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title: myrtle — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «myrtle» in the school dictionary: A myrtle is an evergreen shrub with shiny leaves and small white or pink flowers, often grown in gardens. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# myrtle

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**Who acts:** myrtle, favourite plants · **What happens:** be, grow, love, carry, sign · **To what, where:** evergreen shrub, gardens, plant, old stories, myrtle, myrtle branch

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A myrtle is an evergreen shrub with shiny leaves and small white or pink flowers, often grown in gardens.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:myrtle:m1:1
# text = A myrtle is an evergreen shrub with shiny leaves and small white or pink flowers, often grown in gardens.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	myrtle	myrtle	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	shrub	shrub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
12	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	pink	pink	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	_
15	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	often	often	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	gardens	garden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 myrtle | a evergreen shrub |  |  |  | with shiny leaves and small white flowers | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | participle |  | a evergreen shrub *not said here* |  | gardens |  | often *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garden=Location |

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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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In old stories the myrtle was a plant sacred to love.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:myrtle:m2:1
# text = In old stories the myrtle was a plant sacred to love.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	myrtle	myrtle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	love	love	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the myrtle | a plant |  | old stories |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **love** | to-infinitive | the myrtle *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Her favourite plants were the myrtle and the rose.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:myrtle:x1:1
# text = Her favourite plants were the myrtle and the rose.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	favourite	favourite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	myrtle	myrtle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Her favourite plants | the myrtle and the rose |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The myrtle branch was carried as a sign of peace.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:myrtle:x2:1
# text = The myrtle branch was carried as a sign of peace.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	myrtle	myrtle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	branch	branch	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	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past · passive |  | the myrtle branch |  |  |  | as a sign of peace | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **sign** |  |  | peace |  |  |  |  | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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