hobgoblin

Who acts: hobgoblin, wicked hobgoblin, you · What happens: be, laugh, not wake · To what, where: mischievous small creature, old tales, hobgoblin, stairs

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

Meaning 1

A hobgoblin is a mischievous or wicked small creature in old tales, a kind of goblin.

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 hobgoblin	det
2	hobgoblin	hobgoblin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 creature	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 creature	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 creature	det
5	mischievous	mischievous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 creature	amod
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 wicked	cc
7	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 mischievous	conj
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 creature	amod
9	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 tales	case
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 tales	amod
12	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 creature	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 kind	punct
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 kind	det
15	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 creature	parataxis
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 goblin	case
17	goblin	goblin	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 kind	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 creature	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a hobgoblin	a mischievous small creature		old tales			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.

Example 1

There was once a wicked hobgoblin in the wood.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 was	expl
2	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 was	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 hobgoblin	det
5	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hobgoblin	amod
6	hobgoblin	hobgoblin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 wood	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wood	det
9	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hobgoblin	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	a wicked hobgoblin in the wood			there		once property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

The hobgoblin laughed at the children.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hobgoblin	det
2	hobgoblin	hobgoblin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 laughed	nsubj
3	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 children	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 children	det
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 laughed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 laughed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	the hobgoblin					at the children	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Don't wake the hobgoblin under the stairs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 wake	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 wake	advmod
3	wake	wake	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hobgoblin	det
5	hobgoblin	hobgoblin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wake	obj
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 stairs	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stairs	det
8	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wake	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not wake	imperative · do-support	you not said here	the hobgoblin		the stairs			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hobgoblin=Patient

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