yam

Who acts: yam, Uncle, old man · What happens: be, grow, cook, pause, draw, blow · To what, where: large root vegetable, warm countries, pound yam, ashes, peeling

«yam» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: yam in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A yam is a large root vegetable with brown skin and firm white or orange flesh, grown in warm countries and cooked like a potato.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 yam	det
2	yam	yam	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 vegetable	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 vegetable	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 vegetable	det
5	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 vegetable	amod
6	root	root	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 vegetable	compound
7	vegetable	vegetable	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 skin	case
9	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 skin	amod
10	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 vegetable	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 flesh	cc
12	firm	firm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 flesh	amod
13	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 flesh	amod
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 orange	cc
15	orange	orange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 white	conj
16	flesh	flesh	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 skin	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 grown	punct
18	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 vegetable	parataxis
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 countries	case
20	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 countries	amod
21	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 grown	obl
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 cooked	cc
23	cooked	cook	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 grown	conj
24	like	like	ADP	_	26 potato	case
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 potato	det
26	potato	potato	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 cooked	obl
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 vegetable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a yam	a large root vegetable		with brown skin and firm white flesh	tree rules
2	grow	participle			warm countries		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in country=Location
3	cook	participle				like a potato	vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=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

Here Uncle Remus paused, and drew a two-pound yam out of the ashes.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 paused	advmod
2	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 paused	nsubj
3	Remus	Remus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Uncle	flat
4	paused	pause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 drew	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 drew	cc
7	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 paused	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 yam	det
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 pound	nummod
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 two	punct
11	pound	pound	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 yam	compound
12	yam	yam	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drew	obj
13	out	out	ADP	_	16 ashes	case
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 ashes	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ashes	det
16	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 drew	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 paused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pause	past	Uncle			here			vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
2	draw	past	Uncle not said here	a pound yam		the ashes			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent yam=Theme out ash=Initial_Location

Example 2

Then the old man blew the ashes from a smoking yam, and proceeded to remove the peeling.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 blew	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 man	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 man	amod
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blew	nsubj
5	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ashes	det
7	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 blew	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	11 yam	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 yam	det
10	smoking	smoking	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 yam	compound
11	yam	yam	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blew	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 proceeded	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 proceeded	cc
14	proceeded	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 blew	conj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 remove	mark
16	remove	remove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 proceeded	xcomp
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 peeling	det
18	peeling	peeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 remove	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 blew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	blow	past	the old man	the ashes	then	from a smoking yam	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent ash=Patient from yam=Co-Patient
2	proceed	past	the old man not said here				vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	remove	to-infinitive	the old man not said here	the peeling			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peeling=Theme

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