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title: flax — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «flax» in the school dictionary: Flax is a plant whose stems are spun into thread for making linen cloth. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# flax

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**Who acts:** Flax, thou, they · **What happens:** be, spin, make, mean, have · **To what, where:** plant, stems, thread, linen cloth, Flax, two bundles

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«flax» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [flax in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/flax.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Flax is a plant whose stems are spun into thread for making linen cloth.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:flax:m1:1
# text = Flax is a plant whose stems are spun into thread for making linen cloth.
1	Flax	flax	NOUN	NN	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	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	stems	stem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	spun	spin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
13	linen	linen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Flax | a plant |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **spin** | present · passive |  | stems |  | thread |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into thread=Trajectory |
| 3 | **make** | gerund |  | linen cloth |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cloth=Product |

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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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Flax can also mean the thread spun from it.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:flax:m2:1
# text = Flax can also mean the thread spun from it.
1	Flax	flax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	also	also	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	spun	spin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | can | Flax | the thread |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thread=Topic |
| 2 | **spin** | participle |  | the thread *not said here* |  | Flax |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from it=Trajectory |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Here thou hast two bundles of flax.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:flax:x1:1
# text = Here thou hast two bundles of flax.
1	Here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hast	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	bundles	bundle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	flax	flax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | thou | two bundles of flax |  | here |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bundle=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Must they spin gold flax for ever?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:flax:x2:1
# text = Must they spin gold flax for ever?
1	Must	must	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	spin	spin	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	flax	flax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | present | they | gold flax |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent flax=Result for ever=Beneficiary |

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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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