---
title: hobgoblin — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «hobgoblin» in the school dictionary: A hobgoblin is a mischievous or wicked small creature in old tales, a kind of goblin. 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/H/hobgoblin/)

<!-- 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/) / [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/) / hobgoblin

# hobgoblin

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** hobgoblin, wicked hobgoblin, you · **What happens:** be, laugh, not wake · **To what, where:** mischievous small creature, old tales, hobgoblin, stairs

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A hobgoblin is a mischievous or wicked small creature in old tales, a kind of goblin.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hobgoblin:m1:1
# text = A hobgoblin is a mischievous or wicked small creature in old tales, a kind of goblin.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hobgoblin	hobgoblin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
5	mischievous	mischievous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	parataxis	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	goblin	goblin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a hobgoblin | a mischievous small creature |  | old tales |  |  | tree rules |

<!-- .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 -->
There was once a wicked hobgoblin in the wood.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hobgoblin:x1:1
# text = There was once a wicked hobgoblin in the wood.
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	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hobgoblin	hobgoblin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | a wicked hobgoblin in the wood |  |  | there |  | once *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The hobgoblin laughed at the children.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hobgoblin:x2:1
# text = The hobgoblin laughed at the children.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hobgoblin	hobgoblin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | past | the hobgoblin |  |  |  |  | at the children | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Don't wake the hobgoblin under the stairs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hobgoblin:x3:1
# text = Don't wake the hobgoblin under the stairs.
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	wake	wake	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hobgoblin	hobgoblin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **wake** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | the hobgoblin |  | the stairs |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hobgoblin=Patient |

<!-- 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: [hobby](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hobby/)
- next →: [hockey](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hockey/)
- ↑ back to [H in school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/)