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title: jessamine — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «jessamine» in the school dictionary: An old spelling of jasmine, a sweet-smelling climbing plant with white or yellow flowers. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# jessamine

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**Who acts:** jessamine, Mother · **What happens:** smell, spell, cover, sit · **To what, where:** jasmine, bower, garden, jessamine

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An old spelling of jasmine, a sweet-smelling climbing plant with white or yellow flowers.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jessamine:m1:1
# text = An old spelling of jasmine, a sweet-smelling climbing plant with white or yellow flowers.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	jasmine	jasmine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
8	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	smelling	smell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	amod	_	_
11	climbing	climbing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	_
17	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	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 | **smell** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **spell** |  |  | jasmine |  |  |  |  | nom spelling «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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 bower was covered in jessamine.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jessamine:x1:1
# text = The bower was covered in jessamine.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bower	bower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	jessamine	jessamine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | past · passive |  | the bower |  |  |  | in jessamine | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in jessamine=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The jessamine smelled sweet in the garden.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jessamine:x2:1
# text = The jessamine smelled sweet in the garden.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	jessamine	jessamine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	smelled	smell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|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	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **smell** | past | the jessamine |  |  | the garden |  | sweet *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Mother and daughter sat under the jessamine.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jessamine:x3:1
# text = Mother and daughter sat under the jessamine.
1	Mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	jessamine	jessamine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | Mother and daughter |  |  | the jessamine |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under jessamine=Location |

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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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