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title: milkweed — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «milkweed» in the school dictionary: Milkweed is a North American plant with a milky white sap, pinkish flower clusters and pods full of fluffy seeds. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# milkweed

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**Who acts:** Milkweed, caterpillars, Monarch caterpillars, We, Milkweed sap, poison · **What happens:** be, eat, plant, help, float away, protect · **To what, where:** North American plant, only monarch butterfly, milkweed, school garden, butterflies, fluffy seeds

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Milkweed is a North American plant with a milky white sap, pinkish flower clusters and pods full of fluffy seeds.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:milkweed:m1:1
# text = Milkweed is a North American plant with a milky white sap, pinkish flower clusters and pods full of fluffy seeds.
1	Milkweed	milkweed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
5	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	milky	milky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	sap	SAP	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	pinkish	pinkish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	clusters	cluster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	appos	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	pods	pod	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	_
18	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	fluffy	fluffy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Milkweed | a North American plant |  |  |  | with a milky white sap | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Milkweed is the only food monarch butterfly caterpillars eat.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:milkweed:m2:1
# text = Milkweed is the only food monarch butterfly caterpillars eat.
1	Milkweed	milkweed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	monarch	monarch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	butterfly	butterfly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	caterpillars	caterpillar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Milkweed | the only monarch butterfly |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | present | caterpillars | the only monarch butterfly *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent butterfly=Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Monarch caterpillars eat only milkweed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:milkweed:x1:1
# text = Monarch caterpillars eat only milkweed.
1	Monarch	monarch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	caterpillars	caterpillar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	milkweed	milkweed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Monarch caterpillars | milkweed |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milkweed=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We planted milkweed in the school garden to help butterflies.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:milkweed:x2:1
# text = We planted milkweed in the school garden to help butterflies.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	planted	plant	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	milkweed	milkweed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
10	butterflies	butterfly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plant** | past | We | milkweed |  | the school garden |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent milkweed=Theme in garden=Destination |
| 2 | **help** | to-infinitive | We *not said here* |  | butterflies |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent butterfly=Beneficiary |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The milkweed pod burst and fluffy seeds floated away.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:milkweed:x3:1
# text = The milkweed pod burst and fluffy seeds floated away.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	milkweed	milkweed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	pod	pod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	burst	burst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	fluffy	fluffy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
8	floated	float	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float away** | participle |  | fluffy seeds *not said here* |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Milkweed sap is white and sticky like milk.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:milkweed:x4:1
# text = Milkweed sap is white and sticky like milk.
1	Milkweed	milkweed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	sap	SAP	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sticky	sticky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	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** | present | Milkweed sap |  |  |  |  | like milk; white *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Milkweed sap *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The poison in milkweed protects monarchs from birds.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:milkweed:x5:1
# text = The poison in milkweed protects monarchs from birds.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	milkweed	milkweed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	protects	protect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	monarchs	monarch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | present | the poison in milkweed | monarchs |  |  |  | from birds | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent monarch=Beneficiary from bird=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We found a monarch egg on a milkweed leaf.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:milkweed:x6:1
# text = We found a monarch egg on a milkweed leaf.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	monarch	monarch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	milkweed	milkweed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	leaf	leaf	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 | **find** | past | We | a monarch egg |  | a milkweed leaf |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Topic |

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