thyme

Who acts: Thyme, thyme thyme, trees, hare · What happens: be, use, grow, scent, make, bloom · To what, where: small herb, cooking, thyme thyme, fields, She, sentry sneeze

«thyme» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: thyme in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Thyme is a small herb with tiny grey-green leaves and a strong, sweet smell, used in cooking.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thyme	thyme	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 herb	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 herb	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 herb	det
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 herb	amod
5	herb	herb	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	11 leaves	case
7	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 leaves	amod
8	grey	grey	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 green	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 grey	punct
10	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 leaves	amod
11	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 herb	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 smell	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 smell	det
14	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 smell	amod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 strong	punct
16	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 smell	amod
17	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 leaves	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 used	punct
19	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 herb	acl
20	in	in	ADP	_	21 cooking	case
21	cooking	cooking	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 used	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 herb	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Thyme	a small herb				with tiny green leaves and a strong sweet smell	tree rules
2	use	participle		a small herb not said here		cooking			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Wild thyme is thyme that grows wild in fields and on hills.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thyme	amod
2	thyme	thyme	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thyme	compound
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 thyme	cop
4	thyme	thyme	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 grows	nsubj
6	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 thyme	acl:relcl
7	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 grows	xcomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 fields	case
9	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 grows	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 hills	cc
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 hills	case
12	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 fields	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 thyme	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		thyme thyme					tree rules
2	grow	present	thyme thyme			fields and hills		wild property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in field=Location

Example 1

She was so scented with wild thyme that it made the sentry sneeze.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 scented	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 scented	aux:pass
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 scented	advmod
4	scented	scent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 thyme	case
6	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 thyme	amod
7	thyme	thyme	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scented	obl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 made	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 made	nsubj
10	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 scented	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sneeze	det
12	sentry	sentry	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sneeze	compound
13	sneeze	sneeze	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 made	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 scented	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scent	past · passive		She				with wild thyme	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with thyme=Theme
2	make	past	thyme	the sentry sneeze					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material sneeze=Product

Example 2

Beneath the trees bloomed thyme and parsley.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beneath	beneath	ADP	_	3 trees	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 trees	det
3	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	bloomed	bloom	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 trees	acl
5	thyme	thyme	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bloomed	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 parsley	cc
7	parsley	parsley	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thyme	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 trees	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bloom	participle	the trees not said here	thyme and parsley					vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location thyme=Theme

Example 3

The hare was munching wild thyme.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hare	det
2	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 munching	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 munching	aux
4	munching	munch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 thyme	amod
6	thyme	thyme	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 munching	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 munching	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	munch	past · progressive	the hare	wild thyme					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thyme=Patient

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