performer Who acts: person, street performer, She, circus performers, you, He · What happens: entertain, act, sing, dance, play, do · To what, where: audience, music, tricks, something, torches, performer
«performer» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: performer in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A person who entertains an audience by acting, singing, dancing, playing music or doing tricks.
The tree, 15 words det nsubj acl:relcl det obj mark advcl punct conj punct conj punct conj obj cc conj obj punct root A DET person NOUN who PRON entertains VERB an DET audience NOUN by SCONJ acting VERB , PUNCT singing VERB , PUNCT dancing VERB , PUNCT playing VERB music NOUN or CCONJ doing VERB tricks NOUN . PUNCT 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 root root 3 who who PRON PronType=Rel 4 entertains nsubj 4 entertains entertain VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 person acl:relcl 5 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 audience det 6 audience audience NOUN Number=Sing 4 entertains obj 7 by by SCONJ _ 8 acting mark 8 acting act VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 entertains advcl 9 , , PUNCT _ 10 singing punct 10 singing sing VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 8 acting conj 11 , , PUNCT _ 12 dancing punct 12 dancing dance VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 8 acting conj 13 , , PUNCT _ 14 playing punct 14 playing play VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 8 acting conj 15 music music NOUN Number=Sing 14 playing obj 16 or or CCONJ _ 17 doing cc 17 doing do VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 8 acting conj 18 tricks trick NOUN Number=Plur 17 doing obj 19 . . PUNCT _ 2 person punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 entertain present a person a audience vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus audience=Experiencer 2 act gerund a person not said here vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 sing speech: express gerund a person not said here vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme 4 dance gerund a person not said here vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme 5 play gerund a person not said here music vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent music=Theme 6 do gerund a person not said here tricks vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Eventuality
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.
Meaning 2 A person or thing that does well or badly at something: «a top performer».
The tree, 14 words det cc conj nsubj acl:relcl advmod cc conj case obl punct punct det amod appos punct punct root A DET person NOUN or CCONJ thing NOUN that PRON does VERB well ADV or CCONJ badly ADV at ADP something PRON : PUNCT « PUNCT a DET top ADJ performer NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT 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 root root 3 or or CCONJ _ 4 thing cc 4 thing thing NOUN Number=Sing 2 person conj 5 that that PRON PronType=Rel 6 does nsubj 6 does do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 person acl:relcl 7 well well ADV Degree=Pos 6 does advmod 8 or or CCONJ _ 9 badly cc 9 badly badly ADV Degree=Pos 7 well conj 10 at at ADP _ 11 something case 11 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 6 does obl 12 : : PUNCT _ 16 performer punct 13 « « PUNCT _ 16 performer punct 14 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 16 performer det 15 top top ADJ Degree=Pos 16 performer amod 16 performer performer NOUN Number=Sing 11 something appos 17 » » PUNCT _ 16 performer punct 18 . . PUNCT _ 2 person punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do present a person or thing something well property vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 1 The street performer juggled flaming torches.
det compound nsubj xcomp obj punct root The DET street NOUN performer NOUN juggled VERB flaming VERB torches NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 performer det 2 street street NOUN Number=Sing 3 performer compound 3 performer performer NOUN Number=Sing 4 juggled nsubj 4 juggled juggle VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 flaming flame VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 juggled xcomp 6 torches torch NOUN Number=Plur 5 flaming obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 juggled punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 juggle past the street performer tree rules 2 flame gerund the street performer not said here torches vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent torch=Theme
Example 2 Every performer bowed at the end of the show.
det acl case det obl case det nmod punct root Every DET performer NOUN bowed VERB at ADP the DET end NOUN of ADP the DET show NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Every every DET PronType=Tot 2 performer det 2 performer performer NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 bowed bow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 performer acl 4 at at ADP _ 6 end case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 end det 6 end end NOUN Number=Sing 3 bowed obl 7 of of ADP _ 9 show case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 show det 9 show show NOUN Number=Sing 6 end nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 performer punct
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1 bow participle every performer not said here at the end of the show vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at end=Location
Example 3 She's a natural performer and loves the stage.
nsubj cop det amod cc conj det obj punct root She PRON 's AUX a DET natural ADJ performer NOUN and CCONJ loves VERB the DET stage NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 performer nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 performer cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 performer det 4 natural natural ADJ Degree=Pos 5 performer amod 5 performer performer NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 loves cc 7 loves love VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 performer conj 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 stage det 9 stage stage NOUN Number=Sing 7 loves obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 performer punct
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1 is a present She a natural performer tree rules 2 love present She not said here the stage vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stage=Stimulus
Example 4 The circus performers did amazing tricks.
det amod nsubj amod obj punct root The DET circus ADJ performers NOUN did VERB amazing ADJ tricks NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 performers det 2 circus circus ADJ Degree=Pos 3 performers amod 3 performers performer NOUN Number=Plur 4 did nsubj 4 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 amazing amazing ADJ Degree=Pos 6 tricks amod 6 tricks trick NOUN Number=Plur 4 did obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 did punct
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1 do past the circus performers amazing tricks vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Eventuality
Example 5 Give the performers a big round of applause!
det obj det amod obj case nmod punct root Give VERB the DET performers NOUN a DET big ADJ round NOUN of ADP applause NOUN ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Give give VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 performers det 3 performers performer NOUN Number=Plur 1 Give obj 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 round det 5 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 6 round amod 6 round round NOUN Number=Sing 1 Give obj 7 of of ADP _ 8 applause case 8 applause applause NOUN Number=Sing 6 round nmod 9 ! ! PUNCT _ 1 Give punct
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1 give imperative you not said here the performers vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent performer=Recipient round=Theme
Example 6 He was the top performer in the maths competition.
nsubj cop det amod case det compound nmod punct root He PRON was AUX the DET top ADJ performer NOUN in ADP the DET maths NOUN competition NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 performer nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 performer cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 performer det 4 top top ADJ Degree=Pos 5 performer amod 5 performer performer NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 in in ADP _ 9 competition case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 competition det 8 maths math NOUN Number=Plur 9 competition compound 9 competition competition NOUN Number=Sing 5 performer nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 performer punct
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1 is a past He the top performer the maths competition tree rules
Example 7 Both of the performers appeared on the stage.
nsubj case det nmod case det obl punct root Both DET of ADP the DET performers NOUN appeared VERB on ADP the DET stage NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Both both DET PronType=Tot 5 appeared nsubj 2 of of ADP _ 4 performers case 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 performers det 4 performers performer NOUN Number=Plur 1 Both nmod 5 appeared appear VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 on on ADP _ 8 stage case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 stage det 8 stage stage NOUN Number=Sing 5 appeared obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 appeared punct
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1 appear past Both the stage vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on stage=Location
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