youngster
Who acts: youngster, old man, youngsters, we · What happens: run, shake, say, play, take · To what, where: football, park, youngster · Speech: someone speaks here
«youngster» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: youngster in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A young person, often a child or a teenager.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 person | det |
| 2 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 person | amod |
| 3 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 child | punct |
| 5 | often | often | ADV | _ | 7 child | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 child | det |
| 7 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 person | conj |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 teenager | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 teenager | det |
| 10 | teenager | teenager | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 child | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 person | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
The youngster ran to the pond.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 youngster | det |
| 2 | youngster | youngster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ran | nsubj |
| 3 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 pond | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 pond | det |
| 6 | pond | pond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ran | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ran | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | the youngster | to the pond result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to pond=Result |
Example 2
"Stop shaking, youngster," said the old man.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 shaking | punct |
| 2 | Stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 shaking | aux |
| 3 | shaking | shake | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 said | ccomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 youngster | punct |
| 5 | youngster | youngster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shaking | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 shaking | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 shaking | punct |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 man | det |
| 10 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 man | amod |
| 11 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 said | nsubj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shake in a quote | infinitive | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the old man | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
Example 3
The youngsters played football in the park.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 youngsters | det |
| 2 | youngsters | youngster | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 played | nsubj |
| 3 | played | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 played | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 park | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 park | det |
| 7 | park | park | 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 youngsters | football | the park | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=Theme |
Example 4
Shall we take the youngster with us?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 take | aux |
| 2 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 take | nsubj |
| 3 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 youngster | det |
| 5 | youngster | youngster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 take | obj |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 us | case |
| 7 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 take | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 take | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | shall | we | the youngster | with us | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youngster=Theme |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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