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title: edelweiss — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «edelweiss» in the school dictionary: A small white woolly-looking flower that grows high in the Alps and other mountains of Europe; it is a famous symbol of Switzerland and Austria. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# edelweiss

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**Who acts:** small white looking flower, flower, Edelweiss, petals, We, Picking · **What happens:** look, grow, be, make, sing, pick · **To what, where:** Alps, famous symbol, petals, Edelweiss, school concert, symbol

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«edelweiss» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: [edelweiss in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/edelweiss.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A small white woolly-looking flower that grows high in the Alps and other mountains of Europe; it is a famous symbol of Switzerland and Austria.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:edelweiss:m1:1
# text = A small white woolly-looking flower that grows high in the Alps and other mountains of Europe; it is a famous symbol of Switzerland and Austria.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
4	woolly	woolly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Alps	Alp	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	symbol	symbol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	Switzerland	Switzerland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	Austria	Austria	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **grow** | present | a small white looking flower |  |  | the Alps and other mountains of Europe |  | high *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in alp=Location |
| 3 | **is a** | present | flower | a famous symbol |  |  |  | of Switzerland and Austria | 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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Edelweiss grows high up in the Alps.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:edelweiss:x1:1
# text = Edelweiss grows high up in the Alps.
1	Edelweiss	edelweiss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	high	high	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
4	up	up	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Alps	Alp	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | Edelweiss |  |  | the Alps |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in alp=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Its petals look as if they are made of white felt.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:edelweiss:x2:1
# text = Its petals look as if they are made of white felt.
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	petals	petal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	felt	felt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | Its petals |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **make** | present · passive |  | petals *= petal* |  |  |  | of white felt | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We sang «Edelweiss» in the school concert.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:edelweiss:x3:1
# text = We sang «Edelweiss» in the school concert.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Edelweiss	Edelweiss	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	concert	concert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | We | Edelweiss |  | the school concert |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location edelweiss=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Edelweiss is a symbol of Austria and Switzerland.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:edelweiss:x4:1
# text = Edelweiss is a symbol of Austria and Switzerland.
1	Edelweiss	Edelweiss	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	symbol	symbol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Austria	Austria	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	Switzerland	Switzerland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Edelweiss | a symbol |  |  |  | of Austria and Switzerland | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Picking wild edelweiss is not allowed in many places.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:edelweiss:x5:1
# text = Picking wild edelweiss is not allowed in many places.
1	Picking	pick	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	csubj:pass	_	_
2	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	edelweiss	edelweiss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | gerund |  | wild edelweiss |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent edelweiss=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **allow** | present · passive | Picking |  |  | many places |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING» |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fluffy hairs help edelweiss stay warm.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:edelweiss:x6:1
# text = The fluffy hairs help edelweiss stay warm.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fluffy	fluffy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hairs	hair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	edelweiss	edelweiss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | the fluffy hairs | edelweiss |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent edelweiss=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 2 | **stay** | infinitive | edelweiss *not said here* |  |  |  |  | warm *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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