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title: kicker — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «kicker» in the school dictionary: A kicker is a player who kicks the ball, especially in American football or rugby, to score points or kick it far. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# kicker

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**Who acts:** kicker, player, animal, best kicker, you, horse · **What happens:** be, kick, score, win, take, cancel · **To what, where:** player, ball, points, surprising twist, person, winning goal

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A kicker is a player who kicks the ball, especially in American football or rugby, to score points or kick it far.

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kicker:m1:1
# text = A kicker is a player who kicks the ball, especially in American football or rugby, to score points or kick it far.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kicker	kicker	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	player	player	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	kicks	kick	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	rugby	rugby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	score	score	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
20	points	point	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	_
21	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	kick	kick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	_	_
23	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	_
24	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	22	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	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 kicker | a player |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **kick** | present | a player | the ball |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent ball=Patient |
| 3 | **score** | to-infinitive |  | points |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Theme |
| 4 | **kick** | infinitive |  | ball |  |  |  | far *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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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}

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Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The kicker is a surprising twist or extra fact at the end, often an unpleasant one.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kicker:m2:1
# text = The kicker is a surprising twist or extra fact at the end, often an unpleasant one.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kicker	kicker	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	surprising	surprising	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	twist	twist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	often	often	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
15	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	unpleasant	unpleasant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 kicker | a surprising twist or extra fact at the end and a unpleasant one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

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Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A kicker is a person or animal that kicks.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kicker:m3:1
# text = A kicker is a person or animal that kicks.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kicker	kicker	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	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	kicks	kick	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	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 kicker | a person or animal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **kick** | present | animal |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The kicker scored the winning goal in the last second.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kicker:x1:1
# text = The kicker scored the winning goal in the last second.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kicker	kicker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	scored	score	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	winning	win	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	goal	goal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **score** | past | the kicker | the winning goal |  |  | second |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goal=Theme |
| 2 | **win** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The rugby team's best kicker took the conversion.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kicker:x2:1
# text = The rugby team's best kicker took the conversion.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rugby	rugby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	kicker	kicker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	conversion	conversion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | the rugby team's best kicker | the conversion |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conversion=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The trip was cancelled, and the kicker was we'd already packed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kicker:x3:1
# text = The trip was cancelled, and the kicker was we'd already packed.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	cancelled	cancel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	kicker	kicker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
10	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	already	already	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	packed	pack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cancel** | past · passive |  | the trip |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pack** | would · past · passive |  | the kicker |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: subject=Destination |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Watch out, that horse is a kicker.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kicker:x4:1
# text = Watch out, that horse is a kicker.
1	Watch	watch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	kicker	kicker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch out** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | that horse | a kicker |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
And here's the kicker: the treasure was fake!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kicker:x5:1
# text = And here's the kicker: the treasure was fake!
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	2	cc	_	_
2	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kicker	kicker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the kicker |  |  |  |  | here *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | the treasure |  |  |  |  | fake *property* | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The kicker practises every day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:kicker:x6:1
# text = The kicker practises every day.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kicker	kicker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	practises	practise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **practise** | present | the kicker |  |  |  | day |  | tree rules |

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