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title: anemone — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «anemone» in the school dictionary: An anemone is a garden or wild flower with bright petals, often red, purple, pink or white, and a dark centre. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# anemone

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**Who acts:** anemone, sea anemone, soft sea animal, clownfish, We, tide · **What happens:** be, look, stick, catch, sting, hide · **To what, where:** garden, soft sea animal, food, tentacles, red sea anemones, rock pool

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«anemone» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [anemone in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/anemone.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An anemone is a garden or wild flower with bright petals, often red, purple, pink or white, and a dark centre.

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:anemone:m1:1
# text = An anemone is a garden or wild flower with bright petals, often red, purple, pink or white, and a dark centre.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	anemone	anemone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	petals	petal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	often	often	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	pink	pink	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	_
19	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	centre	centre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a anemone | a garden or wild flower with bright petals |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A sea anemone is a soft sea animal that looks like a flower; it sticks to rocks and catches food with stinging tentacles.

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:anemone:m2:1
# text = A sea anemone is a soft sea animal that looks like a flower; it sticks to rocks and catches food with stinging tentacles.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	anemone	anemone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	sticks	stick	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	catches	catch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
21	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
22	with	with	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	stinging	sting	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	24	amod	_	_
24	tentacles	tentacle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a sea anemone | a soft sea animal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | present | a soft sea animal |  |  |  |  | like a flower | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **stick** | present | anemone |  |  |  |  | to rocks | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **catch** | present | anemone *not said here* | food |  |  |  | with stinging tentacles | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme |
| 5 | **sting** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The clownfish hid among the anemone's tentacles.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:anemone:x1:1
# text = The clownfish hid among the anemone's tentacles.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	clownfish	clownfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	among	among	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	anemone	anemone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	tentacles	tentacle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | the clownfish |  |  | the anemone's tentacles |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent among tentacle=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We found red sea anemones in the rock pool.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:anemone:x2:1
# text = We found red sea anemones in the rock pool.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	anemones	anemone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | We | red sea anemones |  | the rock pool |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anemone=Topic |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A sea anemone is an animal, not a plant.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:anemone:x3:1
# text = A sea anemone is an animal, not a plant.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	anemone	anemone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a sea anemone | a animal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
When the tide went out, the anemones looked like blobs of jelly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:anemone:x4:1
# text = When the tide went out, the anemones looked like blobs of jelly.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	anemones	anemone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	blobs	blob	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	jelly	jelly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go out** | past | the tide |  |  |  |  |  | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **look** | past | the anemones |  |  |  |  | like blobs of jelly | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Gran planted purple anemones in her garden.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:anemone:x5:1
# text = Gran planted purple anemones in her garden.
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	planted	plant	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	anemones	anemone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plant** | past | Gran | purple anemones |  | Gran's garden |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent anemone=Theme in garden=Destination |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sea anemones sting small fish to catch them.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:anemone:x6:1
# text = Sea anemones sting small fish to catch them.
1	Sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	anemones	anemone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sting	sting	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sting** | present | Sea anemones | small fish |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fish=Experiencer |
| 2 | **catch** | to-infinitive | Sea anemones *not said here* | fish |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The anemone closed up when I touched it gently.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:anemone:x7:1
# text = The anemone closed up when I touched it gently.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	anemone	anemone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	touched	touch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close up** | participle |  | the anemone *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **touch** | past | I | anemone |  |  |  | gently *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Primroses and anemones sprung forth, and violets bloomed in the shade, while every blade of grass was full of strength and sap.

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:anemone:x8:1
# text = Primroses and anemones sprung forth, and violets bloomed in the shade, while every blade of grass was full of strength and sap.
1	Primroses	primrose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	anemones	anemone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	sprung	spring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
5	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	violets	violet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
9	bloomed	bloom	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	shade	shade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
14	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
15	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	sap	SAP	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spring** | participle |  | Primroses and anemones and violets *not said here* |  |  |  | forth *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **bloom** | participle |  | violets *not said here* |  | the shade |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shade=Location |
| 3 | **is** | past | every blade of grass |  |  |  |  | of strength and sap; full *property* | tree rules |

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