charades

Who acts: one player, song title, party game, everyone, meeting, We · What happens: act out, speak, try, guess, see through, be · To what, where: word, player, silly pretence, charade, charades, favourite party game · Speech: someone speaks here

«charades» 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: charades in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A party game where one player acts out a word, film, book or song title without speaking, and the others try to guess it.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 game	det
2	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 game	compound
3	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 try	nsubj
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 acts	advmod
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 player	nummod
6	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 acts	nsubj
7	acts	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 game	acl:relcl
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 acts	compound:prt
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 word	det
10	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 acts	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 film	punct
12	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 word	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 book	punct
14	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 word	appos
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 title	cc
16	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 title	compound
17	title	title	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 book	conj
18	without	without	SCONJ	_	19 speaking	mark
19	speaking	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 title	acl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 try	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 try	cc
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 others	det
23	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 try	nsubj
24	try	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
25	to	to	PART	_	26 guess	mark
26	guess	guess	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 try	xcomp
27	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 guess	obj
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	24 try	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	act out	present	one player	a word and film	vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent word=Eventuality
2	speak speech: other	gerund	song title not said here		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	try	present	a party game		vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	guess not said to happen	to-infinitive	a party game not said here	player	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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: charade, a charade, charades — kept apart, not parsed.

A silly pretence that everyone can see through, as in «the meeting was a charade».

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pretence	det
2	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pretence	amod
3	pretence	pretence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 see	mark
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 see	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 see	aux
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 pretence	acl
8	through	through	ADV	_	7 see	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 charade	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 charade	mark
11	in	in	ADP	_	17 charade	case
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 charade	punct
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 meeting	det
14	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 charade	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 charade	cop
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 charade	det
17	charade	charade	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 see	obl
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 charade	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 pretence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see through	can	everyone	a silly pretence not said here				through property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pretence=Stimulus
2	is in a quote	past	the meeting			a charade			tree rules

Example 1

We played charades after Christmas dinner.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 played	nsubj
2	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	charades	charade	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 played	obj
4	after	after	ADP	_	6 dinner	case
5	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 dinner	compound
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 played	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 played	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past	We	charades			after Christmas dinner		vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charade=Theme

Example 2

In charades, you must not speak.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 charades	case
2	charades	charade	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 speak	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 charades	punct
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 speak	nsubj
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 speak	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 speak	advmod
7	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 speak	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not speak speech: other	must	you			charades			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

I acted out «Frozen» in charades.

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	2 acted	nsubj
2	acted	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 acted	compound:prt
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 Frozen	punct
5	Frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 acted	conj
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 Frozen	punct
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 charades	case
8	charades	charade	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Frozen	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 acted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	act out	past	I						vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	freeze in a quote	participle	I not said here			charades			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 4

Charades is my favourite party game.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Charades	charade	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 game	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 game	cop
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 game	nmod:poss
4	favourite	favourite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 game	amod
5	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 game	compound
6	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 game	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Charades	my favourite party game					tree rules

Example 5

His kindness was just a charade to get our sweets.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 kindness	nmod:poss
2	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 charade	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 charade	cop
4	just	just	ADV	_	6 charade	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 charade	det
6	charade	charade	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 get	mark
8	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 charade	acl
9	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 sweets	nmod:poss
10	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 get	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 charade	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	His kindness	a charade					tree rules
2	get	to-infinitive		our sweets					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sweet=Stimulus

Example 6

Hold up two fingers in charades to show two words.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Hold	compound:prt
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 fingers	nummod
4	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hold	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 charades	case
6	charades	charade	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hold	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 show	mark
8	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Hold	advcl
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 words	nummod
10	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 show	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Hold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold up	imperative	you not said here	two fingers		charades			vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot finger=Theme
2	show	to-infinitive	you not said here	two words					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent word=Recipient

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