prankster Who acts: prankster, person, cousin, Everyone, good prankster, teacher · What happens: be, like, play, hide, know, swap · To what, where: person, pranks, family prankster, rubber spider, lunchbox, prankster · Speech: someone speaks here
«prankster» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: prankster in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A prankster is a person who likes playing pranks — tricks or jokes on other people.
The tree, 15 words det nsubj cop det nsubj acl:relcl xcomp obj punct conj cc conj case amod obl punct root A DET prankster NOUN is AUX a DET person NOUN who PRON likes VERB playing VERB pranks NOUN — PUNCT tricks NOUN or CCONJ jokes NOUN on ADP other ADJ people NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 prankster det 2 prankster prankster 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 likes nsubj 7 likes like VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 person acl:relcl 8 playing play VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 likes xcomp 9 pranks prank NOUN Number=Plur 8 playing obj 10 — - PUNCT _ 11 tricks punct 11 tricks trick NOUN Number=Plur 9 pranks conj 12 or or CCONJ _ 13 jokes cc 13 jokes joke NOUN Number=Plur 9 pranks conj 14 on on ADP _ 16 people case 15 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 16 people amod 16 people people NOUN Number=Plur 8 playing obl 17 . . PUNCT _ 5 person punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present a prankster a person tree rules 2 like present a person vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme 3 play not said to happen gerund a person not said here pranks and tricks or jokes on other people vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prank=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.
Example 1 My cousin is the family prankster.
nmod:poss nsubj cop det compound punct root My PRON cousin NOUN is AUX the DET family NOUN prankster NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 cousin nmod:poss 2 cousin cousin NOUN Number=Sing 6 prankster nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 prankster cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 prankster det 5 family family NOUN Number=Sing 6 prankster compound 6 prankster prankster NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 prankster punct
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1 is a present My cousin the family prankster tree rules
Example 2 The prankster hid a rubber spider in the lunchbox.
det nsubj det compound obj case det obl punct root The DET prankster NOUN hid VERB a DET rubber NOUN spider NOUN in ADP the DET lunchbox NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 prankster det 2 prankster prankster NOUN Number=Sing 3 hid nsubj 3 hid hide VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 spider det 5 rubber rubber NOUN Number=Sing 6 spider compound 6 spider spider NOUN Number=Sing 3 hid obj 7 in in ADP _ 9 lunchbox case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 lunchbox det 9 lunchbox lunchbox NOUN Number=Sing 3 hid obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 hid punct
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1 hide past the prankster a rubber spider the lunchbox vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent spider=Patient in lunchbox=Location
Example 3 Everyone knew the prankster had swapped the salt and sugar.
nsubj det nsubj:pass aux ccomp det obj cc conj punct root Everyone PRON knew VERB the DET prankster NOUN had AUX swapped VERB the DET salt NOUN and CCONJ sugar NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 2 knew nsubj 2 knew know VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 prankster det 4 prankster prankster NOUN Number=Sing 6 swapped nsubj:pass 5 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 swapped aux 6 swapped swap VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 knew ccomp 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 salt det 8 salt salt NOUN Number=Sing 6 swapped obj 9 and and CCONJ _ 10 sugar cc 10 sugar sugar NOUN Number=Sing 8 salt conj 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 knew punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 know past Everyone vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 2 swap past · perfect · passive the prankster tree rules
Example 4 A good prankster knows when to stop.
det amod nsubj advmod mark ccomp punct root A DET good ADJ prankster NOUN knows VERB when ADV to PART stop VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 prankster det 2 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 3 prankster amod 3 prankster prankster NOUN Number=Sing 4 knows nsubj 4 knows know VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 when when ADV PronType=Int 7 stop advmod 6 to to PART _ 7 stop mark 7 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 knows ccomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 knows punct
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1 know present a good prankster vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 2 stop to-infinitive vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
Example 5 The teacher caught the prankster in the act.
det nsubj det obj case det obl punct root The DET teacher NOUN caught VERB the DET prankster NOUN in ADP the DET act NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 teacher det 2 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 3 caught nsubj 3 caught catch VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 prankster det 5 prankster prankster NOUN Number=Sing 3 caught obj 6 in in ADP _ 8 act case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 act det 8 act act NOUN Number=Sing 3 caught obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 caught punct
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1 catch past the teacher the prankster the act vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prankster=Theme
Example 6 Some pranksters go too far and hurt people.
det nsubj advmod advmod cc conj obj punct root Some DET pranksters NOUN go VERB too ADV far ADV and CCONJ hurt VERB people NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Some some DET PronType=Ind 2 pranksters det 2 pranksters prankster NOUN Number=Plur 3 go nsubj 3 go go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 too too ADV _ 5 far advmod 5 far far ADV Degree=Pos 3 go advmod 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 hurt cc 7 hurt hurt VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 go conj 8 people people NOUN Number=Plur 7 hurt obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 go punct
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1 go present some pranksters far property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 hurt infinitive some pranksters not said here people vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Patient
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