whitethorn

Who acts: Whitethorn · What happens: be, grow, cover, nest · To what, where: name, house, whitethorn, Birds

«whitethorn» 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: whitethorn in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Whitethorn is another name for hawthorn, a prickly bush with white flowers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whitethorn	whitethorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 name	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 name	cop
3	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	4 name	det
4	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 hawthorn	case
6	hawthorn	hawthorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 name	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bush	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bush	det
9	prickly	prickly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bush	amod
10	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 name	appos
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 flowers	case
12	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 flowers	amod
13	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 bush	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 name	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Whitethorn	another name				for hawthorn	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.

Example 1

Whitethorn grew all around the house.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whitethorn	whitethorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grew	nsubj
2	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	ADV	_	6 house	advmod
4	around	around	ADP	_	6 house	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 house	det
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grew	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	Whitethorn			the house			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around house=Location

Example 2

The whitethorn was covered in white blossom.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 whitethorn	det
2	whitethorn	whitethorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 covered	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 covered	aux:pass
4	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 blossom	case
6	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 blossom	amod
7	blossom	blossom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 covered	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 covered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	past · passive		the whitethorn				in white blossom	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in blossom=Theme

Example 3

Birds nested in the whitethorn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	nested	nest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Birds	acl
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 whitethorn	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 whitethorn	det
5	whitethorn	whitethorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nested	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Birds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nest	participle		Birds not said here		the whitethorn			vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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