quizmaster Who acts: quizmaster, person, Mr, our, I, one · What happens: be, ask, keep, say, win, quiz · To what, where: person, questions, quiz, score, quizmaster, term quiz · Speech: someone speaks here
«quizmaster» 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: quizmaster in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A quizmaster is the person who asks the questions in a quiz, keeps the score and says who has won.
The tree, 20 words det nsubj cop det nsubj acl:relcl det obj case det obl punct conj det obj cc conj nsubj aux ccomp punct root A DET quizmaster NOUN is AUX the DET person NOUN who PRON asks VERB the DET questions NOUN in ADP a DET quiz NOUN , PUNCT keeps VERB the DET score NOUN and CCONJ says VERB who PRON has AUX won VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 quizmaster det 2 quizmaster quizmaster NOUN Number=Sing 5 person nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 person cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 person det 5 person person NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 who who PRON PronType=Rel 7 asks nsubj 7 asks ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 person acl:relcl 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 questions det 9 questions question NOUN Number=Plur 7 asks obj 10 in in ADP _ 12 quiz case 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 quiz det 12 quiz quiz NOUN Number=Sing 7 asks obl 13 , , PUNCT _ 14 keeps punct 14 keeps keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 asks conj 15 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 score det 16 score score NOUN Number=Sing 14 keeps obj 17 and and CCONJ _ 18 says cc 18 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 asks conj 19 who who PRON PronType=Rel 21 won nsubj 20 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 21 won aux 21 won win VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 18 says ccomp 22 . . PUNCT _ 5 person punct
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1 is a present a quizmaster the person tree rules 2 ask speech: ask present the person the questions a quiz vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient 3 keep present the person not said here the score vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent score=Theme 4 say speech: assert present the person not said here vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 5 win present · perfect vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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 Mr Patel was the quizmaster at our end-of-term quiz.
nsubj flat cop det case nmod:poss nsubj punct case punct compound nmod punct root Mr PROPN Patel PROPN was AUX the DET quizmaster NOUN at ADP our PRON end NOUN - PUNCT of ADP - PUNCT term NOUN quiz NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mr Mr PROPN Number=Sing 5 quizmaster nsubj 2 Patel Patel PROPN Number=Sing 1 Mr flat 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 quizmaster cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 quizmaster det 5 quizmaster quizmaster NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 at at ADP _ 13 quiz case 7 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 13 quiz nmod:poss 8 end end NOUN Number=Sing 13 quiz nsubj 9 - - PUNCT _ 13 quiz punct 10 of of ADP _ 13 quiz case 11 - - PUNCT _ 10 of punct 12 term term NOUN Number=Sing 13 quiz compound 13 quiz quiz NOUN Number=Sing 5 quizmaster nmod 14 . . PUNCT _ 5 quizmaster punct
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1 is a past Mr the quizmaster our term quiz tree rules 2 quiz our nom quiz «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Example 2 The quizmaster read out the scores after each round.
det nsubj compound:prt det obj case det obl punct root The DET quizmaster NOUN read VERB out ADP the DET scores NOUN after ADP each DET round NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 quizmaster det 2 quizmaster quizmaster NOUN Number=Sing 3 read nsubj 3 read read VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 out out ADP _ 3 read compound:prt 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 scores det 6 scores score NOUN Number=Plur 3 read obj 7 after after ADP _ 9 round case 8 each each DET PronType=Tot 9 round det 9 round round NOUN Number=Sing 3 read obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 read punct
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1 read out past the quizmaster the scores after each round vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent score=Topic
Example 3 I want to be the quizmaster next time!
nsubj mark cop det xcomp amod obl:unmarked punct root I PRON want VERB to PART be AUX the DET quizmaster NOUN next ADJ time NOUN ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 want nsubj 2 want want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 6 quizmaster mark 4 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 6 quizmaster cop 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 quizmaster det 6 quizmaster quizmaster NOUN Number=Sing 2 want xcomp 7 next next ADJ Degree=Pos 8 time amod 8 time time NOUN Number=Sing 2 want obl:unmarked 9 ! ! PUNCT _ 2 want punct
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1 want present I time vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot 2 is a not said to happen to-infinitive I not said here the quizmaster tree rules
Example 4 The quizmaster gave a clue because no one knew the answer.
det nsubj det obj mark det nsubj advcl det obj punct root The DET quizmaster NOUN gave VERB a DET clue NOUN because SCONJ no DET one NOUN knew VERB the DET answer NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 quizmaster det 2 quizmaster quizmaster NOUN Number=Sing 3 gave nsubj 3 gave give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 clue det 5 clue clue NOUN Number=Sing 3 gave obj 6 because because SCONJ _ 9 knew mark 7 no no DET PronType=Neg 8 one det 8 one one NOUN Number=Sing 9 knew nsubj 9 knew know VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 gave advcl 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 answer det 11 answer answer NOUN Number=Sing 9 knew obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 gave punct
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1 give past the quizmaster a clue vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clue=Theme 2 know past no one the answer vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer answer=Stimulus
Example 5 On the TV show, the quizmaster wore a shiny suit.
case det compound obl punct det nsubj det amod obj punct root On ADP the DET TV NOUN show NOUN , PUNCT the DET quizmaster NOUN wore VERB a DET shiny ADJ suit NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 On on ADP _ 4 show case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 show det 3 TV TV NOUN Number=Sing 4 show compound 4 show show NOUN Number=Sing 8 wore obl 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 show punct 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 quizmaster det 7 quizmaster quizmaster NOUN Number=Sing 8 wore nsubj 8 wore wear VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 suit det 10 shiny shiny ADJ Degree=Pos 11 suit amod 11 suit suit NOUN Number=Sing 8 wore obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 8 wore punct
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1 wear past the quizmaster a shiny suit the TV show vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent suit=Theme
Example 6 Our team argued with the quizmaster about question seven.
nmod:poss nsubj:pass case det obl case nmod flat punct root Our PRON team NOUN argued VERB with ADP the DET quizmaster NOUN about ADP question NOUN seven NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 team nmod:poss 2 team team NOUN Number=Sing 3 argued nsubj:pass 3 argued argue VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 with with ADP _ 6 quizmaster case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 quizmaster det 6 quizmaster quizmaster NOUN Number=Sing 3 argued obl 7 about about ADP _ 8 question case 8 question question NOUN Number=Sing 6 quizmaster nmod 9 seven seven NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 8 question flat 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 argued punct
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1 argue speech: disagree participle · passive Our team with the quizmaster about question vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: subject=Topic with quizmaster=Co-Agent
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