sprout Who acts: seed, sprout, Brussels sprout, beans, Old potatoes, We · What happens: sprout, be, grow, put out, mean, appear · To what, where: first shoot, young new shoot, small green vegetable, New shops, cupboard, bean sprouts · Speech: someone speaks here
«sprout» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: sprout in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To sprout is to start to grow: a seed sprouts when it puts out its first shoot.
The tree, 17 words mark advcl cop mark mark xcomp punct det nsubj conj advmod nsubj advcl compound:prt nmod:poss amod obj punct root To PART sprout VERB is AUX to PART start VERB to PART grow VERB : PUNCT a DET seed NOUN sprouts VERB when ADV it PRON puts VERB out ADP its PRON first ADJ shoot NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 sprout mark 2 sprout sprout VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 start advcl 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 start cop 4 to to PART _ 5 start mark 5 start start VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 6 to to PART _ 7 grow mark 7 grow grow VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 start xcomp 8 : : PUNCT _ 11 sprouts punct 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 seed det 10 seed seed NOUN Number=Sing 11 sprouts nsubj 11 sprouts sprout VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 start conj 12 when when ADV PronType=Int 14 puts advmod 13 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 puts nsubj 14 puts put VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 sprouts advcl 15 out out ADP _ 14 puts compound:prt 16 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 18 shoot nmod:poss 17 first first ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 18 shoot amod 18 shoot shoot NOUN Number=Sing 14 puts obj 19 . . PUNCT _ 5 start punct
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1 sprout to-infinitive vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source 2 is present start property tree rules 3 grow to-infinitive vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 4 sprout present a seed vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source 5 put out present seed seed's first shoot vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent shoot=Goal
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 sprout is a young new shoot of a plant.
det nsubj cop det amod amod case det nmod punct root A DET sprout NOUN is AUX a DET young ADJ new ADJ shoot NOUN of ADP a DET plant NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 sprout det 2 sprout sprout NOUN Number=Sing 7 shoot nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 shoot cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 shoot det 5 young young ADJ Degree=Pos 7 shoot amod 6 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 7 shoot amod 7 shoot shoot NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 of of ADP _ 10 plant case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 plant det 10 plant plant NOUN Number=Sing 7 shoot nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 7 shoot punct
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1 is a present a sprout a young new shoot of a plant tree rules
Meaning 3 A (Brussels) sprout is a small green vegetable like a tiny cabbage.
The tree, 12 words det punct compound punct nsubj cop det amod amod case det amod nmod punct root A DET ( PUNCT Brussels PROPN ) PUNCT sprout NOUN is AUX a DET small ADJ green ADJ vegetable NOUN like ADP a DET tiny ADJ cabbage NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 sprout det 2 ( ( PUNCT _ 3 Brussels punct 3 Brussels Brussels PROPN Number=Sing 5 sprout compound 4 ) ) PUNCT _ 3 Brussels punct 5 sprout sprout NOUN Number=Sing 10 vegetable nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 vegetable cop 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 vegetable det 8 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 10 vegetable amod 9 green green ADJ Degree=Pos 10 vegetable amod 10 vegetable vegetable NOUN Number=Sing root root 11 like like ADP _ 14 cabbage case 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 cabbage det 13 tiny tiny ADJ Degree=Pos 14 cabbage amod 14 cabbage cabbage NOUN Number=Sing 10 vegetable nmod 15 . . PUNCT _ 10 vegetable punct
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1 is a present a Brussels sprout a small green vegetable like a tiny cabbage tree rules
Meaning 4 To sprout can also mean to appear suddenly: «New shops sprouted up.».
The tree, 12 words mark csubj aux advmod mark xcomp advmod punct punct amod nsubj:pass ccomp compound:prt punct punct punct root To PART sprout VERB can AUX also ADV mean VERB to PART appear VERB suddenly ADV : PUNCT « PUNCT New ADJ shops NOUN sprouted VERB up ADP . PUNCT » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 sprout mark 2 sprout sprout VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 mean csubj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 mean aux 4 also also ADV _ 5 mean advmod 5 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 to to PART _ 7 appear mark 7 appear appear VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 mean xcomp 8 suddenly suddenly ADV _ 7 appear advmod 9 : : PUNCT _ 13 sprouted punct 10 « « PUNCT _ 13 sprouted punct 11 New new ADJ Degree=Pos 12 shops amod 12 shops shop NOUN Number=Plur 13 sprouted nsubj:pass 13 sprouted sprout VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 mean ccomp 14 up up ADP _ 13 sprouted compound:prt 15 . . PUNCT _ 13 sprouted punct 16 » » PUNCT _ 13 sprouted punct 17 . . PUNCT _ 5 mean punct
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1 sprout to-infinitive vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source 2 mean can vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 appear not said to happen to-infinitive suddenly property vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 4 sprout up in a quote participle · passive New shops vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Source
Example 1 Our beans sprouted after three days.
nmod:poss nsubj case nummod obl punct root Our PRON beans NOUN sprouted VERB after ADP three NUM days 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 beans nmod:poss 2 beans bean NOUN Number=Plur 3 sprouted nsubj 3 sprouted sprout VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 after after ADP _ 6 days case 5 three three NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 6 days nummod 6 days day NOUN Number=Plur 3 sprouted obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 sprouted punct
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1 sprout past Our beans day vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source
Example 2 Old potatoes start to sprout in the cupboard.
