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In Wikipedia:
“’Virgula divina ’”, or “’Baculus divinatorius ’”, was a form of divining rod created from the forked branch of a hazel tree, used in the discovery of underground mines, springs, etc.
(Parse)
(S1 (FRAG (FRAG ('' '')
(NP (JJ 'Virgula) (NN divina) (POS ')) ('' '')) (, ,) (CC or) (FRAG ('' '')
(NP (FW 'Baculus) (FW divinatorius) ('' ')) ('' '')) (, ,)
(S (VP (AUX was)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN form))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (VBG divining) (NN rod))
(VP (VBN created)
(PP (IN from)
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(NP (NP (DT a) (JJ hazel) (NN tree)) (, ,)
(VP (VBN used)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN discovery))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (JJ underground) (NNS mines)) (, ,)
(NP (NNP springs)) (, ,) (FW etc.))))))))))))))))))
In the British National Corpus:
A blackbird sang from a hazel tree with swinging yellow catkins; buds were just beginning to open into miniature bright green leaves.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (DT A) (NN blackbird))
(VP (VBD sang)
(PP (IN from)
(NP (DT a) (JJ hazel) (NN tree)))
(PP (IN with)
(S (VP (VBG swinging)
(NP (JJ yellow) (NNS catkins))))
(: ;)
(S (NP (NNS buds))
(VP (AUX were)
(VP (ADVP (RB just)) (VBG beginning)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB open)
(PP (IN into)
(NP (JJ miniature)
(ADJP (JJ bright) (JJ green)) (NNS leaves)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
It was thought the divine power of the hazel tree could connect directly with Mercury’s guidance and lead the dowser to water.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP It))
(VP (AUX was)
(VP (VBN thought)
(SBAR (S (NP (NP (DT the) (NNP divine) (NN power))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT the) (JJ hazel) (NN tree))))
(VP (MD could)
(VP (VP (VB connect) (ADVP (RB directly))
(PP (IN with)
(NP (NP (NNP Mercury) (POS 's)) (NN guidance))))
(CC and)
(VP (VB lead)
(NP (DT the) (NN dowser))
(PP (TO to)
(NP (NN water))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
“’Haslam ’” which means’dweller under the hazel tree’ is a shortening of the name “Hazelham”, meaning a village near a hazel tree.
(Parse)
(S1 (S ('' '')
(NP (NP (NP (NN 'Haslam) (POS ')) ('' '')
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT which))
(S (VP (VBZ means)
(NP (NN 'dweller)))
(PP (IN under)
(NP (DT the) (JJ hazel) (NN tree)))
(POS '))
(VP (AUX is)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN shortening))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT the) (NN name) ('' '') (NNP Hazelham) ('' ''))))
(, ,)
(S (VP (VBG meaning)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN village))
(PP (IN near)
(NP (DT a) (JJ hazel) (NN tree))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The hazel tree last reported was plundered by squirrels or jays long before I arrived with a basket, but upon closer investigation, I discovered that the entire surrounding little wood is populated by many hazels.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (NP (DT The) (JJ hazel) (NN tree))
(VP (ADVP (RB last)) (VBN reported)))
(VP (AUX was)
(VP (VBN plundered)
(PP (IN by)
(NP (NNS squirrels) (CC or) (NNS jays)))
(SBAR (ADVP (RB long)) (IN before)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBD arrived)
(PP (IN with)
(NP (DT a) (NN basket)))
(, ,) (CC but)
(S (PP (IN upon)
(NP (JJR closer) (NN investigation)))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBD discovered)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (DT the) (JJ entire) (JJ surrounding) (JJ little) (NN wood))
(VP (AUX is)
(VP (VBN populated)
(PP (IN by)
(NP (JJ many) (NNS hazels)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Affirmation blankets, New World flags, talismen, Native American flutes, dowsing rods, statues for the musically inclined among you. & for jam band fans who are there more for the event than the music an automated teller machine waiting to eat the nine nuts of poetic wisdom dropped into the sacred pool from the hazel tree growing beside it.
