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title: strawberry — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «strawberry» in the school dictionary: A strawberry is a small red sweet fruit with tiny seeds on its outside and green leaves on top. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# strawberry

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**Who acts:** strawberry, strawberry plant, Marco, dad, many pounds, She · **What happens:** be, grow, send out, pick, eat, make · **To what, where:** small red sweet fruit, ground, runners, 25 pounds, 18 pounds, 12 strawberries

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«strawberry» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 11 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: [strawberry in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/strawberry.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A strawberry is a small red sweet fruit with tiny seeds on its outside and green leaves on top.

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:strawberry:m1:1
# text = A strawberry is a small red sweet fruit with tiny seeds on its outside and green leaves on top.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	strawberry	strawberry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
14	outside	outside	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	_
17	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a strawberry | a small red sweet fruit |  |  |  | with tiny seeds on strawberry's outside leaves on top | tree rules |

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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 -->
A strawberry plant grows low on the ground and sends out runners.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:strawberry:m2:1
# text = A strawberry plant grows low on the ground and sends out runners.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	strawberry	strawberry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	low	low	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	sends	send	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	runners	runner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | a strawberry plant |  |  | the ground |  | low *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ground=Location |
| 2 | **send out** | present | a strawberry plant *not said here* | runners |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent runner=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Marco picked 25 pounds of strawberries.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:strawberry:x1:1
# text = Marco picked 25 pounds of strawberries.
1	Marco	Marco	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	picked	pick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	25	25	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	strawberries	strawberry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | past | Marco | 25 pounds of strawberries |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pound=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His dad picked 18 pounds.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:strawberry:x2:1
# text = His dad picked 18 pounds.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	picked	pick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	18	18	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | past | His dad | 18 pounds |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pound=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
How many pounds did they pick together?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:strawberry:x3:1
# text = How many pounds did they pick together?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	together	together	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | past · do-support | many pounds |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She ate 12 strawberries.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:strawberry:x4:1
# text = She ate 12 strawberries.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	strawberries	strawberry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | She | 12 strawberries |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strawberry=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We made strawberry jam.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:strawberry:x5:1
# text = We made strawberry jam.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	strawberry	strawberry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	jam	jam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | We | strawberry jam |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jam=Product |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Strawberries and cream are eaten at Wimbledon.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:strawberry:x6:1
# text = Strawberries and cream are eaten at Wimbledon.
1	Strawberries	strawberry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Wimbledon	Wimbledon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present · passive |  | Strawberries and cream |  | Wimbledon |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wash the strawberries before you eat them.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:strawberry:x7:1
# text = Wash the strawberries before you eat them.
1	Wash	wash	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	strawberries	strawberry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | imperative | you *not said here* | the strawberries |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strawberry=Patient |
| 2 | **eat** | present | you | strawberries *= strawberry* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The strawberry plants sent out runners.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:strawberry:x8:1
# text = The strawberry plants sent out runners.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	strawberry	strawberry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	runners	runner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send out** | participle | the strawberry plants *not said here* | runners |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent runner=Theme |

## Example 9 {#x9}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Each box holds 2 pounds of strawberries.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:strawberry:x9:1
# text = Each box holds 2 pounds of strawberries.
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	strawberries	strawberry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present | each box | 2 pounds of strawberries |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pound=Theme |

## Example 10 {#x10}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A strawberry has about 200 seeds on its skin.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:strawberry:x10:1
# text = A strawberry has about 200 seeds on its skin.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	strawberry	strawberry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	200	200	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	skin	skin	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 | **have** | present | a strawberry | 200 seeds |  | strawberry's skin |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Patient |

## Example 11 {#x11}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Actually, ripe strawberries! which came quite red and sweet up under the snow.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:strawberry:x11:1
# text = Actually, ripe strawberries! which came quite red and sweet up under the snow.
1	Actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	ripe	ripe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	strawberries	strawberry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	sweet	sweet	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	under	under	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past |  | ripe strawberries |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **sweet up** | present |  |  |  | the snow |  |  | tree rules |

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