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# marionette

noun (marionette, marionettes)

«marionette» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A marionette is a puppet, a doll moved by strings held from above. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marionette/#m1)

### In the lessons

a puppet who is a character in a tale; in stories it often gets into mischief

### Examples

- The marionette had always hated chick-peas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marionette/#x1)
- The first pranks of the marionette were fun to read about. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marionette/#x2)
- The marionette danced on its strings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marionette/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «marionette» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/marionette/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«marionette» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/marionette.html) on Mova free.