---
title: frisking — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «frisking» in the school dictionary: Jumping and skipping about happily and playfully. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frisking/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/) / frisking

# frisking

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** dog, lambs · **What happens:** jump, skip, come, frisk up, run, frisk · **To what, where:** dog, sunshine

<!-- .vabout -->
«frisking» 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: [frisking in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/frisking.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Jumping and skipping about happily and playfully.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frisking:m1:1
# text = Jumping and skipping about happily and playfully.
1	Jumping	jump	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	skipping	skip	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
4	about	about	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	happily	happily	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	playfully	playfully	ADV	RB	_	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **skip** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | happily *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
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 dog came frisking up to her.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frisking:x1:1
# text = The dog came frisking up to her.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	frisking	frisk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the dog |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **frisk up** | gerund | the dog *not said here* |  | dog |  |  |  | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The dog ran frisking about the garden.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frisking:x2:1
# text = The dog ran frisking about the garden.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	frisking	frisk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | the dog |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **frisk** | gerund | the dog *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about the garden | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The lambs were frisking in the sunshine.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:frisking:x3:1
# text = The lambs were frisking in the sunshine.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lambs	lamb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	frisking	frisk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sunshine	sunshine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **frisk** | past · progressive | the lambs |  |  | the sunshine |  |  | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [frisk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frisk/)
- next →: [frisky](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frisky/)
- ↑ back to [F in school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/)