juggler
Who acts: juggler, person, crowd · What happens: be, throw, catch, entertain, keep, come · To what, where: person, air, balls, people, five balls, fair
«juggler» 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: juggler in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A juggler is a person who throws and catches balls, rings or clubs in the air to entertain people.
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 juggler | det |
| 2 | juggler | juggler | 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 throws | nsubj |
| 7 | throws | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 person | acl:relcl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 catches | cc |
| 9 | catches | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 throws | conj |
| 10 | balls | ball | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 catches | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 rings | punct |
| 12 | rings | ring | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 balls | conj |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 clubs | cc |
| 14 | clubs | club | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 balls | conj |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 air | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 air | det |
| 17 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 throws | obl |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 entertain | mark |
| 19 | entertain | entertain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 throws | advcl |
| 20 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 entertain | obj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 person | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a juggler | a person | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | throw | present | a person | the air | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent in air=Destination | ||||
| 3 | catch | present | a person not said here | balls and rings or clubs | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme | ||||
| 4 | entertain | to-infinitive | a person not said here | people | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer |
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 juggler kept five balls in the air at once.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 juggler | det |
| 2 | juggler | juggler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kept | nsubj |
| 3 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 balls | nummod |
| 5 | balls | ball | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 kept | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 air | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 air | det |
| 8 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kept | obl |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 once | case |
| 10 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 3 kept | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 kept | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | the juggler | five balls | the air | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent ball=Theme in air=Location |
Example 2
A juggler came to the fair with three flaming torches.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 juggler | det |
| 2 | juggler | juggler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 fair | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 fair | det |
| 6 | fair | fair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 torches | case |
| 8 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 torches | nummod |
| 9 | flaming | flaming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 torches | compound |
| 10 | torches | torch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 came | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | a juggler | the fair | with three flaming torches | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to fair=Initial_Location |
Example 3
The juggler bowed when the crowd clapped.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 juggler | det |
| 2 | juggler | juggler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bowed | nsubj |
| 3 | bowed | bow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 clapped | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 crowd | det |
| 6 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 clapped | nsubj |
| 7 | clapped | clap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 bowed | ccomp |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 bowed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bow | past | the juggler | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | clap | past | the crowd | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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