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title: mistletoe — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «mistletoe» in the school dictionary: Mistletoe is a plant with white berries that grows on the branches of trees; people hang it up at Christmas. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# mistletoe

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**Who acts:** Mistletoe, white berries, people, We, fairy · **What happens:** be, grow, hang up, hang, not be, eat · **To what, where:** plant, branches, Christmas, mistletoe, door, oak tree

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«mistletoe» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: [mistletoe in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mistletoe.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Mistletoe is a plant with white berries that grows on the branches of trees; people hang it up at Christmas.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mistletoe:m1:1
# text = Mistletoe is a plant with white berries that grows on the branches of trees; people hang it up at Christmas.
1	Mistletoe	Mistletoe	PROPN	NNP	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	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
16	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
17	hang	hang	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	up	up	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	_
20	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Mistletoe | a plant |  |  |  | with white berries | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | present | white berries |  |  | the branches of trees |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on branch=Location |
| 3 | **hang up** | present | people | plant |  | Christmas |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme at christmas=Destination |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We hung mistletoe over the door at Christmas.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mistletoe:x1:1
# text = We hung mistletoe over the door at Christmas.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hung	hang	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	mistletoe	mistletoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | past | We | mistletoe |  | the door |  | at Christmas | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent mistletoe=Theme over door=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Mistletoe grows high in the oak tree.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mistletoe:x2:1
# text = Mistletoe grows high in the oak tree.
1	Mistletoe	mistletoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | Mistletoe |  |  | the oak tree |  | high *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The white berries of mistletoe are not good to eat.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mistletoe:x3:1
# text = The white berries of mistletoe are not good to eat.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	mistletoe	mistletoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | the white berries of mistletoe |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive | the white berries of mistletoe *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The fairy hid a sprig of mistletoe in her basket.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mistletoe:x4:1
# text = The fairy hid a sprig of mistletoe in her basket.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sprig	sprig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	mistletoe	mistletoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | the fairy | a sprig of mistletoe |  | fairy's basket |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sprig=Patient in basket=Location |

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