tussock

Who acts: grass, We, Water, herds · What happens: grow, step, lie, graze · To what, where: tussock, tussocks

«tussock» 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: tussock in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A thick clump or tuft of grass growing from the ground, often in wet ground.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 clump	det
2	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 clump	amod
3	clump	clump	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 tuft	cc
5	tuft	tuft	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 clump	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 grass	case
7	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tuft	nmod
8	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 grass	acl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 ground	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ground	det
11	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 growing	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 ground	punct
13	often	often	ADV	_	16 ground	advmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 ground	case
15	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 ground	amod
16	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 clump	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 clump	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	gerund	grass not said here					from the ground	vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.product V PP.patient»: agent=Product from ground=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

We stepped from tussock to tussock across the bog.

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 stepped	nsubj
2	stepped	step	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 tussock	case
4	tussock	tussock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stepped	obl
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 tussock	case
6	tussock	tussock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stepped	obl
7	across	across	ADP	_	9 bog	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bog	det
9	bog	bog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stepped	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stepped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	step	past	We			tussock		to tussock; across the bog	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to tussock=Destination

Example 2

Water lay between the tussocks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lay	nsubj
2	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	between	between	ADP	_	5 tussocks	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tussocks	det
5	tussocks	tussock	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lay	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past	Water			the tussocks			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent between tussock=Location

Example 3

The herds grazed among the tussocks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 herds	det
2	herds	herd	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grazed	nsubj
3	grazed	graze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	among	among	ADP	_	6 tussocks	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tussocks	det
6	tussocks	tussock	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grazed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 grazed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	graze	past	the herds					among the tussocks	vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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