(Parse)
(S1 (FRAG (NP (NP (NN Affirmation) (NNS blankets)) (, ,)
(NP (NNP New) (NNP World) (NNS flags)) (, ,)
(NP (NNS talismen)) (, ,)
(NP (JJ Native) (NNP American) (NNS flutes)) (, ,)
(NP (JJ dowsing) (NNS rods)) (, ,)
(NP (NP (NNS statues))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (DT the)
(ADJP (RB musically) (JJ inclined)
(PP (IN among)
(NP (PRP you))))
(. .)) (CC &)
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NP (NN jam) (NN band) (NNS fans))
(SBAR (WHNP (WP who))
(S (VP (AUX are) (ADVP (RB there) (RBR more))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN event))
(PP (IN than)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN music))
(NP (DT an) (JJ automated) (NN teller) (NN machine))
(VP (VBG waiting)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB eat)
(NP (NP (DT the) (CD nine) (NNS nuts))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (JJ poetic) (NN wisdom)))
(VP (VBN dropped)
(PP (IN into)
(NP (DT the) (JJ sacred) (NN pool)))
(PP (IN from)
(S (NP (DT the) (JJ hazel) (NN tree))
(VP (VBG growing)
(PP (IN beside)
(NP (PRP it)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
HAZEL Corylus avellana modern name: hazel Romans called it: corylus, from Greek korys,’ ’ helmet “Sacred to: Mercury Virtues: eloquence, thought, peace C. avellana in Germany -’ ‘contorta’’ cultivar in winter Like the apple, the hazel tree does best in the milder climates of Northern Europe and Great Britain, but it grows readily in Mediterranean climates and became very popular in the Roman world.
(Parse)
(S1 (FRAG (NP (NNP HAZEL) (NNP Corylus) (FW avellana) (JJ modern) (NN name)) (: :)
(S (S (NP (JJ hazel) (NNPS Romans))
(VP (VBD called)
(NP (NP (PRP it)) (: :)
(NP (NP (NNS corylus)) (, ,)
(PP (IN from)
(NP (JJ Greek) (NNS korys)))
(, ,) ('' ')) (: ')
(NP (NP (NP (NN helmet) (POS ')) (: ')
(NP (NP (ADJP (JJ Sacred)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (NP (: :) (NNP Mercury) (NNS Virtues)) (: :)
(NP (NP (NN eloquence)) (, ,)
(NP (NN thought)) (, ,)
(NP (NN peace) (NN C)))
(. .))))
(NN avellana))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NNP Germany))))
(: -)) ('' ') (: ')
(NP (NNP contorta) (POS ')) (: ')
(NP (NN cultivar))))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NN winter)))
(SBAR (IN Like)
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(NP (DT the) (JJ hazel) (NN tree)))
(VP (AUX does) (ADVP (RB best))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJR milder) (NNS climates))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (NNP Northern) (NNP Europe)) (CC and)
(NP (NNP Great) (NNP Britain)))))
(, ,) (CC but)
(S (NP (PRP it))
(VP (VP (VBZ grows) (ADVP (RB readily))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NNP Mediterranean) (NNS climates))))
(CC and)
(VP (VBD became)
(ADJP (RB very) (JJ popular))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (NNP Roman) (NN world))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
When I got onto the street, I saw his tail disappear through the fence where the hazel tree is.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB When))
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBD got)
(PP (IN onto)
(NP (DT the) (NN street)))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBD saw)
(S (NP (PRP$ his) (NN tail))
(VP (VB disappear)
(PP (IN through)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN fence))
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB where))
(S (NP (DT the) (JJ hazel) (NN tree))
(VP (AUX is)))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
There seems to have been a belief in a world tree, which in Germanic mythology was an ash tree (Norse Yggdrasil; Irminsul), in Hinduism a banyan tree, in Lithuanian mythology Jievaras, and an oak tree in Slavic mythology, and a hazel tree in Celtic mythology.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (EX There))
(VP (VBZ seems)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (AUX have)
(VP (AUX been)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN belief))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN world) (NN tree)) (, ,)
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT which))
(S (PP (IN in)
(NP (JJ Germanic) (NN mythology)))
(VP (AUX was)
(NP (NP (NP (DT an) (NNP ash) (NN tree)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-)
(NP (NP (NNP Norse) (NNP Yggdrasil)) (: ;)
(NP (NNP Irminsul)))
(-RRB- -RRB-)) (, ,)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (NNP Hinduism))
(NP (DT a) (JJ banyan) (NN tree))))
(, ,)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NNP Lithuanian) (NN mythology) (NNP Jievaras))))
(, ,) (CC and)
(NP (NP (DT an) (NN oak) (NN tree))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (JJ Slavic) (NN mythology))))
(, ,) (CC and)
(NP (NP (DT a) (JJ hazel) (NN tree))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (JJ Celtic) (NN mythology))))
(. .)))
