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title: pollen — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «pollen» in the school dictionary: Pollen is a fine yellow powder made by flowers. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# pollen

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**Who acts:** Pollen, insects, plant, Bees, lily, high pollen count · **What happens:** be, make, carry, leave, blow, not make · **To what, where:** fine yellow powder, It, one flower, seeds, pollen, flower

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«pollen» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [pollen in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pollen.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pollen is a fine yellow powder made by flowers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pollen:m1:1
# text = Pollen is a fine yellow powder made by flowers.
1	Pollen	pollen	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	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	powder	powder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	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** | present | Pollen | a fine yellow powder |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | a fine yellow powder *not said here* |  |  |  | by flowers | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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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 -->
It must be carried from one flower to another, by insects or the wind, so the plant can make seeds.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pollen:m2:1
# text = It must be carried from one flower to another, by insects or the wind, so the plant can make seeds.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
17	so	so	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
20	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
22	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | must · passive | insects or the wind | It |  | one flower |  | to another | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme from flower=Initial\_Location to another=Destination |
| 2 | **make** | can | the plant | seeds |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset seed=Product |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bees carry pollen from flower to flower.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pollen:x1:1
# text = Bees carry pollen from flower to flower.
1	Bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pollen	pollen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	flower	flower	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 | **carry** | present | Bees | pollen |  | flower |  | to flower | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent pollen=Theme from flower=Initial\_Location to flower=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The lily left yellow pollen on my nose.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pollen:x2:1
# text = The lily left yellow pollen on my nose.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lily	lily	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	pollen	pollen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past | the lily | yellow pollen |  | my nose |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent pollen=Theme on nose=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A high pollen count makes my hay fever worse.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pollen:x3:1
# text = A high pollen count makes my hay fever worse.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	pollen	pollen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	count	count	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	hay	hay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	fever	fever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | a high pollen count | my hay fever |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fever=Product |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wind blows pollen from grasses and trees.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pollen:x4:1
# text = Wind blows pollen from grasses and trees.
1	Wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	blows	blow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pollen	pollen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	grasses	grass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | present | Wind | pollen |  |  |  | from grasses and trees | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent pollen=Patient from grass=Co-Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Without pollen, plants could not make seeds.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pollen:x5:1
# text = Without pollen, plants could not make seeds.
1	Without	without	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	pollen	pollen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **make** | could | plants | seeds |  |  |  | without pollen | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset seed=Product |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bee's legs were covered in pollen.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pollen:x6:1
# text = The bee's legs were covered in pollen.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	pollen	pollen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | past · passive |  | the bee's legs |  |  |  | in pollen | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in pollen=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pollen is made in the stamens of a flower.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pollen:x7:1
# text = Pollen is made in the stamens of a flower.
1	Pollen	pollen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stamens	stamen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | Pollen |  | the stamens of a flower |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
If you do this the pollen will cause your fur to grow again, and you will be quite well in a little while.”

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pollen:x8:1
# text = If you do this the pollen will cause your fur to grow again, and you will be quite well in a little while.”
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
4	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	obj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pollen	pollen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
13	again	again	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
16	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
17	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
18	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	cop	_	_
19	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	24	advmod	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	while	while	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | this |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality |
| 2 | **cause** | future | the pollen | your fur |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **grow** | to-infinitive | your fur *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | future | you |  |  |  | in a little while | well *property* | tree rules |

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