gambol
Who acts: gambol, lambs · What happens: be, jump, play about, gamboll · To what, where: playful leap, field, puppy, children, sand
«gambol» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: gambol in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To gambol is to skip, jump and play about happily, like a lamb or kitten.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 gambol | mark |
| 2 | gambol | gambol | 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 play | cc |
| 9 | play | play | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 skip | conj |
| 10 | about | about | ADV | _ | 11 happily | advmod |
| 11 | happily | happily | ADV | _ | 9 play | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 lamb | punct |
| 13 | like | like | ADP | _ | 15 lamb | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 lamb | det |
| 15 | lamb | lamb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 play | parataxis |
| 16 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 17 kitten | cc |
| 17 | kitten | kitten | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 lamb | conj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 skip | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | skip property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | jump | infinitive | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | play about | infinitive | happily property | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 gambol is a playful leap or jump (noun).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 gambol | det |
| 2 | gambol | gambol | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leap | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 leap | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 leap | det |
| 5 | playful | playful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 leap | amod |
| 6 | leap | leap | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 jump | cc |
| 8 | jump | jump | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leap | conj |
| 9 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 10 noun | punct |
| 10 | noun | noun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 jump | appos |
| 11 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 10 noun | punct |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 leap | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a gambol | a playful leap or jump | tree rules |
Example 1
The lambs gambolled in the field.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lambs | det |
| 2 | lambs | lamb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 gambolled | nsubj |
| 3 | gambolled | gamboll | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 field | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 field | det |
| 6 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gambolled | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 gambolled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gamboll | past | the lambs | the field | tree rules |
Example 2
The puppy gambolled round the garden.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 puppy | det |
| 2 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | gambolled | gamboll | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 puppy | acl |
| 4 | round | round | ADP | _ | 6 garden | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 garden | det |
| 6 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gambolled | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 puppy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gamboll | participle | the puppy not said here | round the garden | tree rules |
Example 3
The children gambolled on the sand.
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 | gambolled | gamboll | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 children | acl |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 sand | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sand | det |
| 6 | sand | sand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gambolled | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 children | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gamboll | participle | the children not said here | the sand | 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.
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