bookie

Who acts: person, Grandad, bookies, team, horse, shop · What happens: take, pay out, put, say, be, win · To what, where: bets, races, money, small bet, bookie, favourite · Speech: someone speaks here

«bookie» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: bookie in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

A person or company that takes bets on races and games and pays out money to winners.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 company	cc
4	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 person	conj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 takes	nsubj
6	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 person	acl:relcl
7	bets	bet	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 takes	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 races	case
9	races	race	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 takes	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 games	cc
11	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 races	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 pays	cc
13	pays	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 takes	conj
14	out	out	ADP	_	13 pays	compound:prt
15	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pays	obj
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 winners	case
17	winners	winner	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 pays	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	a person or company	bets		races and games			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bet=Theme on race=Destination
2	pay out	present	a person or company not said here	money				to winners	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Asset

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

Usage: informal, UK — kept apart, not parsed.

The bookie's: a betting shop.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bookie	det
2	bookie	bookie	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shop	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 bookie	case
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 shop	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 shop	det
6	betting	betting	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shop	compound
7	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 shop	punct

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

Example 1

Grandad put a small bet on a horse at the bookie's.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 put	nsubj
2	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bet	det
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bet	amod
5	bet	bet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 horse	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 horse	det
8	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 bookie	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bookie	det
11	bookie	bookie	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obl
12	's	's	PART	_	11 bookie	case
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	past	Grandad	a small bet		the bookie		on a horse	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent bet=Theme on horse=Destination

Example 2

The bookies said that team was most likely to win.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bookies	det
2	bookies	bookie	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 likely	mark
5	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 likely	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 likely	cop
7	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	8 likely	advmod
8	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 said	ccomp
9	to	to	PART	_	10 win	mark
10	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 likely	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the bookies		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	team	likely property	tree rules
3	win	to-infinitive	team not said here		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

That horse is the bookies' favourite.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 horse	det
2	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 favourite	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 favourite	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bookies	det
5	bookies	bookie	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 favourite	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 bookies	case
7	favourite	favourite	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 favourite	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that horse	the bookies's favourite					tree rules

Example 4

There's a bookie's shop on the high street.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 's	expl
2	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bookie	det
4	bookie	bookie	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shop	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 bookie	case
6	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 's	nsubj
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 street	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 street	det
9	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 street	amod
10	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 's	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 's	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	a bookie's shop			the high street; there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on street=Location

Example 5

The bookie paid out ten pounds to the winner.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bookie	det
2	bookie	bookie	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 bookie	acl
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 paid	compound:prt
5	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 pounds	nummod
6	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 paid	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 winner	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 winner	det
9	winner	winner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paid	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bookie	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay out	participle	the bookie not said here	ten pounds				to the winner	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pound=Asset

Example 6

Gambling with a bookie can lose you a lot of money.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gambling	gamble	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 lose	csubj
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 bookie	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bookie	det
4	bookie	bookie	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Gambling	obl
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 lose	aux
6	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 lose	obj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 lot	det
9	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lose	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 money	case
11	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lot	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 lose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gamble	gerund						with a bookie	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	lose	can	Gambling	you					tree rules

Example 7

The odds at the bookie's changed before the race.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 odds	det
2	odds	odd	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 changed	nsubj:pass
3	at	at	SCONJ	_	7 changed	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bookie	det
5	bookie	bookie	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 changed	nsubj
6	's	's	PART	_	5 bookie	case
7	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	before	before	ADP	_	10 race	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 race	det
10	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 changed	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 changed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	participle · passive		the odds			before the race		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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