bludger

Who acts: lazy person, others, Bludger, game, you, He · What happens: avoid, let, do, live, be, fly · To what, where: work, others, money, heavy ball, Harry Potter books, players

«bludger» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: bludger in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: Australia, NZ, slang — kept apart, not parsed.

A lazy person who avoids work or lets others do it, or someone who lives on other people's money.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 person	det
2	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 person	amod
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 avoids	nsubj
5	avoids	avoid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 person	acl:relcl
6	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 avoids	obj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 lets	cc
8	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 avoids	conj
9	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 lets	obj
10	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 lets	xcomp
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 do	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 someone	punct
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 someone	cc
14	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 person	appos
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 lives	nsubj
16	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 someone	acl:relcl
17	on	on	ADP	_	21 money	case
18	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 people	amod
19	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 money	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 people	case
21	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 lives	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	avoid	present	a lazy person	work		vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent work=Location
2	let	present	a lazy person not said here	others		tree rules
3	do	infinitive	others not said here	work		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
4	live	present			other people's money	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on money=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.

Meaning 2

In the Harry Potter books, a Bludger is a heavy ball in the game of Quidditch that flies around trying to knock players off their brooms.

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	5 books	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 books	det
3	Harry	Harry	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 books	compound
4	Potter	Potter	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 books	compound
5	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 ball	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 books	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 Bludger	det
8	Bludger	Bludger	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 ball	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 ball	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 ball	det
11	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ball	amod
12	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 game	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 game	det
15	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ball	nmod
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 Quidditch	case
17	Quidditch	Quidditch	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 game	nmod
18	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 flies	nsubj
19	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 game	acl:relcl
20	around	around	ADP	_	21 trying	mark
21	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 flies	advcl
22	to	to	PART	_	23 knock	mark
23	knock	knock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 trying	xcomp
24	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 knock	obj
25	off	off	ADP	_	27 brooms	case
26	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 brooms	nmod:poss
27	brooms	broom	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 knock	obl
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 ball	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a Bludger	a heavy ball	the Harry Potter books	in the game of Quidditch	tree rules
2	fly	present	the game of Quidditch				vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	try	gerund	the game of Quidditch not said here				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	knock not said to happen	to-infinitive	the game of Quidditch not said here	players		off players's brooms	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent player=Patient off broom=Co-Patient

Example 1

Get up and help, you bludger! (Australia, slang)

Sentence 1: Get up and help, you bludger!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Get	compound:prt
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 help	cc
4	help	help	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Get	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bludger	punct
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 bludger	nsubj
7	bludger	bludger	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Get	obl
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	get up	imperative	you not said here	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	help	infinitive	you not said here	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	bludger		you	tree rules

Sentence 2: (Australia, slang)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Australia	punct
2	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 slang	punct
4	slang	slang	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Australia	appos
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Australia	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 2

He's a bit of a bludger, he never washes up.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bit	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bit	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bit	det
4	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 bludger	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bludger	det
7	bludger	bludger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bit	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 washes	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 washes	nsubj
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 washes	advmod
11	washes	wash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bit	parataxis
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 washes	compound:prt
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 bit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	He	a bit				of a bludger	tree rules
2	not wash up	present	he						vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

P.E. today was a total bludge. (Australia, slang)

Sentence 1: P.E. today was a total bludge.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	P.E	P.E	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 today	compound
2	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 P.E	punct
3	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bludge	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 bludge	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bludge	det
6	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bludge	amod
7	bludge	bludge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 bludge	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	P.E today	a total bludge					tree rules

Sentence 2: (Australia, slang)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Australia	punct
2	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 slang	punct
4	slang	slang	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Australia	appos
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Australia	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 4

The Bludger nearly knocked Harry off his broom.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Bludger	det
2	Bludger	Bludger	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 knocked	nsubj
3	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	4 knocked	advmod
4	knocked	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Harry	Harry	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 knocked	obj
6	off	off	ADP	_	8 broom	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 broom	nmod:poss
8	broom	broom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 knocked	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 knocked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock	past	the Bludger	Harry				off Bludger's broom; nearly property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent harry=Patient off broom=Co-Patient

Example 5

Beaters hit the Bludgers away from their team.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beaters	beater	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hit	nsubj
2	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Bludgers	det
4	Bludgers	bludger	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hit	obj
5	away	away	ADV	_	2 hit	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 team	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 team	nmod:poss
8	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 away	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	past	Beaters	the Bludgers				away property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bludger=Co-Theme

Example 6

Don't be a bludger, do your share of the project.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 bludger	advmod
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 bludger	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bludger	det
5	bludger	bludger	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Do	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 do	punct
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Do	parataxis
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 share	nmod:poss
9	share	share	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 project	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 project	det
12	project	project	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 share	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is a	infinitive		a bludger	tree rules
3	do	infinitive		your share of the project	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent share=Eventuality
4	share		your	the project	nom share «possession transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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