croquet Who acts: players, lawn game, We, flamingo, you, croquet club · What happens: hit, handle, hoop, knock, play, keep · To what, where: wooden balls, lawn game, ball, own ball, croquet, lawn
«croquet» 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: croquet in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A lawn game in which players hit wooden balls with long-handled wooden mallets through small metal hoops stuck in the grass.
The tree, 22 words det compound nsubj case obl nsubj acl:relcl amod obj case compound punct amod amod obl case amod obl xcomp case det obl punct root A DET lawn NOUN game NOUN in ADP which PRON players NOUN hit VERB wooden ADJ balls NOUN with ADP long ADJ - PUNCT handled VERB wooden ADJ mallets NOUN through ADP small ADJ metal NOUN hoops VERB stuck ADJ in ADP the DET grass NOUN . PUNCT 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 lawn lawn NOUN Number=Sing 3 game compound 3 game game NOUN Number=Sing 19 hoops nsubj 4 in in ADP _ 5 which case 5 which which PRON PronType=Rel 7 hit obl 6 players player NOUN Number=Plur 7 hit nsubj 7 hit hit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 game acl:relcl 8 wooden wooden ADJ Degree=Pos 9 balls amod 9 balls ball NOUN Number=Plur 7 hit obj 10 with with ADP _ 15 mallets case 11 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 13 handled compound 12 - - PUNCT _ 11 long punct 13 handled handle VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 15 mallets amod 14 wooden wooden ADJ Degree=Pos 15 mallets amod 15 mallets mallet NOUN Number=Plur 7 hit obl 16 through through ADP _ 18 metal case 17 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 18 metal amod 18 metal metal NOUN Number=Sing 7 hit obl 19 hoops hoop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 20 stuck stuck ADJ Degree=Pos 19 hoops xcomp 21 in in ADP _ 23 grass case 22 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 23 grass det 23 grass grass NOUN Number=Sing 20 stuck obl 24 . . PUNCT _ 19 hoops punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hit past players wooden balls a lawn game with handled wooden mallets; through small metal vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent ball=Patient with mallet=Instrument 2 handle participle vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 3 hoop present a lawn game stuck property 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 Usage: verb, rare — kept apart, not parsed.
To knock another player's ball away by hitting your own ball against it.
The tree, 14 words mark det nmod:poss case obj advmod mark advcl nmod:poss amod obj case obl punct root To PART knock VERB another DET player NOUN 's PART ball NOUN away ADV by SCONJ hitting VERB your PRON own ADJ ball NOUN against ADP it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 knock mark 2 knock knock VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 another another DET PronType=Ind 4 player det 4 player player NOUN Number=Sing 6 ball nmod:poss 5 's 's PART _ 4 player case 6 ball ball NOUN Number=Sing 2 knock obj 7 away away ADV _ 2 knock advmod 8 by by SCONJ _ 9 hitting mark 9 hitting hit VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 knock advcl 10 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 12 ball nmod:poss 11 own own ADJ Degree=Pos 12 ball amod 12 ball ball NOUN Number=Sing 9 hitting obj 13 against against ADP _ 14 it case 14 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 hitting obl 15 . . PUNCT _ 2 knock punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 knock to-infinitive another player's ball away property vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent ball=Patient 2 hit gerund your own ball against ball vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent ball=Instrument against it=Patient
Example 1 We played croquet on Grandpa's lawn after lunch.
nsubj obj case nmod:poss case obl case obl punct root We PRON played VERB croquet NOUN on ADP Grandpa PROPN 's PART lawn NOUN after ADP lunch NOUN . PUNCT 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 croquet croquet NOUN Number=Sing 2 played obj 4 on on ADP _ 7 lawn case 5 Grandpa Grandpa PROPN Number=Sing 7 lawn nmod:poss 6 's 's PART _ 5 Grandpa case 7 lawn lawn NOUN Number=Sing 2 played obl 8 after after ADP _ 9 lunch case 9 lunch lunch NOUN Number=Sing 2 played obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 played punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 play past We croquet Grandpa's lawn after lunch vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent croquet=Theme
Example 2 Alice's flamingo kept twisting round to look at her instead of hitting the hedgehog.