In the British National Corpus:
There was a grey squirrel nipping up and down a hazel tree near the stream.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (EX There))
(VP (AUX was)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NNP grey) (NN squirrel))
(VP (VBG nipping)
(PP (IN up) (CC and) (IN down)
(NP (NP (DT a) (JJ hazel) (NN tree))
(PP (IN near)
(NP (DT the) (NN stream)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
But here a fox was running or maybe wasn’t running or maybe a mad ostrich or kind, we might presume Or possibly a sweeper who traipsed along the countryside to find the nearest hazel tree and carve himself a broom Oh listen my dear crow unless you are a dog or possibly a cow the finest cow of all your feathers are exquisite your horns are really something your hooves are nice and slim and what a kindly soul!
(Parse)
(S1 (S (CC But) (ADVP (RB here))
(NP (DT a) (NN fox))
(VP (VP (AUX was)
(VP (VBG running)))
(CC or)
(VP (ADVP (RB maybe)) (AUX was) (RB n't)
(VP (VBG running)
(NP (CONJP (CC or) (RB maybe))
(NP (DT a) (JJ mad) (NN ostrich) (CC or) (NN kind)) (, ,)
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP we))
(VP (MD might)
(VP (VP (VB presume)) (CC Or)
(VP (ADVP (RB possibly))
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN sweeper))
(SBAR (WHNP (WP who))
(S (VP (VBD traipsed)
(PP (IN along)
(NP (DT the) (NN countryside)))
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VP (VB find)
(NP (DT the) (JJS nearest) (JJ hazel) (NN tree)))
(CC and)
(VP (VBP carve)
(NP (PRP himself))
(NP (DT a) (NN broom))
(S (INTJ (UH Oh))
(VP (VB listen)
(NP (PRP$ my)
(ADJP (RB dear)) (NN crow))
(SBAR (IN unless)
(S (NP (PRP you))
(VP (AUX are)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN dog)) (CC or) (ADVP (RB possibly))
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN cow))
(SBAR (S (NP (NP (DT the) (JJS finest) (NN cow))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PDT all) (PRP$ your) (NNS feathers))))
(VP (AUX are)
(ADJP (JJ exquisite)
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP$ your) (NNS horns))
(VP (AUX are) (ADVP (RB really))
(NP (NN something)
(SBAR (SBAR (S (NP (PRP$ your) (NNS hooves))
(VP (AUX are)
(ADJP (JJ nice) (CC and) (JJ slim)))))
(CC and)
(SBAR (WHNP (WP what))
(S (NP (DT a) (RB kindly) (NN soul))))
(. !)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
She continues to visit the hazel tree, but in the joy of her married life she cannot seem to summon the tears that kept it watered for so many years.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP She))
(VP (VBZ continues)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB visit)
(NP (DT the) (JJ hazel) (NN tree))))
(, ,) (CC but)
(S (PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN joy))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP$ her) (JJ married) (NN life)))))
(NP (PRP she)) (ADVP (RB cannot))
(VP (VBP seem)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB summon)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NNS tears))
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT that))
(S (VP (VBD kept)
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP it))
(VP (VBD watered)
(PP (IN for)
(NP (ADJP (RB so) (JJ many)) (NNS years)))
(. .)))
