chaser

Who acts: person, drink, horse, chaser, storm chasers, grandad · What happens: chase, take, race, follow, study, film · To what, where: someone, weaker drink, fences, storms, tag, everyone

«chaser» in the school dictionary: its 4 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: chaser in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A person or animal who chases someone or something.

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 animal	cc
4	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 person	conj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 chases	nsubj
6	chases	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 person	acl:relcl
7	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 chases	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 something	cc
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 someone	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	present	a person or animal	someone					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=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

A drink taken straight after another, especially a weaker drink after a strong alcoholic one, or a strong one after beer (adults).

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 drink	det
2	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 drink	acl
4	straight	straight	ADV	_	3 taken	advmod
5	after	after	ADP	_	6 another	case
6	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	3 taken	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 drink	punct
8	especially	especially	ADV	_	11 drink	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 drink	det
10	weaker	weak	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 drink	amod
11	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 taken	obl
12	after	after	ADP	_	16 one	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 one	det
14	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 one	amod
15	alcoholic	alcoholic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 one	amod
16	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 drink	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 one	punct
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 one	cc
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 one	det
20	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 one	amod
21	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 one	conj
22	after	after	ADP	_	23 beer	case
23	beer	beer	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 one	nmod
24	(	(	PUNCT	_	25 adults	punct
25	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 one	appos
26	)	)	PUNCT	_	25 adults	punct
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 drink	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	participle	a drink not said here	a weaker drink after a strong alcoholic one or a strong one after beer			after another	straight property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Meaning 3

Usage: sport — kept apart, not parsed.

A horse that races over fences (steeplechaser), or a player in the Harry Potter game Quidditch.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 horse	det
2	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 races	nsubj
4	races	race	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 horse	acl:relcl
5	over	over	ADP	_	6 fences	case
6	fences	fence	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 races	obl
7	(	(	PUNCT	_	8 steeplechaser	punct
8	steeplechaser	steeplechaser	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fences	appos
9	)	)	PUNCT	_	8 steeplechaser	punct
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 player	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 player	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 player	det
13	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 races	parataxis
14	in	in	ADP	_	18 game	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 game	det
16	Harry	Harry	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Potter	compound
17	Potter	Potter	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 game	compound
18	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 player	nmod
19	Quidditch	Quidditch	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 game	appos
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 horse	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	race	present	a horse			fences			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over fence=Trajectory

Meaning 4

Storm chaser: a person who follows storms to study or film them.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chaser	compound
2	chaser	chaser	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chaser	appos
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 follows	nsubj
7	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	acl:relcl
8	storms	storm	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 follows	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 study	mark
10	study	study	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 follows	advcl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 film	cc
12	film	film	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 study	conj
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 film	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 chaser	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	follow	present	a person	storms	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent storm=Theme
2	study	to-infinitive	a person not said here		vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	film	infinitive	a person not said here	storms = storm	vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Example 1

In tag, the chaser has to catch everyone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 tag	case
2	tag	tag	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 tag	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 chaser	det
5	chaser	chaser	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	nsubj
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 catch	mark
8	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 has	xcomp
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 catch	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the chaser			tag			tree rules
2	catch	to-infinitive	the chaser not said here	everyone					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme

Example 2

The storm chasers filmed the tornado.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 chasers	det
2	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chasers	compound
3	chasers	chaser	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 filmed	nsubj
4	filmed	film	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tornado	det
6	tornado	tornado	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 filmed	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 filmed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	film	past	the storm chasers	the tornado					vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tornado=Theme

Example 3

My grandad drank water as a chaser.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 grandad	nmod:poss
2	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drank	nsubj
3	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drank	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 chaser	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 chaser	det
7	chaser	chaser	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drank	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 drank	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	past	My grandad	water				as a chaser	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient

Example 4

The chaser horse jumped every fence.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 horse	det
2	chaser	chaser	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 horse	compound
3	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jumped	nsubj
4	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 fence	det
6	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jumped	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 jumped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump	past	the chaser horse	every fence					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme fence=Trajectory

Example 5

You be the chaser this time!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 chaser	nsubj
2	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 chaser	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 chaser	det
4	chaser	chaser	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 time	det
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chaser	obl:unmarked
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 chaser	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	infinitive	You	the chaser			time		tree rules

Example 6

Ambulance chasers are lawyers who look for accident victims.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ambulance	ambulance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chasers	compound
2	chasers	chaser	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lawyers	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lawyers	cop
4	lawyers	lawyer	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 look	nsubj
6	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lawyers	acl:relcl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 victims	case
8	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 victims	compound
9	victims	victim	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 look	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 lawyers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Ambulance chasers	lawyers					tree rules
2	look	present	lawyers					for accident victims	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for victim=Theme

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