caper Who acts: caper, he, They, feast, boys · What happens: be, jump, dance, cut, mean, play about · To what, where: playful jump, mischievous trick, capers, children, tree, sorts · Speech: someone speaks here
«caper» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: caper in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A caper is a playful jump or skip.
det nsubj cop det amod cc conj punct root A DET caper NOUN is AUX a DET playful ADJ jump NOUN or CCONJ skip NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 caper det 2 caper caper NOUN Number=Sing 6 jump nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 jump cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 jump det 5 playful playful ADJ Degree=Pos 6 jump amod 6 jump jump NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 or or CCONJ _ 8 skip cc 8 skip skip NOUN Number=Sing 6 jump conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 jump punct
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1 is a present a caper a playful jump or skip tree rules
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 To caper is to skip, jump and dance about happily.
mark advcl cop mark punct conj cc conj advmod advmod punct root To PART caper NOUN is AUX to PART skip VERB , PUNCT jump VERB and CCONJ dance VERB about ADV happily ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 caper mark 2 caper caper NOUN Number=Sing 5 skip advcl 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 skip cop 4 to to PART _ 5 skip mark 5 skip skip VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 7 jump punct 7 jump jump VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 5 skip conj 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 dance cc 9 dance dance VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 7 jump conj 10 about about ADV _ 11 happily advmod 11 happily happily ADV _ 9 dance advmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 5 skip punct
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1 is present skip property tree rules 2 jump infinitive vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 dance infinitive happily property vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Meaning 3 Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.
A caper is a mischievous trick or prank; «cut capers» means to play about or behave naughtily.
The tree, 17 words det nsubj cop det amod cc conj punct punct nsubj obj punct parataxis mark ccomp advmod cc conj advmod punct root A DET caper NOUN is AUX a DET mischievous ADJ trick NOUN or CCONJ prank NOUN ; PUNCT « PUNCT cut VERB capers NOUN » PUNCT means VERB to PART play VERB about ADV or CCONJ behave VERB naughtily ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 caper det 2 caper caper NOUN Number=Sing 6 trick nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 trick cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 trick det 5 mischievous mischievous ADJ Degree=Pos 6 trick amod 6 trick trick NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 or or CCONJ _ 8 prank cc 8 prank prank NOUN Number=Sing 6 trick conj 9 ; ; PUNCT _ 11 cut punct 10 « « PUNCT _ 11 cut punct 11 cut cut VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 14 means nsubj 12 capers caper NOUN Number=Plur 11 cut obj 13 » » PUNCT _ 11 cut punct 14 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 trick parataxis 15 to to PART _ 16 play mark 16 play play VERB VerbForm=Inf 14 means ccomp 17 about about ADV _ 16 play advmod 18 or or CCONJ _ 19 behave cc 19 behave behave VERB VerbForm=Inf 16 play conj 20 naughtily naughtily ADV _ 19 behave advmod 21 . . PUNCT _ 6 trick punct
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1 is a present a caper a mischievous trick or prank tree rules 2 cut in a quote infinitive capers vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset caper=Product 3 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 4 play about not said to happen to-infinitive about property vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 5 behave infinitive naughtily property vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
Example 1 The children capered round the tree.
det acl case det obl punct root The DET children NOUN capered VERB round ADP the DET tree NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 children det 2 children child NOUN Number=Plur root root 3 capered caper VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 children acl 4 round round ADP _ 6 tree case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 tree det 6 tree tree NOUN Number=Sing 3 capered obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 children punct
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1 caper participle the children not said here the tree vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round tree=Trajectory
Example 2 First he whirled round, then he cut all sorts of capers.
advmod nsubj advmod punct advmod nsubj parataxis det obj case nmod punct root First ADV he PRON whirled VERB round ADV , PUNCT then ADV he PRON cut VERB all DET sorts NOUN of ADP capers NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 First first ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 3 whirled advmod 2 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 whirled nsubj 3 whirled whirl VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 round round ADV _ 3 whirled advmod 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 cut punct 6 then then ADV PronType=Dem 8 cut advmod 7 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 cut nsubj 8 cut cut VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 whirled parataxis 9 all all DET PronType=Tot 10 sorts det 10 sorts sort NOUN Number=Plur 8 cut obj 11 of of ADP _ 12 capers case 12 capers caper NOUN Number=Plur 10 sorts nmod 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 whirled punct
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1 whirl past he first, round property vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme 2 cut past he all sorts of capers then vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sort=Product 3 sort capers nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient
Example 3 They capered with joy when the feast was ready.
nsubj case obl advmod det nsubj cop advcl punct root They PRON capered VERB with ADP joy NOUN when ADV the DET feast NOUN was AUX ready ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 capered nsubj 2 capered caper VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 with with ADP _ 4 joy case 4 joy joy NOUN Number=Sing 2 capered obl 5 when when ADV PronType=Int 9 ready advmod 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 feast det 7 feast feast NOUN Number=Sing 9 ready nsubj 8 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 ready cop 9 ready ready ADJ Degree=Pos 2 capered advcl 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 capered punct
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1 caper past They with joy vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 is past the feast ready property tree rules
Example 4 The boys were up to their usual capers.
det nsubj cop compound:prt case nmod:poss amod punct root The DET boys NOUN were AUX up ADP to ADP their PRON usual ADJ capers NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 boys det 2 boys boy NOUN Number=Plur 8 capers nsubj 3 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 capers cop 4 up up ADP _ 3 were compound:prt 5 to to ADP _ 8 capers case 6 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 capers nmod:poss 7 usual usual ADJ Degree=Pos 8 capers amod 8 capers caper NOUN Number=Plur root root 9 . . PUNCT _ 8 capers punct
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1 is past the boys to boys's usual capers tree rules
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