quoit

Who acts: quoit, Quoits, game, boys, He, best quoit throwers · What happens: be, throw, land, play, win · To what, where: flat ring, metal, peg, game, rings, quoits

«quoit» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: quoit in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A quoit is a flat ring of rope, metal or rubber that is thrown so that it lands over a peg.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 quoit	det
2	quoit	quoit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ring	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 ring	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ring	det
5	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ring	amod
6	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 rope	case
8	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ring	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 metal	punct
10	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ring	appos
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 rubber	cc
12	rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 metal	conj
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 thrown	nsubj:pass
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 thrown	aux:pass
15	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 metal	acl
16	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	19 lands	mark
17	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 so	fixed
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 lands	nsubj
19	lands	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 thrown	advcl
20	over	over	ADP	_	22 peg	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 peg	det
22	peg	peg	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 lands	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 ring	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a quoit	a flat ring		of rope	tree rules
2	throw	present · passive		metal or rubber			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	land	present	quoit		a peg		vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

Meaning 2

Quoits is the game of throwing these rings at a peg.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Quoits	quoit	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 game	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 game	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 game	det
4	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 throwing	mark
6	throwing	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 game	acl
7	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	8 rings	det
8	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 throwing	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 peg	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 peg	det
11	peg	peg	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 throwing	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 game	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Quoits	the game					tree rules
2	throw	gerund	the game not said here	this rings		a peg			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent ring=Theme at peg=Destination

Example 1

The boys played quoits on the lawn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boys	det
2	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 played	nsubj
3	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	quoits	quoit	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 played	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 lawn	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lawn	det
7	lawn	lawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 played	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 played	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past	the boys	quoits		the lawn			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quoit=Theme

Example 2

He threw the quoit and it landed on the peg.

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	2 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 quoit	det
4	quoit	quoit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 landed	cc
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 landed	nsubj
7	landed	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 threw	conj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 peg	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 peg	det
10	peg	peg	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 landed	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 threw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past	He	the quoit					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quoit=Theme
2	land	past	quoit			the peg			vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on peg=Destination

Example 3

At the games, the best quoit-throwers won prizes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	3 games	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 games	det
3	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 won	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 games	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 throwers	det
6	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 throwers	amod
7	quoit	quoit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 throwers	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 quoit	punct
9	throwers	thrower	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 won	nsubj
10	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	prizes	prize	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 won	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 won	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	past	the best quoit throwers	prizes		the games			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent prize=Theme at game=Asset

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