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title: gambol — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «gambol» in the school dictionary: To gambol is to skip, jump and play about happily, like a lamb or kitten. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# gambol

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**Who acts:** gambol, lambs · **What happens:** be, jump, play about, gamboll · **To what, where:** playful leap, field, puppy, children, sand

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«gambol» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [gambol in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/gambol.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To gambol is to skip, jump and play about happily, like a lamb or kitten.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gambol:m1:1
# text = To gambol is to skip, jump and play about happily, like a lamb or kitten.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	gambol	gambol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	advcl	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	skip	skip	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	jump	jump	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	about	about	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	happily	happily	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	lamb	lamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	parataxis	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	kitten	kitten	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | skip *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **jump** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **play about** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | happily *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A gambol is a playful leap or jump (noun).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gambol:m2:1
# text = A gambol is a playful leap or jump (noun).
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gambol	gambol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	playful	playful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	leap	leap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	jump	jump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	noun	noun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a gambol | a playful leap or jump |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The lambs gambolled in the field.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gambol:x1:1
# text = The lambs gambolled in the field.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lambs	lamb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gambolled	gamboll	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gamboll** | past | the lambs |  |  | the field |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The puppy gambolled round the garden.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gambol:x2:1
# text = The puppy gambolled round the garden.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	puppy	puppy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	gambolled	gamboll	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	round	round	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gamboll** | participle |  | the puppy *not said here* |  |  |  | round the garden | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The children gambolled on the sand.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gambol:x3:1
# text = The children gambolled on the sand.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	gambolled	gamboll	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gamboll** | participle |  | the children *not said here* |  | the sand |  |  | tree rules |

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**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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