADP water NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sphagnum sphagnum NOUN Number=Sing 2 moss compound 2 moss moss NOUN Number=Sing 4 hold nsubj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 hold aux 4 hold hold VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 6 times amod 6 times time NOUN Number=Plur 4 hold obl:unmarked 7 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 weight nmod:poss 8 weight weight NOUN Number=Sing 4 hold obj 9 in in ADP _ 10 water case 10 water water NOUN Number=Sing 4 hold obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 hold punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hold can Sphagnum moss moss's weight water time vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent weight=Theme in water=Location
Example 2 Peat bogs are made of old sphagnum.
compound nsubj:pass aux:pass case amod obl punct root Peat NOUN bogs NOUN are AUX made VERB of ADP old ADJ sphagnum NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Peat peat NOUN Number=Sing 2 bogs compound 2 bogs bog NOUN Number=Plur 4 made nsubj:pass 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 made aux:pass 4 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 of of ADP _ 7 sphagnum case 6 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 7 sphagnum amod 7 sphagnum sphagnum NOUN Number=Sing 4 made obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 made punct
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1 make present · passive Peat bogs of old sphagnum vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
Example 3 In World War I, people collected sphagnum to dress wounds.
case compound obl conj punct nsubj obj mark advcl obj punct root In ADP World PROPN War PROPN I PRON , PUNCT people NOUN collected VERB sphagnum NOUN to PART dress VERB wounds NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 War case 2 World World PROPN Number=Sing 3 War compound 3 War War PROPN Number=Sing 7 collected obl 4 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 War conj 5 , , PUNCT _ 3 War punct 6 people people NOUN Number=Plur 7 collected nsubj 7 collected collect VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 sphagnum sphagnum NOUN Number=Sing 7 collected obj 9 to to PART _ 10 dress mark 10 dress dress VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 collected advcl 11 wounds wound NOUN Number=Plur 10 dress obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 7 collected punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 collect past people sphagnum World War vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sphagnum=Theme 2 dress to-infinitive people not said here wounds vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wound=Patient
Example 4 Bog bodies were preserved by sphagnum and peat.
compound nsubj:pass aux:pass case obl cc conj punct root Bog NOUN bodies NOUN were AUX preserved VERB by ADP sphagnum NOUN and CCONJ peat NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Bog bog NOUN Number=Sing 2 bodies compound 2 bodies body NOUN Number=Plur 4 preserved nsubj:pass 3 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 preserved aux:pass 4 preserved preserve VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 by by ADP _ 6 sphagnum case 6 sphagnum sphagnum NOUN Number=Sing 4 preserved obl 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 peat cc 8 peat peat NOUN Number=Sing 6 sphagnum conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 preserved punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 preserve past · passive sphagnum and peat Bog bodies vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary
Example 5 Gardeners line baskets with sphagnum moss.
nsubj obj case compound obl punct root Gardeners NOUN line VERB baskets NOUN with ADP sphagnum NOUN moss NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Gardeners gardener NOUN Number=Plur 2 line nsubj 2 line line VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 baskets basket NOUN Number=Plur 2 line obj 4 with with ADP _ 6 moss case 5 sphagnum sphagnum NOUN Number=Sing 6 moss compound 6 moss moss NOUN Number=Sing 2 line obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 line punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 line present Gardeners baskets with sphagnum moss vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent basket=Destination with moss=Theme
Example 6 Protecting bogs with sphagnum helps store carbon.
csubj obj case obl xcomp obj punct root Protecting VERB bogs NOUN with ADP sphagnum NOUN helps VERB store VERB carbon NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Protecting protect VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 helps csubj 2 bogs bog NOUN Number=Plur 1 Protecting obj 3 with with ADP _ 4 sphagnum case 4 sphagnum sphagnum NOUN Number=Sing 1 Protecting obl 5 helps help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 store store VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 helps xcomp 7 carbon carbon NOUN Number=Sing 6 store obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 helps punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 protect gerund bogs with sphagnum vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bog=Beneficiary 2 help present Protecting vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 3 store infinitive Protecting not said here carbon vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carbon=Theme
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