amod nsubj mark xcomp case det obl punct root Old ADJ potatoes NOUN start VERB to PART sprout VERB in ADP the DET cupboard NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Old old ADJ Degree=Pos 2 potatoes amod 2 potatoes potato NOUN Number=Plur 3 start nsubj 3 start start VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 sprout mark 5 sprout sprout VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 start xcomp 6 in in ADP _ 8 cupboard case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 cupboard det 8 cupboard cupboard NOUN Number=Sing 5 sprout obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 start punct
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1 start present Old potatoes vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 2 sprout to-infinitive Old potatoes not said here the cupboard vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cupboard=Location
Example 3 We ate bean sprouts in the stir-fry.
nsubj compound obj case det compound punct obl punct root We PRON ate VERB bean NOUN sprouts NOUN in ADP the DET stir NOUN - PUNCT fry 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 ate nsubj 2 ate eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 bean bean NOUN Number=Sing 4 sprouts compound 4 sprouts sprout NOUN Number=Plur 2 ate obj 5 in in ADP _ 9 fry case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 fry det 7 stir stir NOUN Number=Sing 9 fry compound 8 - - PUNCT _ 7 stir punct 9 fry fry NOUN Number=Sing 2 ate obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 ate punct
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1 eat past We bean sprouts the stir fry vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sprout=Patient
Example 4 Brussels sprouts are served at Christmas dinner.
compound nsubj:pass aux:pass case compound obl punct root Brussels NOUN sprouts NOUN are AUX served VERB at ADP Christmas PROPN dinner NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Brussels brussels NOUN Number=Sing 2 sprouts compound 2 sprouts sprout NOUN Number=Plur 4 served nsubj:pass 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 served aux:pass 4 served serve VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 at at ADP _ 7 dinner case 6 Christmas Christmas PROPN Number=Sing 7 dinner compound 7 dinner dinner NOUN Number=Sing 4 served obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 served punct
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1 serve present · passive Brussels sprouts Christmas dinner vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute
Example 5 Leaves sprouted on the trees in spring.
acl case det obl case nmod punct root Leaves NOUN sprouted VERB on ADP the DET trees NOUN in ADP spring NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Leaves leaf NOUN Number=Plur root root 2 sprouted sprout VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 1 Leaves acl 3 on on ADP _ 5 trees case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 trees det 5 trees tree NOUN Number=Plur 2 sprouted obl 6 in in ADP _ 7 spring case 7 spring spring NOUN Number=Sing 5 trees nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 1 Leaves punct
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1 sprout participle Leaves not said here the trees in spring vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on tree=Location
Example 6 The boy seemed to sprout taller every week.
det nsubj mark xcomp xcomp det obl:unmarked punct root The DET boy NOUN seemed VERB to PART sprout VERB taller ADJ every DET week NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 boy det 2 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 3 seemed nsubj 3 seemed seem VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 sprout mark 5 sprout sprout VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 seemed xcomp 6 taller tall ADJ Degree=Cmp 5 sprout xcomp 7 every every DET PronType=Tot 8 week det 8 week week NOUN Number=Sing 6 taller obl:unmarked 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 seemed punct
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1 seem past the boy vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute 2 sprout to-infinitive the boy not said here tall property vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source
Example 7 New houses sprouted up all over town.
amod acl compound:prt advmod case obl punct root New ADJ houses NOUN sprouted VERB up ADP all ADV over ADP town NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 New new ADJ Degree=Pos 2 houses amod 2 houses house NOUN Number=Plur root root 3 sprouted sprout VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 houses acl 4 up up ADP _ 3 sprouted compound:prt 5 all all ADV _ 7 town advmod 6 over over ADP _ 7 town case 7 town town NOUN Number=Sing 3 sprouted obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 houses punct
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1 sprout up participle New houses not said here town vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over town=Location
Example 8 And there was the end of the army that had sprouted from the dragon's teeth.
The tree, 16 words cc expl det nsubj case det nmod nsubj:pass aux acl:relcl case det nmod:poss case obl punct root And CCONJ there PRON was VERB the DET end NOUN of ADP the DET army NOUN that PRON had AUX sprouted VERB from ADP the DET dragon NOUN 's PART teeth NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 And and CCONJ _ 3 was cc 2 there there PRON PronType=Dem 3 was expl 3 was be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 end det 5 end end NOUN Number=Sing 3 was nsubj 6 of of ADP _ 8 army case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 army det 8 army army NOUN Number=Sing 5 end nmod 9 that that PRON PronType=Rel 11 sprouted nsubj:pass 10 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 sprouted aux 11 sprouted sprout VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 8 army acl:relcl 12 from from ADP _ 16 teeth case 13 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 dragon det 14 dragon dragon NOUN Number=Sing 16 teeth nmod:poss 15 's 's PART _ 14 dragon case 16 teeth tooth NOUN Number=Plur 11 sprouted obl 17 . . PUNCT _ 3 was punct
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1 be past the end of the army there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 sprout past · perfect · passive the army the dragon's teeth vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Source
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