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thistle

Who acts: thistle, yellow, seeds, I, Goldfinches, Butterflies · What happens: be, flower, float down, sting, eat, float · To what, where: wild plant, head, fluffy, hand, symbol, thistle seeds

«thistle» 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: thistle in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A thistle is a wild plant with prickly leaves and stems and a round purple (sometimes yellow or white) flower head; its seeds float on fluffy down.

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 thistle	det
2	thistle	thistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 plant	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 plant	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 plant	det
5	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 plant	amod
6	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 leaves	case
8	prickly	prickly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 leaves	amod
9	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 plant	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 stems	cc
11	stems	stem	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 leaves	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 purple	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 purple	det
14	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 purple	amod
15	purple	purple	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 plant	conj
16	(	(	PUNCT	_	18 yellow	punct
17	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	18 yellow	advmod
18	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 flower	nsubj
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 white	cc
20	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 yellow	conj
21	)	)	PUNCT	_	18 yellow	punct
22	flower	flower	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 purple	acl:relcl
23	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 flower	obj
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 float	punct
25	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 seeds	nmod:poss
26	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 float	nsubj
27	float	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 plant	parataxis
28	on	on	ADP	_	29 fluffy	case
29	fluffy	fluffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 float	obl
30	down	down	ADV	_	27 float	advmod
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 plant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a thistle	a wild plant and a round purple				with prickly leaves and stems	tree rules
2	flower	present	yellow	head					vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location head=Theme
3	float down	present	thistle's seeds			fluffy		down property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on fluffy=Trajectory

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

I stung my hand on a prickly thistle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 stung	nsubj
2	stung	sting	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hand	nmod:poss
4	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stung	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 thistle	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 thistle	det
7	prickly	prickly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 thistle	amod
8	thistle	thistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stung	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stung	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sting	past	I	my hand				on a prickly thistle	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent hand=Experiencer on thistle=Theme

Example 2

The thistle is the symbol of Scotland.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 thistle	det
2	thistle	thistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 symbol	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 symbol	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 symbol	det
5	symbol	symbol	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Scotland	case
7	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 symbol	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 symbol	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the thistle	the symbol				of Scotland	tree rules

Example 3

Goldfinches eat thistle seeds.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Goldfinches	goldfinch	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	nsubj
2	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	thistle	thistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seeds	compound
4	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 eat	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 eat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	Goldfinches	thistle seeds					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Patient

Example 4

Thistle down floated across the field.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thistle	thistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 floated	nsubj:pass
2	down	down	ADV	_	3 floated	advmod
3	floated	float	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	across	across	ADP	_	6 field	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 field	det
6	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 floated	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 floated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	participle · passive		Thistle		the field		down property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme across field=Trajectory

Example 5

Butterflies landed on the purple thistles.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Butterflies	butterfly	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 landed	nsubj
2	landed	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 thistles	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 thistles	det
5	purple	purple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 thistles	amod
6	thistles	thistle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 landed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 landed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	land	past	Butterflies			the purple thistles			vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on thistle=Destination

Example 6

Donkeys will sometimes eat thistles.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Donkeys	donkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 eat	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 eat	aux
3	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 eat	advmod
4	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	thistles	thistle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 eat	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 eat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	future	Donkeys	thistles				sometimes property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thistle=Patient

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