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title: parsley — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «parsley» in the school dictionary: Parsley is a green herb with curly or flat leaves, used to flavour food and to decorate plates. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# parsley

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**Who acts:** Parsley, you, gardener, Sam · **What happens:** be, use, flavour, decorate, chop, sprinkle · **To what, where:** green herb, food, plates, parsley, potatoes, dill

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Parsley is a green herb with curly or flat leaves, used to flavour food and to decorate plates.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:parsley:m1:1
# text = Parsley is a green herb with curly or flat leaves, used to flavour food and to decorate plates.
1	Parsley	Parsley	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	herb	herb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	curly	curly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	flavour	flavour	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	decorate	decorate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	conj	_	_
19	plates	plate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Parsley | a green herb |  |  |  | with curly leaves | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | participle | Parsley *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **flavour** | to-infinitive | Parsley *not said here* | food |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **decorate** | to-infinitive | Parsley *not said here* | plates |  |  |  |  | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plate=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}

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Chop some parsley and sprinkle it on the potatoes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:parsley:x1:1
# text = Chop some parsley and sprinkle it on the potatoes.
1	Chop	chop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
3	parsley	parsley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	sprinkle	sprinkle	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	potatoes	potato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chop** | imperative | you *not said here* | some parsley |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parsley=Patient |
| 2 | **sprinkle** | infinitive | you *not said here* | parsley |  | the potatoes |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on potato=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The gardener was watering the dill and parsley.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:parsley:x2:1
# text = The gardener was watering the dill and parsley.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gardener	gardener	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	watering	water	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dill	dill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	parsley	parsley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **water** | past · progressive | the gardener | the dill and parsley |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent dill=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Sam put a sprig of parsley on his plate.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:parsley:x3:1
# text = Sam put a sprig of parsley on his plate.
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sprig	sprig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	parsley	parsley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	plate	plate	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 | **put** | past | Sam | a sprig of parsley |  | Sam's plate |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent sprig=Theme on plate=Destination |

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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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