batter Who acts: Batter, player, waves, you, Huge waves, Fish · What happens: be, use, make, fry, try, hit · To what, where: runny mixture, eggs, pancakes, player, ball, baseball · Speech: someone speaks here
«batter» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: batter in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Batter is a runny mixture of flour, eggs and milk used to make pancakes, cakes or to coat fried food.
The tree, 20 words nsubj cop det amod case nmod punct appos cc conj acl mark advcl obj punct conj cc mark conj amod conj punct root Batter NOUN is AUX a DET runny ADJ mixture NOUN of ADP flour NOUN , PUNCT eggs NOUN and CCONJ milk NOUN used VERB to PART make VERB pancakes NOUN , PUNCT cakes NOUN or CCONJ to PART coat NOUN fried VERB food NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Batter batter NOUN Number=Sing 5 mixture nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 mixture cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 mixture det 4 runny runny ADJ Degree=Pos 5 mixture amod 5 mixture mixture NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 7 flour case 7 flour flour NOUN Number=Sing 5 mixture nmod 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 eggs punct 9 eggs egg NOUN Number=Plur 5 mixture appos 10 and and CCONJ _ 11 milk cc 11 milk milk NOUN Number=Sing 9 eggs conj 12 used use VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 9 eggs acl 13 to to PART _ 14 make mark 14 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 12 used advcl 15 pancakes pancake NOUN Number=Plur 14 make obj 16 , , PUNCT _ 17 cakes punct 17 cakes cake NOUN Number=Plur 15 pancakes conj 18 or or CCONJ _ 20 coat cc 19 to to PART _ 20 coat mark 20 coat coat NOUN Number=Sing 15 pancakes conj 21 fried fry VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 22 food amod 22 food food NOUN Number=Sing 20 coat conj 23 . . PUNCT _ 5 mixture punct
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1 is a present Batter a runny mixture of flour tree rules 2 use participle eggs and milk not said here vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 make to-infinitive pancakes and cakes or coat and fried food vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pancake=Product 4 fry participle vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
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 A batter is the player who tries to hit the ball in baseball, cricket (usually batsman or batter) or rounders.
The tree, 20 words det nsubj cop det nsubj acl:relcl mark xcomp det obj case obl punct conj punct advmod appos cc conj punct cc conj punct root A DET batter NOUN is AUX the DET player NOUN who PRON tries VERB to PART hit VERB the DET ball NOUN in ADP baseball NOUN , PUNCT cricket NOUN ( PUNCT usually ADV batsman NOUN or CCONJ batter NOUN ) PUNCT or CCONJ rounders NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 batter det 2 batter batter NOUN Number=Sing 5 player nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 player cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 player det 5 player player NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 who who PRON PronType=Rel 7 tries nsubj 7 tries try VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 player acl:relcl 8 to to PART _ 9 hit mark 9 hit hit VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 tries xcomp 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 ball det 11 ball ball NOUN Number=Sing 9 hit obj 12 in in ADP _ 13 baseball case 13 baseball baseball NOUN Number=Sing 9 hit obl 14 , , PUNCT _ 15 cricket punct 15 cricket cricket NOUN Number=Sing 5 player conj 16 ( ( PUNCT _ 18 batsman punct 17 usually usually ADV _ 18 batsman advmod 18 batsman batsman NOUN Number=Sing 15 cricket appos 19 or or CCONJ _ 20 batter cc 20 batter batter NOUN Number=Sing 18 batsman conj 21 ) ) PUNCT _ 18 batsman punct 22 or or CCONJ _ 23 rounders cc 23 rounders rounder NOUN Number=Plur 15 cricket conj 24 . . PUNCT _ 5 player punct
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1 is a present a batter the player and cricket or rounders tree rules 2 try present the player and cricket or rounders vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 3 hit not said to happen to-infinitive the player and cricket or rounders not said here the ball baseball vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent ball=Theme in baseball=Destination
Meaning 3 To batter means to hit hard again and again: waves battered the boat.
The tree, 13 words mark csubj mark xcomp advmod advmod cc conj punct nsubj conj det obj punct root To PART batter VERB means VERB to PART hit VERB hard ADV again ADV and CCONJ again ADV : PUNCT waves NOUN battered VERB the DET boat NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 batter mark 2 batter batter VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 means csubj 3 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 hit mark 5 hit hit VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 means xcomp 6 hard hard ADV Degree=Pos 5 hit advmod 7 again again ADV _ 5 hit advmod 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 again cc 9 again again ADV _ 7 again conj 10 : : PUNCT _ 12 battered punct 11 waves wave NOUN Number=Plur 12 battered nsubj 12 battered batter VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 means conj 13 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 boat det 14 boat boat NOUN Number=Sing 12 battered obj 15 . . PUNCT _ 3 means punct
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1 batter to-infinitive vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 hit not said to happen to-infinitive again hard property vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 4 batter past waves the boat vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Patient
Example 1 Mix the pancake batter until it is smooth.
