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title: convolvulus — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «convolvulus» in the school dictionary: A convolvulus is a climbing plant with trumpet-shaped flowers, such as bindweed or morning glory. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# convolvulus

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**Who acts:** convolvulus · **What happens:** be, shape, climb up, open, tell · **To what, where:** climbing plant, garden fence, flowers, long dream, other plants, tale · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«convolvulus» 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: [convolvulus in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/convolvulus.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A convolvulus is a climbing plant with trumpet-shaped flowers, such as bindweed or morning glory.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:convolvulus:m1:1
# text = A convolvulus is a climbing plant with trumpet-shaped flowers, such as bindweed or morning glory.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	convolvulus	convolvulus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	climbing	climbing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	trumpet	trumpet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	shaped	shape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	15	case	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	fixed	_	_
15	bindweed	bindweed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	glory	glory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a convolvulus | a climbing plant |  |  |  | with shaped flowers and bindweed or morning glory | tree rules |
| 2 | **shape** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The convolvulus climbed up the garden fence.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:convolvulus:x1:1
# text = The convolvulus climbed up the garden fence.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	convolvulus	convolvulus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	climbed	climb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb up** | past | the convolvulus | the garden fence |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location fence=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Its white bells of flowers opened in the morning.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:convolvulus:x2:1
# text = Its white bells of flowers opened in the morning.
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	opened	open	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | participle |  | flowers *not said here* |  |  | morning |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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In the tale, the convolvulus told a long dream to the other plants.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:convolvulus:x3:1
# text = In the tale, the convolvulus told a long dream to the other plants.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	convolvulus	convolvulus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the convolvulus | a long dream | the other plants | the tale |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent dream=Topic to plant=Recipient |

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**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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