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title: ninepins — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ninepins» in the school dictionary: A game in which a ball is rolled at nine wooden pins set up in a diamond shape, to knock them down. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ninepins

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**Who acts:** We, men, Ninepins · **What happens:** roll, set up, knock down, play, begin, be · **To what, where:** game, nine wooden pins, diamond shape, pins, ninepins, fair

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A game in which a ball is rolled at nine wooden pins set up in a diamond shape, to knock them down.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ninepins:m1:1
# text = A game in which a ball is rolled at nine wooden pins set up in a diamond shape, to knock them down.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	rolled	roll	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
11	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	pins	pin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
13	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
14	up	up	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	diamond	diamond	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	knock	knock	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
22	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	_
23	down	down	ADP	RP	_	21	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll** | present · passive |  | a game in a ball |  | nine wooden pins |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme at pin=Trajectory |
| 2 | **set up** | participle |  | nine wooden pins *not said here* |  | a diamond shape |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in shape=Destination |
| 3 | **knock down** | to-infinitive |  | pins *= pin* |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent they=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We played ninepins at the fair and knocked down six pins.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ninepins:x1:1
# text = We played ninepins at the fair and knocked down six pins.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	ninepins	ninepin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fair	fair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	knocked	knock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	down	down	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	pins	pin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | We | ninepins |  | the fair |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ninepin=Theme |
| 2 | **knock down** | past | We *not said here* | six pins |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent pin=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The men set up nine pins and began to play.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ninepins:x2:1
# text = The men set up nine pins and began to play.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	pins	pin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set up** | past | the men | nine pins |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient pin=Result |
| 2 | **begin** | past | the men *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **play** | to-infinitive | the men *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ninepins is like skittles.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ninepins:x3:1
# text = Ninepins is like skittles.
1	Ninepins	ninepin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	skittles	skittle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Ninepins |  |  |  |  | like skittles | tree rules |

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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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