ringleader

Who acts: ringleader, person, teacher, He · What happens: be, lead, do, run off, punish, escape · To what, where: person, group, something, ringleader

«ringleader» 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: ringleader in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The ringleader is the person who leads a group in doing something wrong, such as a revolt, a riot or a prank.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ringleader	det
2	ringleader	ringleader	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 leads	nsubj
7	leads	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	acl:relcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 group	det
9	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 leads	obj
10	in	in	SCONJ	_	11 doing	mark
11	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 leads	advcl
12	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 doing	obj
13	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 something	amod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 revolt	punct
15	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	18 revolt	case
16	as	as	ADP	_	15 such	fixed
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 revolt	det
18	revolt	revolt	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 something	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 riot	punct
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 riot	det
21	riot	riot	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 something	appos
22	or	or	CCONJ	_	24 prank	cc
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 prank	det
24	prank	prank	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 riot	conj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	the ringleader	the person	tree rules
2	lead	present	the person	a group	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent group=Theme
3	do	gerund	the person not said here	something	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=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.

Example 1

The ringleader of the gang ran off first.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ringleader	det
2	ringleader	ringleader	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ran	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 gang	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gang	det
5	gang	gang	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ringleader	nmod
6	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 ran	compound:prt
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 ran	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run off	past	the ringleader of the gang					first property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

The teacher punished the ringleader of the prank.

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 punished	nsubj
3	punished	punish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ringleader	det
5	ringleader	ringleader	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 punished	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 prank	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 prank	det
8	prank	prank	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ringleader	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 punished	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	past	the teacher	the ringleader of the prank					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ringleader=Patient

Example 3

He was the ringleader of the plan to escape.

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	4 ringleader	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ringleader	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ringleader	det
4	ringleader	ringleader	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 plan	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 plan	det
7	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ringleader	nmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 escape	mark
9	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 plan	acl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 ringleader	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	the ringleader				of the plan	tree rules
2	escape	to-infinitive	He not said here						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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