The tree, 15 words nmod:poss case nsubj xcomp advmod mark advcl case obl mark fixed advcl det obj punct root Alice PROPN 's PART flamingo NOUN kept VERB twisting VERB round ADV to PART look VERB at ADP her PRON instead ADV of ADP hitting VERB the DET hedgehog NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Alice Alice PROPN Number=Sing 3 flamingo nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Alice case 3 flamingo flamingo NOUN Number=Sing 4 kept nsubj 4 kept keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 twisting twist VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 kept xcomp 6 round round ADV _ 5 twisting advmod 7 to to PART _ 8 look mark 8 look look VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 twisting advcl 9 at at ADP _ 10 her case 10 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 look obl 11 instead instead ADV ExtPos=SCONJ 13 hitting mark 12 of of ADP _ 11 instead fixed 13 hitting hit VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 8 look advcl 14 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 15 hedgehog det 15 hedgehog hedgehog NOUN Number=Sing 13 hitting obj 16 . . PUNCT _ 4 kept punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 keep past Alice's flamingo tree rules 2 twist gerund Alice's flamingo not said here round property vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme 3 look to-infinitive Alice's flamingo not said here at flamingo vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme 4 hit gerund Alice's flamingo not said here the hedgehog vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hedgehog=Co-Theme
Example 3 Hit the ball through the hoop with the mallet.
det obj case det obl case det obl punct root Hit VERB the DET ball NOUN through ADP the DET hoop NOUN with ADP the DET mallet NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Hit hit VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 ball det 3 ball ball NOUN Number=Sing 1 Hit obj 4 through through ADP _ 6 hoop case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 hoop det 6 hoop hoop NOUN Number=Sing 1 Hit obl 7 with with ADP _ 9 mallet case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 mallet det 9 mallet mallet NOUN Number=Sing 1 Hit obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 1 Hit punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hit imperative you not said here the ball the hoop with the mallet vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent ball=Patient with mallet=Instrument
Example 4 The croquet club meets every Saturday in summer.
det compound nsubj det obj case obl punct root The DET croquet NOUN club NOUN meets VERB every DET Saturday PROPN in ADP summer NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 club det 2 croquet croquet NOUN Number=Sing 3 club compound 3 club club NOUN Number=Sing 4 meets nsubj 4 meets meet VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 every every DET PronType=Tot 6 Saturday det 6 Saturday Saturday PROPN Number=Sing 4 meets obj 7 in in ADP _ 8 summer case 8 summer summer NOUN Number=Sing 4 meets obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 meets punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 meet present the croquet club saturday; summer vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 5 The Queen played croquet with live hedgehogs.
det nsubj obj case amod obl punct root The DET Queen PROPN played VERB croquet NOUN with ADP live ADJ hedgehogs NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Queen det 2 Queen Queen PROPN Number=Sing 3 played nsubj 3 played play VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 croquet croquet NOUN Number=Sing 3 played obj 5 with with ADP _ 7 hedgehogs case 6 live live ADJ Degree=Pos 7 hedgehogs amod 7 hedgehogs hedgehog NOUN Number=Plur 3 played obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 played punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 play past the Queen croquet with live hedgehogs vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent croquet=Theme with hedgehog=Co-Agent
Example 6 It is hard to play croquet when the lawn is bumpy.
expl cop mark xcomp obj advmod det nsubj cop advcl punct root It PRON is AUX hard ADJ to PART play VERB croquet NOUN when ADV the DET lawn NOUN is AUX bumpy ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 hard expl 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 hard cop 3 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 to to PART _ 5 play mark 5 play play VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 hard xcomp 6 croquet croquet NOUN Number=Sing 5 play obj 7 when when ADV PronType=Int 11 bumpy advmod 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 lawn det 9 lawn lawn NOUN Number=Sing 11 bumpy nsubj 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 bumpy cop 11 bumpy bumpy ADJ Degree=Pos 5 play advcl 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 hard punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present hard property tree rules 2 play to-infinitive croquet vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent croquet=Theme 3 is present the lawn bumpy property tree rules
Example 7 The soldiers had to bend over to be the croquet hoops.
det nsubj mark xcomp compound:prt mark cop det nsubj advcl punct root The DET soldiers NOUN had VERB to PART bend VERB over ADP to PART be AUX the DET croquet NOUN hoops VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 soldiers det 2 soldiers soldier NOUN Number=Plur 3 had nsubj 3 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 bend mark 5 bend bend VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 had xcomp 6 over over ADP _ 5 bend compound:prt 7 to to PART _ 11 hoops mark 8 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 11 hoops cop 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 croquet det 10 croquet croquet NOUN Number=Sing 11 hoops nsubj 11 hoops hoop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 bend advcl 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 had punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have past the soldiers tree rules 2 bend over to-infinitive the soldiers not said here vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 is to-infinitive the croquet hoop property tree rules
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
← previous croppernext → croquette↑ back to C in school dictionary This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/croquet/