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title: bluebell — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «bluebell» in the school dictionary: A wild plant with nodding, bell-shaped blue or purple flowers that grows in woods in spring, especially in Britain and Ireland. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# bluebell

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**Who acts:** wild plant, Bluebells, you, We, our, Bees · **What happens:** shape, grow, carpet, not pick, dig up, protect · **To what, where:** shaped blue flowers, woods, wood, old woods, wild bluebells, bluebells

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«bluebell» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [bluebell in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bluebell.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A wild plant with nodding, bell-shaped blue or purple flowers that grows in woods in spring, especially in Britain and Ireland.

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bluebell:m1:1
# text = A wild plant with nodding, bell-shaped blue or purple flowers that grows in woods in spring, especially in Britain and Ireland.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	nodding	nodding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
7	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	shaped	shape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
10	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
13	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shape** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **grow** | present | a wild plant with nodding | shaped blue flowers |  | woods | spring | in Britain and Ireland | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location |

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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}

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Usage: Scotland — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Another name for the harebell, a delicate blue summer flower.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bluebell:m2:1
# text = Another name for the harebell, a delicate blue summer flower.
1	Another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	harebell	harebell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	delicate	delicate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
9	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In other places, other blue bell-shaped flowers, like Virginia bluebells in the USA.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bluebell:m3:1
# text = In other places, other blue bell-shaped flowers, like Virginia bluebells in the USA.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
6	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
7	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	shaped	shape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	Virginia	Virginia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	bluebells	bluebell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	appos	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	USA	USA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shape** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In spring, the wood was carpeted with bluebells.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bluebell:x1:1
# text = In spring, the wood was carpeted with bluebells.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	carpeted	carpet	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	bluebells	bluebell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carpet** | past · passive |  | the wood |  |  | spring | with bluebells | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with bluebell=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bluebells grow best in old woods.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bluebell:x2:1
# text = Bluebells grow best in old woods.
1	Bluebells	bluebell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | Bluebells |  |  | old woods |  | well *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Don't pick or dig up wild bluebells; they are protected.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bluebell:x3:1
# text = Don't pick or dig up wild bluebells; they are protected.
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	pick	pick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	dig	dig	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bluebells	bluebell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	protected	protect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **pick** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **dig up** | infinitive | you *not said here* | wild bluebells |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bluebell=Theme |
| 3 | **protect** | present · passive |  | bluebells *= bluebell* |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bluebells smelled sweet in the sunshine.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bluebell:x4:1
# text = The bluebells smelled sweet in the sunshine.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bluebells	bluebell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	smelled	smell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sunshine	sunshine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | past | the bluebells |  |  | the sunshine |  | sweet *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We walked through a bluebell wood on our school trip.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bluebell:x5:1
# text = We walked through a bluebell wood on our school trip.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	bluebell	bluebell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | We |  |  | a bluebell wood |  | on our school trip | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through wood=Trajectory |
| 2 | **trip** |  | our |  |  |  |  |  | nom trip «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bees love bluebell flowers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bluebell:x6:1
# text = Bees love bluebell flowers.
1	Bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	bluebell	bluebell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | Bees | bluebell flowers |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer flower=Stimulus |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sweet is the scent of the hawthorn, and sweet are the bluebells that hide in the valley, and the heather that blows on the hill.

<!-- fold The tree, 25 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bluebell:x7:1
# text = Sweet is the scent of the hawthorn, and sweet are the bluebells that hide in the valley, and the heather that blows on the hill.
1	Sweet	sweet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	scent	scent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hawthorn	hawthorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bluebells	bluebell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	hide	hide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	heather	heather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
23	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	24	nsubj	_	_
24	blows	blow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	acl:relcl	_	_
25	on	on	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Sweet | the scent and the sweet bluebells and the heather |  |  |  | of the hawthorn | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Sweet *not said here* | the sweet bluebells |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **hide** | present | the sweet bluebells |  |  | the valley |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in valley=Location |
| 4 | **blow** | present | the heather |  |  | the hill |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

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