weedkiller Who acts: Weedkiller, chemical, unwanted wild plants, Grandpa, you, gardeners · What happens: be, kill, grow, spray, keep, lock · To what, where: chemical, weeds, gardens, weedkiller, path, shed
«weedkiller» 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: weedkiller in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Weedkiller is a chemical that kills weeds, the unwanted wild plants growing in gardens, paths and fields.
The tree, 17 words nsubj cop det nsubj acl:relcl obj punct det amod amod conj acl case obl punct conj cc conj punct root Weedkiller NOUN is AUX a DET chemical NOUN that PRON kills VERB weeds NOUN , PUNCT the DET unwanted ADJ wild ADJ plants NOUN growing VERB in ADP gardens NOUN , PUNCT paths NOUN and CCONJ fields NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Weedkiller weedkiller NOUN Number=Sing 4 chemical nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 chemical cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 chemical det 4 chemical chemical NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 that that PRON PronType=Rel 6 kills nsubj 6 kills kill VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 chemical acl:relcl 7 weeds weed NOUN Number=Plur 6 kills obj 8 , , PUNCT _ 12 plants punct 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 plants det 10 unwanted unwanted ADJ Degree=Pos 12 plants amod 11 wild wild ADJ Degree=Pos 12 plants amod 12 plants plant NOUN Number=Plur 7 weeds conj 13 growing grow VERB VerbForm=Ger 12 plants acl 14 in in ADP _ 15 gardens case 15 gardens garden NOUN Number=Plur 13 growing obl 16 , , PUNCT _ 17 paths punct 17 paths path NOUN Number=Plur 7 weeds conj 18 and and CCONJ _ 19 fields cc 19 fields field NOUN Number=Plur 7 weeds conj 20 . . PUNCT _ 4 chemical punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Weedkiller a chemical tree rules 2 kill present a chemical weeds and the unwanted wild plants and paths and fields vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weed=Theme 3 grow gerund the unwanted wild plants not said here gardens vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garden=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.
Example 1 Grandpa sprayed weedkiller on the path.
nsubj obj case det obl punct root Grandpa PROPN sprayed VERB weedkiller NOUN on ADP the DET path NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandpa Grandpa PROPN Number=Sing 2 sprayed nsubj 2 sprayed spray VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 weedkiller weedkiller NOUN Number=Sing 2 sprayed obj 4 on on ADP _ 6 path case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 path det 6 path path NOUN Number=Sing 2 sprayed obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 sprayed punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 spray past Grandpa weedkiller the path vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent weedkiller=Theme on path=Destination
Example 2 Keep the weedkiller locked in the shed.
det obj acl case det obl punct root Keep VERB the DET weedkiller NOUN locked VERB in ADP the DET shed NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Keep keep VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 weedkiller det 3 weedkiller weedkiller NOUN Number=Sing 1 Keep obj 4 locked lock VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 weedkiller acl 5 in in ADP _ 7 shed case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 shed det 7 shed shed NOUN Number=Sing 4 locked obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 1 Keep punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 keep imperative you not said here the weedkiller vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weedkiller=Theme 2 lock participle the weedkiller not said here the shed vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
Example 3 Weedkiller is poisonous, so never touch it.
nsubj cop punct advmod advmod parataxis obj punct root Weedkiller NOUN is AUX poisonous ADJ , PUNCT so ADV never ADV touch VERB it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Weedkiller weedkiller NOUN Number=Sing 3 poisonous nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 poisonous cop 3 poisonous poisonous ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 7 touch punct 5 so so ADV _ 7 touch advmod 6 never never ADV PronType=Neg 7 touch advmod 7 touch touch VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 poisonous parataxis 8 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 touch obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 poisonous punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Weedkiller poisonous property tree rules 2 not touch infinitive Weedkiller vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme
Example 4 Some gardeners pull up weeds instead of using weedkiller.
det nsubj compound:prt obj mark fixed advcl obj punct root Some DET gardeners NOUN pull VERB up ADP weeds NOUN instead ADV of ADP using VERB weedkiller NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Some some DET PronType=Ind 2 gardeners det 2 gardeners gardener NOUN Number=Plur 3 pull nsubj 3 pull pull VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 up up ADP _ 3 pull compound:prt 5 weeds weed NOUN Number=Plur 3 pull obj 6 instead instead ADV ExtPos=SCONJ 8 using mark 7 of of ADP _ 6 instead fixed 8 using use VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 pull advcl 9 weedkiller weedkiller NOUN Number=Sing 8 using obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 pull punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pull up present some gardeners weeds vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weed=Theme 2 use gerund some gardeners not said here weedkiller vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weedkiller=Patient
Example 5 Keep pets off the grass after the weedkiller is sprayed.
obj case det obl mark det nsubj aux:pass advcl punct root Keep VERB pets NOUN off ADP the DET grass NOUN after SCONJ the DET weedkiller NOUN is AUX sprayed VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Keep keep VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 pets pet NOUN Number=Plur 1 Keep obj 3 off off ADP _ 5 grass case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 grass det 5 grass grass NOUN Number=Sing 1 Keep obl 6 after after SCONJ _ 10 sprayed mark 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 weedkiller det 8 weedkiller weedkiller NOUN Number=Sing 10 sprayed nsubj 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 sprayed aux:pass 10 sprayed spray VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 1 Keep advcl 11 . . PUNCT _ 1 Keep punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 keep imperative you not said here pets off the grass vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pet=Theme 2 spray present · passive the weedkiller vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
Example 6 The bottle of weedkiller had a warning sign on it.
det nsubj case nmod det compound obj case nmod punct root The DET bottle NOUN of ADP weedkiller NOUN had VERB a DET warning NOUN sign NOUN on ADP it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 bottle det 2 bottle bottle NOUN Number=Sing 5 had nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 4 weedkiller case 4 weedkiller weedkiller NOUN Number=Sing 2 bottle nmod 5 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 sign det 7 warning warning NOUN Number=Sing 8 sign compound 8 sign sign NOUN Number=Sing 5 had obj 9 on on ADP _ 10 it case 10 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 sign nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 had punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have past the bottle of weedkiller a warning sign sign vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Patient
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