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title: laurel — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «laurel» in the school dictionary: A laurel is an evergreen bush with shiny dark leaves. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# laurel

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**Who acts:** laurel, Apollo, Tall laurel · **What happens:** be, wear, crown, make, grow · **To what, where:** evergreen bush, wreath, honour, hedge, crown

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A laurel is an evergreen bush with shiny dark leaves.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:laurel:m1:1
# text = A laurel is an evergreen bush with shiny dark leaves.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	laurel	laurel	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	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	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 laurel | a evergreen bush |  |  |  | with shiny dark leaves | 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

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A wreath of laurel leaves was worn as a crown of honour.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:laurel:m2:1
# text = A wreath of laurel leaves was worn as a crown of honour.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wreath	wreath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	laurel	laurel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	honour	honour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past · passive |  | a wreath of laurel leaves |  |  |  | as a crown of honour | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |
| 2 | **crown** |  |  | honour |  |  |  |  | nom crown «communication transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The hedge is made of laurel.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:laurel:x1:1
# text = The hedge is made of laurel.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hedge	hedge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	laurel	laurel	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 | **make** | present · passive |  | the hedge |  |  |  | of laurel | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Apollo's crown was made of laurel.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:laurel:x2:1
# text = Apollo's crown was made of laurel.
1	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	laurel	laurel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | Apollo's crown |  |  |  | of laurel | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **crown** |  | Apollo |  |  |  |  |  | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Tall laurel grew by the wall.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:laurel:x3:1
# text = Tall laurel grew by the wall.
1	Tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	laurel	laurel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | Tall laurel |  |  |  |  | by the wall | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by wall=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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