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title: spearmint — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «spearmint» in the school dictionary: A common kind of mint plant with pointed leaves and a fresh, sweet taste. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# spearmint

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**Who acts:** I, Spearmint, toothpaste, We, Grandma · **What happens:** make, use, like, chew, grow, taste · **To what, where:** flavour, chewing gum, spearmint, gum, garden, spearmint leaves

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«spearmint» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: [spearmint in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/spearmint.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A common kind of mint plant with pointed leaves and a fresh, sweet taste.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spearmint:m1:1
# text = A common kind of mint plant with pointed leaves and a fresh, sweet taste.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	mint	mint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	pointed	pointed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
12	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
14	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	taste	taste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The flavour made from it, used in chewing gum, toothpaste and sweets.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spearmint:m2:1
# text = The flavour made from it, used in chewing gum, toothpaste and sweets.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flavour	flavour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	chewing	chewing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	gum	gum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | the flavour *not said here* |  | flavour |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from it=Material |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  | the flavour *not said here* |  | chewing gum and toothpaste and sweets |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I like spearmint chewing gum.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spearmint:x1:1
# text = I like spearmint chewing gum.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	spearmint	spearmint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	chewing	chew	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
5	gum	gum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | present | I | spearmint |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **chew** *not said to happen* | gerund | I *not said here* | gum |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gum=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Spearmint grows like crazy in the garden.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spearmint:x2:1
# text = Spearmint grows like crazy in the garden.
1	Spearmint	spearmint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	crazy	crazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	garden	garden	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 | **grow** | present | Spearmint |  |  | the garden |  | like crazy | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garden=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The toothpaste tastes of spearmint.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spearmint:x3:1
# text = The toothpaste tastes of spearmint.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tastes	taste	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	spearmint	spearmint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **taste** | present | the toothpaste |  |  |  |  | of spearmint | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We added spearmint leaves to the lemonade.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spearmint:x4:1
# text = We added spearmint leaves to the lemonade.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	added	add	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	spearmint	spearmint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lemonade	lemonade	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 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | We | spearmint leaves |  |  |  | to the lemonade | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient to lemonade=Co-Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Spearmint is sweeter than peppermint.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spearmint:x5:1
# text = Spearmint is sweeter than peppermint.
1	Spearmint	spearmint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	sweeter	sweet	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	peppermint	peppermint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Spearmint |  |  |  |  | than peppermint; sweet *property* | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grandma made spearmint tea for my sore tummy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spearmint:x6:1
# text = Grandma made spearmint tea for my sore tummy.
1	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	spearmint	spearmint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	sore	sore	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	tummy	tummy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | Grandma | spearmint tea |  |  |  | for my sore tummy | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent tea=Material for tummy=Beneficiary |

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