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title: juggler — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «juggler» in the school dictionary: A juggler is a person who throws and catches balls, rings or clubs in the air to entertain people. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# juggler

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**Who acts:** juggler, person, crowd · **What happens:** be, throw, catch, entertain, keep, come · **To what, where:** person, air, balls, people, five balls, fair

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A juggler is a person who throws and catches balls, rings or clubs in the air to entertain people.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:juggler:m1:1
# text = A juggler is a person who throws and catches balls, rings or clubs in the air to entertain people.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	juggler	juggler	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	throws	throw	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	catches	catch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
10	balls	ball	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	clubs	club	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	entertain	entertain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
20	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 juggler | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **throw** | present | a person |  |  | the air |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent in air=Destination |
| 3 | **catch** | present | a person *not said here* | balls and rings or clubs |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme |
| 4 | **entertain** | to-infinitive | a person *not said here* | people |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer |

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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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The juggler kept five balls in the air at once.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:juggler:x1:1
# text = The juggler kept five balls in the air at once.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	juggler	juggler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	balls	ball	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | the juggler | five balls |  | the air |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent ball=Theme in air=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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A juggler came to the fair with three flaming torches.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:juggler:x2:1
# text = A juggler came to the fair with three flaming torches.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	juggler	juggler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fair	fair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
9	flaming	flaming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	torches	torch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | a juggler |  |  | the fair |  | with three flaming torches | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to fair=Initial\_Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The juggler bowed when the crowd clapped.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:juggler:x3:1
# text = The juggler bowed when the crowd clapped.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	juggler	juggler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	bowed	bow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	clapped	clap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bow** | past | the juggler |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **clap** | past | the crowd |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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