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title: fielder — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «fielder» in the school dictionary: A fielder is a player in cricket, baseball or rounders whose team is not batting, who tries to catch or stop the ball. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# fielder

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**Who acts:** fielder, baseball, player, batter, eleven fielders, best fielder · **What happens:** be, not bat, try, catch, stop, include · **To what, where:** player, cricket, ball, bowler, baseball, each

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«fielder» 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: [fielder in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fielder.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A fielder is a player in cricket, baseball or rounders whose team is not batting, who tries to catch or stop the ball.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fielder:m1:1
# text = A fielder is a player in cricket, baseball or rounders whose team is not batting, who tries to catch or stop the ball.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fielder	fielder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	player	player	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	cricket	cricket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	baseball	baseball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	rounders	rounder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
12	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	batting	bat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
19	tries	try	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	xcomp	_	_
22	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	conj	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a fielder | a player |  | cricket |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **bat** | present · progressive | baseball or rounders |  |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **try** | present | a player |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **catch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a player *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **stop** | infinitive | a player *not said here* | the ball |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality ball=Eventuality |

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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 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fielder caught the ball and the batter was out.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fielder:x1:1
# text = The fielder caught the ball and the batter was out.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fielder	fielder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	batter	batter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past | the fielder | the ball |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | the batter |  |  |  |  | out *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In cricket there are eleven fielders including the bowler and the wicketkeeper.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fielder:x2:1
# text = In cricket there are eleven fielders including the bowler and the wicketkeeper.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	cricket	cricket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
3	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	4	expl	_	_
4	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	fielders	fielder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
7	including	include	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bowler	bowler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	wicketkeeper	wicketkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **does** | present | eleven fielders include the bowler and the wicketkeeper |  |  | cricket; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cricket=Location |
| 2 | **include** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The fielder threw the ball back to the bowler.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fielder:x3:1
# text = The fielder threw the ball back to the bowler.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fielder	fielder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bowler	bowler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw back** | past | the fielder | the ball |  | the bowler |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent ball=Theme to bowler=Destination |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our best fielder dived for the ball.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fielder:x4:1
# text = Our best fielder dived for the ball.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	fielder	fielder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dived	dive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dive** | past | Our best fielder |  |  |  |  | for the ball | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for ball=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In baseball the outfielders stand far from the batter.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fielder:x5:1
# text = In baseball the outfielders stand far from the batter.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	baseball	baseball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	outfielders	outfielder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stand	stand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	batter	batter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | present | the outfielders |  |  | baseball |  | from the batter; far *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in baseball=Location |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fielders must watch the ball all the time.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fielder:x6:1
# text = Fielders must watch the ball all the time.
1	Fielders	fielder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | must | Fielders | the ball |  |  | time |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Two fielders ran for the same catch and bumped into each other.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fielder:x7:1
# text = Two fielders ran for the same catch and bumped into each other.
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	fielders	fielder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	catch	catch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	bumped	bump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	9	obl	_	_
12	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | Two fielders |  |  |  |  | for the same catch | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for catch=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **bump** | past | Two fielders *not said here* |  |  | each |  |  | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into each=Location |

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