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title: whitethorn — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «whitethorn» in the school dictionary: Whitethorn is another name for hawthorn, a prickly bush with white flowers. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# whitethorn

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**Who acts:** Whitethorn · **What happens:** be, grow, cover, nest · **To what, where:** name, house, whitethorn, Birds

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Whitethorn is another name for hawthorn, a prickly bush with white flowers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:whitethorn:m1:1
# text = Whitethorn is another name for hawthorn, a prickly bush with white flowers.
1	Whitethorn	whitethorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	hawthorn	hawthorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	prickly	prickly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Whitethorn | another name |  |  |  | for hawthorn | 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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Whitethorn grew all around the house.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:whitethorn:x1:1
# text = Whitethorn grew all around the house.
1	Whitethorn	whitethorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	around	around	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The whitethorn was covered in white blossom.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:whitethorn:x2:1
# text = The whitethorn was covered in white blossom.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	whitethorn	whitethorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	blossom	blossom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | past · passive |  | the whitethorn |  |  |  | in white blossom | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in blossom=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Birds nested in the whitethorn.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:whitethorn:x3:1
# text = Birds nested in the whitethorn.
1	Birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	nested	nest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	whitethorn	whitethorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nest** | participle |  | Birds *not said here* |  | the whitethorn |  |  | vn berry-13.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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