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title: privet — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «privet» in the school dictionary: A bush with small, dark green, shiny leaves that is often grown as a garden hedge. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# privet

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**Who acts:** front garden, Dad, Privet berries, Bees, Birds, Dursleys · **What happens:** grow, have, trim, be, not eat, love · **To what, where:** small dark green shiny leaves, privet hedge, privet, berries, white privet flowers, thick privet

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A bush with small, dark green, shiny leaves that is often grown as a garden hedge.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:privet:m1:1
# text = A bush with small, dark green, shiny leaves that is often grown as a garden hedge.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
7	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
13	often	often	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl:relcl	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	hedge	hedge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present · passive |  | small dark green shiny leaves |  |  |  | as a garden hedge; often *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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 -->
Our front garden has a privet hedge.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:privet:x1:1
# text = Our front garden has a privet hedge.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	privet	privet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	hedge	hedge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Our front garden | a privet hedge |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hedge=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dad trims the privet every summer.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:privet:x2:1
# text = Dad trims the privet every summer.
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	trims	trim	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	privet	privet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trim** | present | Dad | the privet |  |  | summer |  | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent privet=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Privet berries are poisonous, so don't eat them.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:privet:x3:1
# text = Privet berries are poisonous, so don't eat them.
1	Privet	privet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Privet berries |  |  |  |  | poisonous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **eat** | infinitive · do-support |  | berries *= berry* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bees love the white privet flowers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:privet:x4:1
# text = Bees love the white privet flowers.
1	Bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	privet	privet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | Bees | the white privet flowers |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer flower=Stimulus |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Birds nest in the thick privet.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:privet:x5:1
# text = Birds nest in the thick privet.
1	Birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	nest	nest	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	privet	privet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nest** | present | Birds |  |  | the thick privet |  |  | vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Dursleys lived at number four, Privet Drive.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:privet:x6:1
# text = The Dursleys lived at number four, Privet Drive.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Dursleys	Dursleys	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	Privet	Privet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Drive	Drive	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | the Dursleys |  |  | number  Privet Drive |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at number=Location |

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