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smuggler

Who acts: person, smugglers, children, Customs officers, People smugglers, Cornwall · What happens: take, avoid, ban, hide, discover, catch · To what, where: goods, country, taxes, barrels, cave, tunnel

«smuggler» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: smuggler in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A person who secretly and illegally takes goods or people into or out of a country, to avoid taxes or because the goods are banned.

The tree, 25 words

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	7 takes	nsubj
4	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	7 takes	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 illegally	cc
6	illegally	illegally	ADV	_	7 takes	advmod
7	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 person	acl:relcl
8	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	7 takes	obj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 people	cc
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 goods	conj
11	into	into	ADP	_	16 country	case
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 country	cc
13	out	out	ADP	_	16 country	case
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 country	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 country	det
16	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 takes	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 avoid	punct
18	to	to	PART	_	19 avoid	mark
19	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 takes	advcl
20	taxes	tax	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 banned	nsubj:pass
21	or	or	CCONJ	_	24 goods	cc
22	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	24 goods	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 goods	det
24	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	20 taxes	conj
25	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 banned	aux:pass
26	banned	ban	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 avoid	ccomp
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	a person	goods or people		a country		illegally, secretly property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent goods=Theme into country=Destination
2	avoid	to-infinitive	a person not said here						vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	ban	present · passive		taxes or the goods					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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

The smugglers hid barrels of brandy in the cave.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 smugglers	det
2	smugglers	smuggler	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hid	nsubj
3	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	barrels	barrel	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hid	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 brandy	case
6	brandy	brandy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 barrels	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 cave	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cave	det
9	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hid	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	the smugglers	barrels of brandy		the cave			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent barrel=Patient in cave=Location

Example 2

In the story, the children discovered a smugglers' tunnel.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 story	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 story	det
3	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 discovered	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 story	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 children	det
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 discovered	nsubj
7	discovered	discover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 smugglers	det
9	smugglers	smuggler	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 tunnel	nmod:poss
10	'	's	PART	_	9 smugglers	case
11	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 discovered	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 discovered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discover	past	the children	a smugglers's tunnel		the story			vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tunnel=Topic

Example 3

Customs officers caught the smugglers at the airport.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Customs	custom	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 officers	compound
2	officers	officer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caught	nsubj
3	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 smugglers	det
5	smugglers	smuggler	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caught	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 airport	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 airport	det
8	airport	airport	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caught	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 caught	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past	Customs officers	the smugglers		the airport			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent smuggler=Theme at airport=Asset

Example 4

People smugglers put migrants in dangerous small boats.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 smugglers	amod
2	smugglers	smuggler	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 put	nsubj
3	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	migrants	migrant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 put	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 boats	case
6	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 boats	amod
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 boats	amod
8	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 put	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	past	People smugglers	migrants		dangerous small boats			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent migrant=Theme in boat=Destination

Example 5

Cornwall is famous for smugglers' coves.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cornwall	Cornwall	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 famous	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 famous	cop
3	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 coves	case
5	smugglers	smuggler	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 coves	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 smugglers	case
7	coves	cove	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 famous	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 famous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Cornwall					for smugglers's coves; famous property	tree rules

Example 6

The smuggler was sent to prison.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 smuggler	det
2	smuggler	smuggler	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sent	aux:pass
4	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 prison	case
6	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · passive		the smuggler		prison			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to prison=Destination

Example 7

Robbers and smugglers could breathe freely here.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 breathe	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 smugglers	cc
3	smugglers	smuggler	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Robbers	conj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 breathe	aux
5	breathe	breathe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	freely	freely	ADV	_	7 here	advmod
7	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 breathe	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 breathe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	breathe	could	Robbers and smugglers			here			vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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