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groundsman

Who acts: person, groundsman, you, Cricket groundsmen · What happens: be, cut, mark, care, job, mow · To what, where: grass, lines, football pitch, groundsman, field, running track

«groundsman» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: groundsman in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: UK — kept apart, not parsed.

A person whose job is to look after a sports field, park or school grounds: cutting grass, marking lines, caring for the pitch.

The tree, 23 words

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	7 look	nsubj
3	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	4 job	nmod:poss
4	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 person	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 look	cop
6	to	to	PART	_	7 look	mark
7	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	after	after	ADP	_	11 field	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 field	det
10	sports	sport	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 field	compound
11	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 look	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 park	punct
13	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 field	conj
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 grounds	cc
15	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 grounds	compound
16	grounds	grounds	NOUN	Number=Ptan	11 field	conj
17	:	:	PUNCT	_	18 cutting	punct
18	cutting	cut	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 look	advcl
19	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 cutting	obj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 marking	punct
21	marking	mark	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 cutting	conj
22	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 marking	obj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 caring	punct
24	caring	care	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 cutting	conj
25	for	for	ADP	_	27 pitch	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 pitch	det
27	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 caring	obl
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a person				after a sports field and park or school grounds	look property	tree rules
2	cut	gerund	a person not said here	grass					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset grass=Product
3	mark	gerund	a person not said here	lines					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent line=Destination
4	care	gerund	a person not said here					for the pitch	vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for pitch=Theme
5	job		a person						nom job «act intransitive»: poss=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.

Example 1

The groundsman mowed the football pitch.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 groundsman	det
2	groundsman	groundsman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mowed	nsubj
3	mowed	mow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pitch	det
5	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pitch	compound
6	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mowed	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mowed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mow	past	the groundsman	the football pitch					vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pitch=Patient

Example 2

Ask the groundsman before you go on the field.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 groundsman	det
3	groundsman	groundsman	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	before	before	SCONJ	_	6 go	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 go	nsubj
6	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	advcl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 field	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 field	det
9	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 go	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	the groundsman					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent groundsman=Recipient
2	go	present	you			the field			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on field=Location

Example 3

The groundsman marked the running track.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 groundsman	det
2	groundsman	groundsman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 marked	nsubj
3	marked	mark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 track	det
5	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 track	amod
6	track	track	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 marked	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 marked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mark	past	the groundsman	the running track					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent track=Destination
2	run	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 4

Cricket groundsmen roll the pitch flat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cricket	cricket	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 groundsmen	compound
2	groundsmen	groundsman	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 roll	nsubj
3	roll	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pitch	det
5	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 roll	obj
6	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 roll	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 roll	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll	present	Cricket groundsmen	the pitch				flat property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pitch=Agent

Example 5

The groundsman was cross about the muddy footprints.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 groundsman	det
2	groundsman	groundsman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cross	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cross	cop
4	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	8 footprints	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 footprints	det
7	muddy	muddy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 footprints	amod
8	footprints	footprint	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cross	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 cross	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the groundsman					about the muddy footprints; cross property	tree rules

Example 6

Our school groundsman plants the flower beds.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 plants	nmod:poss
2	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 groundsman	compound
3	groundsman	groundsman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 plants	compound
4	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 beds	det
6	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 beds	compound
7	beds	bed	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 plants	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 plants	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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