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title: thyme — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «thyme» in the school dictionary: Thyme is a small herb with tiny grey-green leaves and a strong, sweet smell, used in cooking. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# thyme

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**Who acts:** Thyme, thyme thyme, trees, hare · **What happens:** be, use, grow, scent, make, bloom · **To what, where:** small herb, cooking, thyme thyme, fields, She, sentry sneeze

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«thyme» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: [thyme in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/thyme.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Thyme is a small herb with tiny grey-green leaves and a strong, sweet smell, used in cooking.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thyme:m1:1
# text = Thyme is a small herb with tiny grey-green leaves and a strong, sweet smell, used in cooking.
1	Thyme	thyme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	herb	herb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
8	grey	grey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
14	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
16	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	cooking	cooking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Thyme | a small herb |  |  |  | with tiny green leaves and a strong sweet smell | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  | a small herb *not said here* |  | cooking |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wild thyme is thyme that grows wild in fields and on hills.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thyme:m2:1
# text = Wild thyme is thyme that grows wild in fields and on hills.
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	thyme	thyme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	thyme	thyme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | thyme thyme |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | present | thyme thyme |  |  | fields and hills |  | wild *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in field=Location |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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She was so scented with wild thyme that it made the sentry sneeze.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thyme:x1:1
# text = She was so scented with wild thyme that it made the sentry sneeze.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	scented	scent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	thyme	thyme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	sentry	sentry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	sneeze	sneeze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scent** | past · passive |  | She |  |  |  | with wild thyme | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with thyme=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | past | thyme | the sentry sneeze |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material sneeze=Product |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Beneath the trees bloomed thyme and parsley.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thyme:x2:1
# text = Beneath the trees bloomed thyme and parsley.
1	Beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	bloomed	bloom	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	thyme	thyme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	parsley	parsley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bloom** | participle | the trees *not said here* | thyme and parsley |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location thyme=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The hare was munching wild thyme.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thyme:x3:1
# text = The hare was munching wild thyme.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	munching	munch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	thyme	thyme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **munch** | past · progressive | the hare | wild thyme |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thyme=Patient |

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