det compound obj mark nsubj cop advcl punct root Mix VERB the DET pancake NOUN batter NOUN until SCONJ it PRON is AUX smooth ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mix mix VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 batter det 3 pancake pancake NOUN Number=Sing 4 batter compound 4 batter batter NOUN Number=Sing 1 Mix obj 5 until until SCONJ _ 8 smooth mark 6 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 smooth nsubj 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 smooth cop 8 smooth smooth ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Mix advcl 9 . . PUNCT _ 1 Mix punct
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1 mix imperative you not said here the pancake batter vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent batter=Patient 2 is present batter smooth property tree rules
Example 2 Pour the batter into the pan.
det obj case det obl punct root Pour VERB the DET batter NOUN into ADP the DET pan NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Pour pour VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 batter det 3 batter batter NOUN Number=Sing 1 Pour obj 4 into into ADP _ 6 pan case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 pan det 6 pan pan NOUN Number=Sing 1 Pour obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 1 Pour punct
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1 pour imperative you not said here the batter the pan vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent batter=Theme into pan=Destination
Example 3 The batter hit a home run.
det nsubj det compound obj punct root The DET batter NOUN hit VERB a DET home NOUN run NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 batter det 2 batter batter NOUN Number=Sing 3 hit nsubj 3 hit hit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 run det 5 home home NOUN Number=Sing 6 run compound 6 run run NOUN Number=Sing 3 hit obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 hit punct
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1 hit past the batter a home run vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme run=Co-Theme
Example 4 Huge waves battered the cliffs.
amod nsubj det obj punct root Huge ADJ waves NOUN battered VERB the DET cliffs NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Huge huge ADJ Degree=Pos 2 waves amod 2 waves wave NOUN Number=Plur 3 battered nsubj 3 battered batter VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 cliffs det 5 cliffs cliff NOUN Number=Plur 3 battered obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 battered punct
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1 batter past Huge waves the cliffs vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cliff=Patient
Example 5 Fish and chips come in crispy batter.
nsubj cc conj case amod obl punct root Fish NOUN and CCONJ chips NOUN come VERB in ADP crispy ADJ batter NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fish fish NOUN Number=Plur 4 come nsubj 2 and and CCONJ _ 3 chips cc 3 chips chip NOUN Number=Plur 1 Fish conj 4 come come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 in in ADP _ 7 batter case 6 crispy crispy ADJ Degree=Pos 7 batter amod 7 batter batter NOUN Number=Sing 4 come obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 come punct
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1 come present Fish and chips crispy batter vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in batter=Location
Example 6 Do not eat raw cake batter with raw egg in it.
aux advmod amod compound obj case amod obl case nmod punct root Do AUX not PART eat VERB raw ADJ cake NOUN batter NOUN with ADP raw ADJ egg NOUN in ADP it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Do do AUX Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 eat aux 2 not not PART Polarity=Neg 3 eat advmod 3 eat eat VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 4 raw raw ADJ Degree=Pos 6 batter amod 5 cake cake NOUN Number=Sing 6 batter compound 6 batter batter NOUN Number=Sing 3 eat obj 7 with with ADP _ 9 egg case 8 raw raw ADJ Degree=Pos 9 egg amod 9 egg egg NOUN Number=Sing 3 eat obl 10 in in ADP _ 11 it case 11 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 egg nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 eat punct
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1 not eat imperative · do-support you not said here raw cake batter with raw egg in egg vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent batter=Patient
Example 7 The batter swung and missed.
det nsubj cc conj punct root The DET batter NOUN swung VERB and CCONJ missed VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 batter det 2 batter batter NOUN Number=Sing 3 swung nsubj 3 swung swing VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 missed cc 5 missed miss VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 swung conj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 swung punct
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1 swing past the batter vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute 2 miss past the batter not said here vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
Example 8 The old boat was battered by storms.
det amod nsubj:pass aux:pass case obl punct root The DET old ADJ boat NOUN was AUX battered VERB by ADP storms NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 boat det 2 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 3 boat amod 3 boat boat NOUN Number=Sing 5 battered nsubj:pass 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 battered aux:pass 5 battered batter VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 by by ADP _ 7 storms case 7 storms storm NOUN Number=Plur 5 battered obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 battered punct
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1 batter past · passive storms the old boat vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
Example 9 But come, let us get outside before the elephants arrive and batter down the place."
The tree, 15 words cc punct conj obj xcomp advmod mark det nsubj advcl cc conj compound:prt det obj punct punct root But CCONJ come VERB , PUNCT let VERB us PRON get VERB outside ADV before SCONJ the DET elephants NOUN arrive VERB and CCONJ batter VERB down ADP the DET place NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 But but CCONJ _ 2 come cc 2 come come VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 4 let punct 4 let let VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 2 come conj 5 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 4 let obj 6 get get VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 let xcomp 7 outside outside ADV _ 6 get advmod 8 before before SCONJ _ 11 arrive mark 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 elephants det 10 elephants elephant NOUN Number=Plur 11 arrive nsubj 11 arrive arrive VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 get advcl 12 and and CCONJ _ 13 batter cc 13 batter batter VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 arrive conj 14 down down ADP _ 13 batter compound:prt 15 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 place det 16 place place NOUN Number=Sing 13 batter obj 17 . . PUNCT _ 2 come punct 18 " " PUNCT _ 2 come punct
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1 come imperative you not said here vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 let infinitive you not said here us tree rules 3 get infinitive us not said here outside property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer 4 arrive present the elephants vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 5 batter down present the elephants not said here the place vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Patient
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