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title: goalmouth — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «goalmouth» in the school dictionary: The area right in front of the goal, between the goalposts, in football (soccer), hockey and similar games. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# goalmouth

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**Who acts:** goalmouth scramble, Ellie, goalkeeper, muddy goalmouth, Commentators, Defenders · **What happens:** be, score, clear, make, dive, bounce · **To what, where:** ball, goalmouth, it, exciting goalmouth action, corners

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«goalmouth» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: [goalmouth in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/goalmouth.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The area right in front of the goal, between the goalposts, in football (soccer), hockey and similar games.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:goalmouth:m1:1
# text = The area right in front of the goal, between the goalposts, in football (soccer), hockey and similar games.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	goal	goal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	between	between	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	goalposts	goalpost	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
16	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	soccer	soccer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	hockey	hockey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	similar	similar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
There was a goalmouth scramble and Ellie scored.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:goalmouth:x1:1
# text = There was a goalmouth scramble and Ellie scored.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	goalmouth	goalmouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	scramble	scramble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	Ellie	Ellie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	scored	score	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | a goalmouth scramble |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **score** | past | Ellie |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The goalkeeper cleared the ball out of the goalmouth.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:goalmouth:x2:1
# text = The goalkeeper cleared the ball out of the goalmouth.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	goalkeeper	goalkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cleared	clear	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	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	goalmouth	goalmouth	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 | **clear** | past | the goalkeeper | the ball |  | the goalmouth |  |  | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent ball=Theme out goalmouth=Source |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The muddy goalmouth made it hard to dive.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:goalmouth:x3:1
# text = The muddy goalmouth made it hard to dive.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	muddy	muddy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	goalmouth	goalmouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	dive	dive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the muddy goalmouth | it |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
| 2 | **dive** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The ball bounced around the goalmouth before going in.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:goalmouth:x4:1
# text = The ball bounced around the goalmouth before going in.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	bounced	bounce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	around	around	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	goalmouth	goalmouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bounce** | participle |  | the ball *not said here* |  | the goalmouth |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around goalmouth=Trajectory |
| 2 | **go in** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Commentators love exciting goalmouth action.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:goalmouth:x5:1
# text = Commentators love exciting goalmouth action.
1	Commentators	commentator	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exciting	exciting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	goalmouth	goalmouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | Commentators | exciting goalmouth action |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer action=Stimulus |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Defenders must guard the goalmouth at corners.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:goalmouth:x6:1
# text = Defenders must guard the goalmouth at corners.
1	Defenders	defender	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	guard	guard	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	goalmouth	goalmouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	corners	corner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guard** | must | Defenders | the goalmouth |  | corners |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goalmouth=Beneficiary |

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