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title: mulberry — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «mulberry» in the school dictionary: A tree with broad leaves and dark purple, red or white berries like long blackberries. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# mulberry

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**Who acts:** Silkworms, mulberries, We, Granny, mulberry tree, coat · **What happens:** eat, stain, sing, go, make, live · **To what, where:** mulberry leaves, fingers, mulberry bush, mulberry jam, deep mulberry colour · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«mulberry» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: [mulberry in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mulberry.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A tree with broad leaves and dark purple, red or white berries like long blackberries.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mulberry:m1:1
# text = A tree with broad leaves and dark purple, red or white berries like long blackberries.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	broad	broad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
7	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
8	purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
13	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	blackberries	blackberry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fruit of this tree.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mulberry:m2:1
# text = The fruit of this tree.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A dark purple-red colour.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mulberry:m3:1
# text = A dark purple-red colour.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Silkworms eat mulberry leaves.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mulberry:x1:1
# text = Silkworms eat mulberry leaves.
1	Silkworms	silkworm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	mulberry	mulberry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The mulberries stained my fingers purple.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mulberry:x2:1
# text = The mulberries stained my fingers purple.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mulberries	mulberry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stained	stain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stain** | past | the mulberries | my fingers |  |  |  | purple *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent finger=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We sang «Here we go round the mulberry bush».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mulberry:x3:1
# text = We sang «Here we go round the mulberry bush».
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
5	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	round	round	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	mulberry	mulberry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | We |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** *in a quote* | present | we |  |  | the mulberry bush; here |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme round bush=Initial\_Location |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Granny makes mulberry jam.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mulberry:x4:1
# text = Granny makes mulberry jam.
1	Granny	granny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	mulberry	mulberry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	jam	jam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Granny | mulberry jam |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jam=Product |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A mulberry tree can live for hundreds of years.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mulberry:x5:1
# text = A mulberry tree can live for hundreds of years.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	mulberry	mulberry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | can | a mulberry tree |  |  |  |  | for hundreds of years | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her coat is a deep mulberry colour.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mulberry:x6:1
# text = Her coat is a deep mulberry colour.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	mulberry	mulberry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Her coat | a deep mulberry colour |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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