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title: trellis — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «trellis» in the school dictionary: A trellis is aframe of crossed wooden strips or wire that a climbing plant grows up. To trellis is to train a plant onto such a frame. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# trellis

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**Who acts:** trellis, climbing plant, roses, fox, Dad · **What happens:** be, cross, grow up, climb up, not reach, put · **To what, where:** aframe, frame, wooden trellis, grapes, high trellis, trellis

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A trellis is aframe of crossed wooden strips or wire that a climbing plant grows up. To trellis is to train a plant onto such a frame.

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*Sentence 1:* A trellis is aframe of crossed wooden strips or wire that a climbing plant grows up.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:trellis:m1:1
# text = A trellis is aframe of crossed wooden strips or wire that a climbing plant grows up.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	trellis	trellis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	aframe	aframe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	crossed	cross	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
7	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	strips	strip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	wire	wire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	climbing	climbing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
16	up	up	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a trellis | aframe |  |  |  | of crossed wooden strips or wire | tree rules |
| 2 | **cross** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **grow up** | present | a climbing plant |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* To trellis is to train a plant onto such a frame.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:trellis:m1:2
# text = To trellis is to train a plant onto such a frame.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	trellis	trellis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	advcl	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	train	train	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	11	det:predet	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	frame	frame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  | such frame |  | train *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The roses climb up the wooden trellis.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:trellis:x1:1
# text = The roses climb up the wooden trellis.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	climb	climb	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	trellis	trellis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb up** | present | the roses | the wooden trellis |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location trellis=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The fox could not reach the grapes on the high trellis.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:trellis:x2:1
# text = The fox could not reach the grapes on the high trellis.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	grapes	grape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	trellis	trellis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **reach** | could | the fox | the grapes |  | the high trellis |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent grape=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Dad put a trellis against the wall for the beans.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:trellis:x3:1
# text = Dad put a trellis against the wall for the beans.
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	trellis	trellis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	against	against	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	beans	bean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | past | Dad | a trellis |  | the wall |  | for the beans | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent trellis=Theme against wall=Destination |

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