trefoil
Who acts: trefoil, Four white trefoils, she, clover, gardener · What happens: be, mean, round, spring up, tread, plant · To what, where: plant, shape, trefoil, row
«trefoil» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: trefoil in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A trefoil is a plant with three leaves on each stalk, like clover. It can also mean a shape with three rounded lobes.
Sentence 1: A trefoil is a plant with three leaves on each stalk, like clover.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 trefoil | det |
| 2 | trefoil | trefoil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 plant | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 plant | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 plant | det |
| 5 | plant | plant | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 leaves | case |
| 7 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 leaves | nummod |
| 8 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 plant | nmod |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 stalk | case |
| 10 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 stalk | det |
| 11 | stalk | stalk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 leaves | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 clover | punct |
| 13 | like | like | ADP | _ | 14 clover | case |
| 14 | clover | clover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 stalk | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 plant | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a trefoil | a plant | with three leaves on each stalk and clover | tree rules |
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.
Sentence 2: It can also mean a shape with three rounded lobes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 mean | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 mean | aux |
| 3 | also | also | ADV | _ | 4 mean | advmod |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 shape | det |
| 6 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mean | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 lobes | case |
| 8 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 lobes | nummod |
| 9 | rounded | round | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 lobes | amod |
| 10 | lobes | lobe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 shape | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | can | trefoil | a shape | with three rounded lobes | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Topic | |||
| 2 | round | participle | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Example 1
Four white trefoils sprang up where she trod.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 trefoils | nummod |
| 2 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 trefoils | amod |
| 3 | trefoils | trefoil | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 sprang | nsubj |
| 4 | sprang | spring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 sprang | compound:prt |
| 6 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 8 trod | advmod |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 trod | nsubj |
| 8 | trod | tread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 sprang | advcl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 sprang | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spring up | past | Four white trefoils | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | tread | past | she | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 2
A clover is a trefoil with three leaves.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 clover | det |
| 2 | clover | clover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 trefoil | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 trefoil | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 trefoil | det |
| 5 | trefoil | trefoil | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 leaves | case |
| 7 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 leaves | nummod |
| 8 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 trefoil | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 trefoil | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a clover | a trefoil | with three leaves | tree rules |
Example 3
The gardener planted a row of trefoils by the path.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 gardener | det |
| 2 | gardener | gardener | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 planted | nsubj |
| 3 | planted | plant | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 row | det |
| 5 | row | row | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 planted | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 trefoils | case |
| 7 | trefoils | trefoil | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 row | nmod |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 path | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 path | det |
| 10 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 planted | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 planted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plant | past | the gardener | a row of trefoils | by the path | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent row=Theme by path=Destination |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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