jostle

Who acts: players, People, animals, you, ducklings, Fans · What happens: push, bump, compete, jostle, get, not jostle · To what, where: crowd, train, each, river bank, lunch queue, singer

«jostle» in the English dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: jostle in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

To push and bump against people in a crowd.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 push	mark
2	push	push	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 bump	cc
4	bump	bump	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 push	conj
5	against	against	ADP	_	6 people	case
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bump	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 crowd	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 crowd	det
9	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bump	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 push	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	to-infinitive							vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	bump	infinitive				a crowd		against people	vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against people=Location

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.

Everyday, meaning 2

To compete hard for something: players jostling for a place in the team.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 compete	mark
2	compete	compete	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 compete	xcomp
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 something	case
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 compete	obl
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 players	punct
7	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 something	appos
8	jostling	jostle	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 players	acl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 place	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 place	det
11	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 jostling	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 team	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 team	det
14	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 place	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 compete	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compete	to-infinitive						for something; hard property	vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	jostle	gerund	players not said here					for a place in the team	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Example 1

People jostled to get onto the train.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 jostled	nsubj
2	jostled	jostle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 get	mark
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 jostled	xcomp
5	onto	onto	ADP	_	7 train	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 train	det
7	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 jostled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jostle	past	People						tree rules
2	get	to-infinitive	People not said here			the train			vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme onto train=Destination

Example 2

The animals jostled each other on the river bank.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animals	det
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 jostled	nsubj
3	jostled	jostle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	3 jostled	obj
5	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 each	fixed
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 bank	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bank	det
8	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bank	compound
9	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 jostled	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 jostled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jostle	past	the animals	each		the river bank			vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Theme

Example 3

Please don't jostle in the lunch queue.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Please	please	INTJ	_	4 jostle	discourse
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 jostle	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 jostle	advmod
4	jostle	jostle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 queue	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 queue	det
7	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 queue	compound
8	queue	queue	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jostle	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 jostle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not jostle	imperative · do-support	you not said here			the lunch queue			vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Example 4

The ducklings jostled for the bread.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ducklings	det
2	ducklings	duckling	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 jostled	nsubj
3	jostled	jostle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 bread	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bread	det
6	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 jostled	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 jostled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jostle	past	the ducklings					for the bread	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Example 5

Fans jostled to see the singer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fans	fan	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 jostled	nsubj
2	jostled	jostle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 see	mark
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 jostled	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 singer	det
6	singer	singer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 jostled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jostle	past	Fans						tree rules
2	see	to-infinitive	Fans not said here	the singer					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer singer=Stimulus

Example 6

Three teams are jostling for the top spot.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 teams	nummod
2	teams	team	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 jostling	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 jostling	aux
4	jostling	jostle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 spot	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 spot	det
7	top	top	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 spot	amod
8	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jostling	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 jostling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jostle	present · progressive	Three teams					for the top spot	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Example 7

I was jostled and dropped my ice cream.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 jostled	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 jostled	aux:pass
3	jostled	jostle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 dropped	cc
5	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 jostled	conj
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 cream	nmod:poss
7	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cream	compound
8	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dropped	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 jostled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jostle	past · passive		I					vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: subject=Result
2	drop	participle		my ice cream					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cream=Theme

Example 8

The chariots rush madly in the streets, they jostle one against another in the broad places; the appearance of them is like torches, they run to and fro like the lightnings. (Prophets NAM.2.5, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: The chariots rush madly in the streets, they jostle one against another in the broad places; the appearance of them is like torches, they run to and fro like the lightnings.

The tree, 31 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chariots	det
2	chariots	chariot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rush	nsubj
3	rush	rush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	madly	madly	ADV	_	3 rush	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 streets	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 streets	det
7	streets	street	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rush	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 jostle	punct
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 jostle	nsubj
10	jostle	jostle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 rush	conj
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 jostle	obj
12	against	against	ADP	_	13 another	case
13	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	11 one	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 places	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 places	det
16	broad	broad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 places	amod
17	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 jostle	obl
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	25 torches	punct
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 appearance	det
20	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 torches	nsubj
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 them	case
22	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 appearance	nmod
23	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 torches	cop
24	like	like	ADP	_	25 torches	case
25	torches	torch	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rush	obl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 run	punct
27	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 run	nsubj
28	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 rush	parataxis
29	to	to	ADP	_	28 run	case
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 fro	cc
31	fro	fro	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 run	conj
32	like	like	ADP	_	34 lightnings	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 lightnings	det
34	lightnings	lightning	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 fro	obl
35	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rush	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	rush	present	the chariots		the streets	madly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in street=Trajectory
2	jostle	present	chariots = chariot	one	the broad places	against another	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme
3	is	present	the appearance of chariots			like torches	tree rules
4	run	present	chariots = chariot				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	fro	infinitive	chariots = chariot not said here			like the lightnings	tree rules

Sentence 2: (Prophets NAM.2.5, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	NAM.2.5	NAM.2.5	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Prophets	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 NAM.2.5	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 NAM.2.5	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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📖 jostle

Everyday, meaning 1

Everyday, meaning 2

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