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title: ringleader — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ringleader» in the school dictionary: The ringleader is the person who leads a group in doing something wrong, such as a revolt, a riot or a prank. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ringleader

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**Who acts:** ringleader, person, teacher, He · **What happens:** be, lead, do, run off, punish, escape · **To what, where:** person, group, something, ringleader

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The ringleader is the person who leads a group in doing something wrong, such as a revolt, a riot or a prank.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ringleader:m1:1
# text = The ringleader is the person who leads a group in doing something wrong, such as a revolt, a riot or a prank.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ringleader	ringleader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	leads	lead	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
12	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	obj	_	_
13	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	18	case	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	fixed	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	revolt	revolt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	riot	riot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
22	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	prank	prank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	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 | the ringleader | the person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lead** | present | the person | a group |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent group=Theme |
| 3 | **do** | gerund | the person *not said here* | something |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The ringleader of the gang ran off first.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ringleader:x1:1
# text = The ringleader of the gang ran off first.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ringleader	ringleader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gang	gang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run off** | past | the ringleader of the gang |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The teacher punished the ringleader of the prank.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ringleader:x2:1
# text = The teacher punished the ringleader of the prank.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	punished	punish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ringleader	ringleader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	prank	prank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **punish** | past | the teacher | the ringleader of the prank |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ringleader=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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He was the ringleader of the plan to escape.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ringleader:x3:1
# text = He was the ringleader of the plan to escape.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ringleader	ringleader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | He | the ringleader |  |  |  | of the plan | tree rules |
| 2 | **escape** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «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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