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title: joker — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «joker» in the school dictionary: A joker is a person who likes to make jokes and do funny things. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# joker

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**Who acts:** joker, person, Ben, uncle, real joker, us · **What happens:** be, like, make, do, use, laugh · **To what, where:** person, jokes, funny things, playing card, games, annoying person · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«joker» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings 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: [joker in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/joker.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A joker is a person who likes to make jokes and do funny things.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:joker:m1:1
# text = A joker is a person who likes to make jokes and do funny things.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	joker	joker	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	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	jokes	joke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
13	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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 joker | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **like** | present | a person |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a person *not said here* | jokes |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset joke=Product |
| 4 | **do** | present | a person *not said here* | funny things |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The joker is a playing card with a picture of a jester, used in some games as a special or wild card.

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:joker:m2:1
# text = The joker is a playing card with a picture of a jester, used in some games as a special or wild card.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	joker	joker	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	playing	playing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	jester	jester	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	17	det	_	_
17	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
18	as	as	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
20	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
21	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	conj	_	_
23	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the joker | a playing card |  |  |  | with a picture of a jester | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  | a playing card *not said here* |  | some games |  | as a special card | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A joker can be an annoying or silly person (informal, unkind).

<!-- fold The tree, 11 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:joker:m3:1
# text = A joker can be an annoying or silly person (informal, unkind).
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	joker	joker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	annoying	annoying	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	informal	informal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	unkind	unkind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | can | a joker | a annoying person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ben is the joker of our class.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:joker:x1:1
# text = Ben is the joker of our class.
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	joker	joker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Ben | the joker |  |  |  | of our class | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My uncle is a real joker who always makes us laugh.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:joker:x2:1
# text = My uncle is a real joker who always makes us laugh.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	uncle	uncle	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	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	joker	joker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
9	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	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 | My uncle | a real joker |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present | a real joker | us |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **laugh** | infinitive | us *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In this game the joker can be any card you want.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:joker:x3:1
# text = In this game the joker can be any card you want.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	joker	joker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | can | the joker | any card |  | this game |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | present | you | any card *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot card=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A practical joker played a trick on his friends.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:joker:x4:1
# text = A practical joker played a trick on his friends.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	practical	practical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	joker	joker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | a practical joker | a trick |  |  |  | on joker's friends | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The king's joker danced and told funny stories.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:joker:x5:1
# text = The king's joker danced and told funny stories.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	joker	joker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	danced	dance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | past | the king's joker |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the king's joker *not said here* | funny stories |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Take the jokers out of the pack before we play.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:joker:x6:1
# text = Take the jokers out of the pack before we play.
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	jokers	joker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pack	pack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	play	play	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | the jokers |  | the pack |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent joker=Theme out pack=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **play** | present | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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