gobble

Who acts: you, wolf, dog, anyone, Big companies, game · What happens: eat, make, gobble up, be, take over, not gobble · To what, where: something, throaty gobble sound, dinner, grandma, turkey, sausage

«gobble» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: gobble in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To eat something very quickly and greedily.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 eat	mark
2	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 eat	obj
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 quickly	advmod
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	2 eat	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 greedily	cc
7	greedily	greedily	ADV	_	5 quickly	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 eat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	to-infinitive		something				quickly property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient

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: of a turkey — kept apart, not parsed.

To make the throaty gobble-gobble sound.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sound	det
4	throaty	throaty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sound	amod
5	gobble	gobble	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gobble	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 gobble	punct
7	gobble	gobble	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sound	compound
8	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		the throaty gobble sound					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product

Meaning 3

To gobble up is to use up or take over something quickly, like money or land.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 gobble	mark
2	gobble	gobble	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 use	advcl
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 gobble	compound:prt
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 use	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 use	mark
6	use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 use	compound:prt
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 take	cc
9	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 use	conj
10	over	over	ADP	_	9 take	compound:prt
11	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 take	obj
12	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	9 take	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 money	punct
14	like	like	ADP	_	15 money	case
15	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 take	parataxis
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 land	cc
17	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 money	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	gobble up	to-infinitive			vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present		use property	tree rules
3	take over	infinitive	something	quickly property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme

Example 1

Don't gobble your dinner; chew slowly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 gobble	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 gobble	advmod
3	gobble	gobble	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 dinner	nmod:poss
5	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gobble	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 chew	punct
7	chew	chew	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 gobble	conj
8	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	7 chew	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gobble	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not gobble	imperative · do-support	you not said here	your dinner					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent dinner=Theme
2	chew	infinitive	you not said here					slowly property	vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The wolf gobbled up Little Red Riding Hood's grandma.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wolf	det
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gobbled	nsubj
3	gobbled	gobble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 gobbled	compound:prt
5	Little	Little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Red	amod
6	Red	Red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Hood	amod
7	Riding	Riding	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Hood	compound
8	Hood	Hood	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 grandma	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Hood	case
10	grandma	grandma	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gobbled	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gobbled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gobble up	past	the wolf	Red Riding Hood's grandma					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent grandma=Theme

Example 3

The turkey gobbled at the farmer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 turkey	det
2	turkey	turkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	gobbled	gobble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 turkey	acl
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 farmer	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 farmer	det
6	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gobbled	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 turkey	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gobble	participle		the turkey not said here				at the farmer	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at farmer=Stimulus

Example 4

The dog gobbled the sausage before anyone could stop it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gobbled	nsubj
3	gobbled	gobble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sausage	det
5	sausage	sausage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gobbled	obj
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	9 stop	mark
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 stop	nsubj
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 stop	aux
9	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 gobbled	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 stop	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gobbled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gobble	past	the dog	the sausage					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sausage=Theme
2	stop	could	anyone	sausage					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector it=Eventuality

Example 5

Big companies gobble up little shops.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 companies	amod
2	companies	company	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gobble	nsubj
3	gobble	gobble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 gobble	compound:prt
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shops	amod
6	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gobble	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gobble	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gobble up	present	Big companies	little shops					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shop=Theme

Example 6

My game gobbles up all the phone's battery.

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 game	nmod:poss
2	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gobbles	nsubj
3	gobbles	gobble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 gobbles	compound:prt
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 phone	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 phone	det
7	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 battery	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 phone	case
9	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gobbles	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gobbles	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gobble up	present	My game	all phone's battery					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent battery=Theme

Example 7

Whereupon he tore open Drumikin and gobbled up Lambikin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whereupon	whereupon	ADV	PronType=Int	3 tore	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tore	nsubj
3	tore	tore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Drumikin	amod
5	Drumikin	Drumikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 tore	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 gobbled	cc
7	gobbled	gobble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tore	conj
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 gobbled	compound:prt
9	Lambikin	Lambikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 gobbled	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tore	past	he	open Drumikin				whereupon property	tree rules
2	gobble up	past	he not said here	Lambikin					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent lambikin=Theme

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