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huckster

Who acts: huckster, person, old huckster · What happens: be, sell, stand, call out · To what, where: person, small goods, apples, shop, corner, prices

«huckster» 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: huckster in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A huckster is a person who sells small goods, often from a cart or a little shop, usually in an eager way. (old use).

Sentence 1: A huckster is a person who sells small goods, often from a cart or a little shop, usually in an eager way.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 huckster	det
2	huckster	huckster	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 sells	nsubj
7	sells	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	acl:relcl
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 goods	amod
9	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	7 sells	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 cart	punct
11	often	often	ADV	_	14 cart	advmod
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 cart	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 cart	det
14	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sells	parataxis
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 shop	cc
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 shop	det
17	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 shop	amod
18	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cart	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 way	punct
20	usually	usually	ADV	_	24 way	advmod
21	in	in	ADP	_	24 way	case
22	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 way	det
23	eager	eager	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 way	amod
24	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sells	conj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a huckster	a person					tree rules
2	sell	present	a person	small goods					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goods=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: (old use).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 use	punct
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 use	amod
3	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 use	punct
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 use	punct

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

Example 1

The huckster sold apples and jam from his shop.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 huckster	det
2	huckster	huckster	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sold	nsubj
3	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sold	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 jam	cc
6	jam	jam	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 apples	conj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 shop	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 shop	nmod:poss
9	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sold	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past	the huckster	apples and jam		huckster's shop			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Theme

Example 2

An old huckster stood at the corner with a basket.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 huckster	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 huckster	amod
3	huckster	huckster	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stood	nsubj
4	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 corner	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 corner	det
7	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stood	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 basket	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 basket	det
10	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stood	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	a old huckster			the corner		with a basket	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at corner=Location

Example 3

The huckster called out his prices all day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 huckster	det
2	huckster	huckster	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 huckster	acl
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 called	compound:prt
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 prices	nmod:poss
6	prices	price	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 called	obj
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 called	obl:unmarked
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 huckster	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call out speech: assert	participle	the huckster not said here	his prices			day		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent price=Recipient

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