In the British National Corpus:
On the lower branch of a hazel tree, a greenish bird with a very white belly was singing vigorously.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (PP (IN On)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJR lower) (NN branch))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT a) (JJ hazel) (NN tree)))))
(, ,)
(NP (NP (DT a) (JJ greenish) (NN bird))
(PP (IN with)
(NP (DT a)
(ADJP (RB very) (JJ white)) (NN belly))))
(VP (AUX was)
(VP (VBG singing) (ADVP (RB vigorously))))
(. .)))
In Project Gutenberg:
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In Wikipedia:
They find a noble and beautiful woman named La Codre (modern French “coudrier”, “hazel tree”).
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP They))
(VP (VBP find)
(NP (NP (DT a)
(ADJP (JJ noble) (CC and) (JJ beautiful)) (NN woman))
(VP (VBN named)
(S (NP (NP (NNP La) (NNP Codre)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-)
(NP (JJ modern) (JJ French) ('' '') (NN coudrier) ('' '')) (, ,) ('' '')
(NP (JJ hazel) (NN tree)) ('' '') (-RRB- -RRB-))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Cinderella eventually goes to the hazel tree and wishes for a loving husband to whisk her away from her family.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NNP Cinderella)) (ADVP (RB eventually))
(VP (VBZ goes)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ hazel) (NN tree) (CC and) (NNS wishes))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (DT a) (JJ loving) (NN husband)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB whisk)
(NP (PRP her)) (ADVP (RB away)
(PP (IN from)
(NP (PRP$ her) (NN family)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Because of this divine nature, the hazel tree was a symbol to the ancients of peace, virtue, and the ability to commune with the gods.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (PP (IN Because) (IN of)
(NP (DT this) (NNP divine) (NN nature)))
(, ,)
(NP (DT the) (JJ hazel) (NN tree))
(VP (AUX was)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN symbol))
(PP (TO to)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NNS ancients))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (NN peace)) (, ,)
(NP (NN virtue)) (, ,) (CC and)
(NP (DT the) (NN ability)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB commune)
(PP (IN with)
(NP (DT the) (NNS gods))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Noisette (Noiz) [Bouquet # 3]: French noisetier, meaning’ ’ hazel tree’ ’ (which has tiny, magenta – colored flowers).
(Parse)
(S1 (NP (NP (NNP Noisette)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-)
(NP (NNP Noiz)) (-RRB- -RRB-))
(NP (NP (JJ -LSB-) (NNP Bouquet)) (QP (# #) (CD 3) (CD -RSB-)))
(: :)
(NP (NP (NNP French) (NNP noisetier)) (, ,)
(NP (NN meaning) (POS ')))
(: ')
(NP (NP (JJ hazel) (NN tree) (POS ')) ('' ') (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-)
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT which))
(S (VP (AUX has)
(ADJP (JJ tiny) (, ,) (JJ magenta)) (: -)
(NP (VBN colored) (NNS flowers)))))
(-RRB- -RRB-)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Rushing back to her mother’s grave, she dissolves in tears at the foot of the hazel tree.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (VP (VBG Rushing) (PRT (RP back))
(PP (TO to)
(NP (NP (PRP$ her) (NN mother) (POS 's)) (NN grave)))))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP she))
(VP (VBZ dissolves)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NNS tears)))
(PP (IN at)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN foot))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT the) (JJ hazel) (NN tree)))
(. .)))
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