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title: speedwell — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «speedwell» in the school dictionary: A small wild plant with tiny bright blue flowers, often found in grass, lawns and hedges. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# speedwell

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**Who acts:** Tiny blue speedwell flowers, We, our, Speedwell flowers, bees, Germander speedwell · **What happens:** find, grow, walk, have, visit, be · **To what, where:** tiny bright blue flowers, grass, lawn, speedwell, nature walk, four petals

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A small wild plant with tiny bright blue flowers, often found in grass, lawns and hedges.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:speedwell:m1:1
# text = A small wild plant with tiny bright blue flowers, often found in grass, lawns and hedges.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
7	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	often	often	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	lawns	lawn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	hedges	hedge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | participle |  | tiny bright blue flowers *not said here* |  | grass and lawns and hedges |  | often *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

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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 -->
Tiny blue speedwell flowers grew all over the lawn.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:speedwell:x1:1
# text = Tiny blue speedwell flowers grew all over the lawn.
1	Tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	speedwell	speedwell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lawn	lawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | Tiny blue speedwell flowers |  |  | the lawn |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over lawn=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We found speedwell on our nature walk.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:speedwell:x2:1
# text = We found speedwell on our nature walk.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	speedwell	speedwell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	walk	walk	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 | **find** | past | We | speedwell |  | our nature walk |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speedwell=Topic |
| 2 | **walk** |  | our |  |  |  |  |  | nom walk «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Speedwell flowers have four petals.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:speedwell:x3:1
# text = Speedwell flowers have four petals.
1	Speedwell	Speedwell	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	petals	petal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Speedwell flowers | four petals |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent petal=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bees visited the speedwell in the hedge.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:speedwell:x4:1
# text = The bees visited the speedwell in the hedge.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	visited	visit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	speedwell	speedwell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hedge	hedge	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 | **visit** | past | the bees | the speedwell |  | the hedge |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speedwell=Co-Agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Germander speedwell is a common British wildflower.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:speedwell:x5:1
# text = Germander speedwell is a common British wildflower.
1	Germander	germander	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	speedwell	speedwell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	wildflower	wildflower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Germander speedwell | a common British wildflower |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Speedwell flowers close up when it rains.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:speedwell:x6:1
# text = Speedwell flowers close up when it rains.
1	Speedwell	Speedwell	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	close	close	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	rains	rain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close up** | present | Speedwell flowers |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **rain** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |

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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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