valerian Who acts: Valerian, small smelling pink flowers, people, Pink valerian, Butterflies, adults · What happens: be, smell, grow, make, take, help · To what, where: tall wild plant, medicine, root, plant, people, river bank
«valerian» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: valerian in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Valerian is a tall wild plant with small sweet-smelling pink or white flowers that grows by rivers and in damp places.
The tree, 22 words nsubj cop det amod amod case amod compound punct amod amod cc conj nmod nsubj acl:relcl case obl cc case amod conj punct root Valerian NOUN is AUX a DET tall ADJ wild ADJ plant NOUN with ADP small ADJ sweet ADJ - PUNCT smelling VERB pink ADJ or CCONJ white ADJ flowers NOUN that PRON grows VERB by ADP rivers NOUN and CCONJ in ADP damp ADJ places NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Valerian valerian NOUN Number=Sing 6 plant nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 plant cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 plant det 4 tall tall ADJ Degree=Pos 6 plant amod 5 wild wild ADJ Degree=Pos 6 plant amod 6 plant plant NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 with with ADP _ 15 flowers case 8 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 15 flowers amod 9 sweet sweet ADJ Degree=Pos 11 smelling compound 10 - - PUNCT _ 9 sweet punct 11 smelling smell VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 15 flowers amod 12 pink pink ADJ Degree=Pos 15 flowers amod 13 or or CCONJ _ 14 white cc 14 white white ADJ Degree=Pos 12 pink conj 15 flowers flower NOUN Number=Plur 6 plant nmod 16 that that PRON PronType=Rel 17 grows nsubj 17 grows grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 flowers acl:relcl 18 by by ADP _ 19 rivers case 19 rivers river NOUN Number=Plur 17 grows obl 20 and and CCONJ _ 23 places cc 21 in in ADP _ 23 places case 22 damp damp ADJ Degree=Pos 23 places amod 23 places place NOUN Number=Plur 19 rivers conj 24 . . PUNCT _ 6 plant punct
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1 is a present Valerian a tall wild plant with small smelling pink flowers tree rules 2 smell gerund vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 grow present small smelling pink flowers by rivers and damp places vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by river=Location
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 Valerian is also a medicine made from the root of this plant, which some people take to help them sleep.
The tree, 20 words nsubj cop advmod det acl case det obl case det nmod punct obj det nsubj acl:relcl mark advcl obj xcomp punct root Valerian NOUN is AUX also ADV a DET medicine NOUN made VERB from ADP the DET root NOUN of ADP this DET plant NOUN , PUNCT which PRON some DET people NOUN take VERB to PART help VERB them PRON sleep VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Valerian valerian NOUN Number=Sing 5 medicine nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 medicine cop 3 also also ADV _ 5 medicine advmod 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 medicine det 5 medicine medicine NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 medicine acl 7 from from ADP _ 9 root case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 root det 9 root root NOUN Number=Sing 6 made obl 10 of of ADP _ 12 plant case 11 this this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 12 plant det 12 plant plant NOUN Number=Sing 9 root nmod 13 , , PUNCT _ 17 take punct 14 which which PRON PronType=Rel 17 take obj 15 some some DET PronType=Ind 16 people det 16 people people NOUN Number=Plur 17 take nsubj 17 take take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 plant acl:relcl 18 to to PART _ 19 help mark 19 help help VERB VerbForm=Inf 17 take advcl 20 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 19 help obj 21 sleep sleep VERB VerbForm=Inf 19 help xcomp 22 . . PUNCT _ 5 medicine punct
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1 is a present Valerian a medicine tree rules 2 make participle a medicine not said here the root of this plant vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from root=Material 3 take present some people this plant vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme 4 help to-infinitive some people not said here people vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary clause=Theme 5 sleep infinitive people not said here vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 1 Pink valerian grew along the river bank.
amod nsubj case det compound obl punct root Pink ADJ valerian NOUN grew VERB along ADP the DET river NOUN bank NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Pink pink ADJ Degree=Pos 2 valerian amod 2 valerian valerian NOUN Number=Sing 3 grew nsubj 3 grew grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 along along ADP _ 7 bank case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 bank det 6 river river NOUN Number=Sing 7 bank compound 7 bank bank NOUN Number=Sing 3 grew obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 grew punct
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1 grow past Pink valerian the river bank vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along bank=Location
Example 2 Red valerian sprouted from the old castle wall.
amod acl case det amod compound obl punct root Red ADJ valerian NOUN sprouted VERB from ADP the DET old ADJ castle NOUN wall NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Red red ADJ Degree=Pos 2 valerian amod 2 valerian valerian NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 sprouted sprout VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 valerian acl 4 from from ADP _ 8 wall case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 wall det 6 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 8 wall amod 7 castle castle NOUN Number=Sing 8 wall compound 8 wall wall NOUN Number=Sing 3 sprouted obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 valerian punct
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1 sprout participle Red valerian not said here the old castle wall vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP.theme V PP.source»: agent=Theme from wall=Source
Example 3 Butterflies visit valerian flowers.
nsubj amod obj punct root Butterflies NOUN visit VERB valerian ADJ flowers NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Butterflies butterfly NOUN Number=Plur 2 visit nsubj 2 visit visit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 valerian valerian ADJ Degree=Pos 4 flowers amod 4 flowers flower NOUN Number=Plur 2 visit obj 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 visit punct
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1 visit present Butterflies valerian flowers vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Co-Agent
Example 4 Some adults take valerian to help them sleep.
det nsubj obj mark advcl obj xcomp punct root Some DET adults NOUN take VERB valerian NOUN to PART help VERB them PRON sleep VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Some some DET PronType=Ind 2 adults det 2 adults adult NOUN Number=Plur 3 take nsubj 3 take take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 valerian valerian NOUN Number=Sing 3 take obj 5 to to PART _ 6 help mark 6 help help VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 take advcl 7 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 help obj 8 sleep sleep VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 help xcomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 take punct
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1 take present some adults valerian vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent valerian=Theme 2 help to-infinitive some adults not said here adults = adult vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary clause=Theme 3 sleep infinitive adults = adult not said here vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 5 Our cat rolled in the valerian.
nmod:poss nsubj case det obl punct root Our PRON cat NOUN rolled VERB in ADP the DET valerian 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 cat nmod:poss 2 cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 3 rolled nsubj 3 rolled roll VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 in in ADP _ 6 valerian case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 valerian det 6 valerian valerian NOUN Number=Sing 3 rolled obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 rolled punct
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1 roll participle Our cat the valerian vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in valerian=Trajectory
Example 6 The root of valerian smells very strong.
det nsubj case amod nmod advmod punct root The DET root NOUN of ADP valerian ADJ smells NOUN very ADV strong ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 root det 2 root root NOUN Number=Sing 7 strong nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 5 smells case 4 valerian valerian ADJ Degree=Pos 5 smells amod 5 smells smell NOUN Number=Plur 2 root nmod 6 very very ADV _ 7 strong advmod 7 strong strong ADJ Degree=Pos root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 strong punct
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