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title: juniper — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «juniper» in the school dictionary: A juniper is an evergreen bush or small tree with prickly needles and blue berries. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# juniper

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**Who acts:** juniper, bird, old story · **What happens:** be, sit, sing, use, flavour, begin · **To what, where:** evergreen bush, juniper tree, Juniper berries, drinks

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A juniper is an evergreen bush or small tree with prickly needles and blue berries.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:juniper:m1:1
# text = A juniper is an evergreen bush or small tree with prickly needles and blue berries.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	juniper	juniper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	evergreen	evergreen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	prickly	prickly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	needles	needle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 juniper | a evergreen bush or small tree with prickly needles and blue berries |  |  |  |  | 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}

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The bird sat in the juniper tree and sang.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:juniper:x1:1
# text = The bird sat in the juniper tree and sang.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	juniper	juniper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | the bird |  |  | the juniper tree |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=Location |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the bird *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Juniper berries are used to flavour some drinks.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:juniper:x2:1
# text = Juniper berries are used to flavour some drinks.
1	Juniper	juniper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	flavour	flavour	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
7	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	drinks	drink	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · passive |  | Juniper berries |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **flavour** | to-infinitive |  | some drinks |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Under the juniper tree the old story began.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:juniper:x3:1
# text = Under the juniper tree the old story began.
1	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	juniper	juniper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin** | past | the old story |  |  | the juniper tree |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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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