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title: romp — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «romp» in the school dictionary: To romp is to play in a lively, noisy way, running and jumping about. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# romp

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**Who acts:** romp, puppies, We, you, children · **What happens:** be, run, jump about, spell, romp, have · **To what, where:** lively noisy way, lively game, happy play, grass, romp, snow

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«romp» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [romp in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/romp.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To romp is to play in a lively, noisy way, running and jumping about.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:romp:m1:1
# text = To romp is to play in a lively, noisy way, running and jumping about.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	romp	romp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	advcl	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	lively	lively	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	noisy	noisy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	jumping	jump	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	conj	_	_
16	about	about	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  | a lively noisy way |  | play *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **jump about** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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A romp is a lively game or a spell of happy play.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:romp:m2:1
# text = A romp is a lively game or a spell of happy play.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	romp	romp	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	lively	lively	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a romp | a lively game or a spell of happy play |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **spell** |  |  | happy play |  |  |  |  | nom spell «state transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The puppies romped on the grass.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:romp:x1:1
# text = The puppies romped on the grass.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	puppies	puppy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	romped	romp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **romp** | past | the puppies |  |  | the grass |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on grass=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We had a romp in the snow.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:romp:x2:1
# text = We had a romp in the snow.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	romp	romp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | We | a romp |  | the snow |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent romp=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Let the children romp in the garden for an hour.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:romp:x3:1
# text = Let the children romp in the garden for an hour.
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	romp	romp	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **romp** | present | the children |  |  | the garden for a hour |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garden=Trajectory |

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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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