ninepins

Who acts: We, men, Ninepins · What happens: roll, set up, knock down, play, begin, be · To what, where: game, nine wooden pins, diamond shape, pins, ninepins, fair

«ninepins» 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: ninepins in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A game in which a ball is rolled at nine wooden pins set up in a diamond shape, to knock them down.

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 game	det
2	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rolled	nsubj:pass
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 ball	case
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 ball	nsubj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ball	det
6	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 game	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 rolled	aux:pass
8	rolled	roll	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	at	at	ADP	_	12 pins	case
10	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 pins	nummod
11	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 pins	amod
12	pins	pin	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 rolled	obl
13	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 pins	acl
14	up	up	ADP	_	13 set	compound:prt
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 shape	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 shape	det
17	diamond	diamond	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 shape	amod
18	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 set	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 knock	punct
20	to	to	PART	_	21 knock	mark
21	knock	knock	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 rolled	parataxis
22	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 knock	obj
23	down	down	ADP	_	21 knock	compound:prt
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 rolled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	roll	present · passive	a game in a ball	nine wooden pins	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme at pin=Trajectory
2	set up	participle	nine wooden pins not said here	a diamond shape	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in shape=Destination
3	knock down	to-infinitive	pins = pin		vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent they=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.

Example 1

We played ninepins at the fair and knocked down six pins.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 played	nsubj
2	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ninepins	ninepin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 played	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 fair	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fair	det
6	fair	fair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 played	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 knocked	cc
8	knocked	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 played	conj
9	down	down	ADP	_	8 knocked	compound:prt
10	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 pins	nummod
11	pins	pin	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 knocked	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 played	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past	We	ninepins		the fair			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ninepin=Theme
2	knock down	past	We not said here	six pins					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent pin=Patient

Example 2

The men set up nine pins and began to play.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 men	det
2	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 set	nsubj
3	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 set	compound:prt
5	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 pins	nummod
6	pins	pin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 set	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 began	cc
8	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 set	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 play	mark
10	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 began	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 set	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	set up	past	the men	nine pins	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient pin=Result
2	begin	past	the men not said here		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	play	to-infinitive	the men not said here		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Ninepins is like skittles.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ninepins	ninepin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 skittles	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 skittles	cop
3	like	like	ADP	_	4 skittles	case
4	skittles	skittle	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 skittles	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Ninepins					like skittles	tree rules

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