alliteration

Who acts: several words, Alliteration, Peter, Silly, wind, Peppa Pig · What happens: close, be, pick, pickle, shoo, use · To what, where: peck, one example, poem, seven sheep, alliteration, wind · Speech: someone speaks here

«alliteration» in the English dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: alliteration in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

Alliteration is when several words close together start with the same sound, like «Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers».

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alliteration	alliteration	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 start	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 start	cop
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 start	advmod
4	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 words	amod
5	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 start	nsubj
6	close	close	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 words	acl
7	together	together	ADV	_	6 close	advmod
8	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 sound	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sound	det
11	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sound	amod
12	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 start	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 picked	punct
14	like	like	SCONJ	_	18 picked	mark
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	18 picked	punct
16	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 picked	nsubj
17	Piper	Piper	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Peter	flat
18	picked	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 start	parataxis
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 peck	det
20	peck	peck	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 picked	obj
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 peppers	case
22	pickled	pickle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 peppers	amod
23	peppers	pepper	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 peck	nmod
24	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 picked	punct
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 start	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	close	present	several words not said here		together property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	is	present	Alliteration		with the same sound; several words nsubj; start property	tree rules
3	pick in a quote	past	Peter	a peck of pickled peppers		vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peck=Patient
4	pickle in a quote	participle				vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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.

Everyday, meaning 2

An alliteration is one example of this in a poem, story, title or slogan.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 alliteration	det
2	alliteration	alliteration	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 example	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 example	cop
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 example	nummod
5	example	example	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 this	case
7	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 example	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 poem	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 poem	det
10	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 example	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 story	punct
12	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 poem	appos
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 title	punct
14	title	title	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 poem	appos
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 slogan	cc
16	slogan	slogan	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 title	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 example	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a alliteration	one example		a poem		of this	tree rules

Example 1

«Silly Sally swiftly shooed seven sheep» is alliteration.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 shooed	punct
2	Silly	Silly	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 shooed	nsubj
3	Sally	Sally	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Silly	flat
4	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	_	5 shooed	advmod
5	shooed	shoo	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 alliteration	nsubj
6	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 sheep	nummod
7	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 shooed	obj
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 shooed	punct
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 alliteration	cop
10	alliteration	alliteration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 alliteration	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shoo in a quote	past	Silly	seven sheep				swiftly property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme
2	is a	present		alliteration					tree rules

Example 2

The poet used alliteration to make the wind sound wild.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 poet	det
2	poet	poet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 alliteration	nsubj
3	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 alliteration	amod
4	alliteration	alliteration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 make	mark
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 alliteration	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wind	det
8	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 make	obj
9	sound	sound	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 make	xcomp
10	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sound	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 alliteration	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	use	participle				vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make	to-infinitive		the wind		tree rules
3	sound	infinitive	the wind not said here		wild property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 3

Peppa Pig and Donald Duck have alliterative names.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Peppa	Peppa	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Pig	compound
2	Pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 have	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 Donald	cc
4	Donald	Donald	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Pig	conj
5	Duck	Duck	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Donald	flat
6	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	alliterative	alliterative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 names	amod
8	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 have	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Peppa Pig and Donald	alliterative names					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient

Example 4

Find two examples of alliteration in the poem.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 examples	nummod
3	examples	example	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Find	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 alliteration	case
5	alliteration	alliteration	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 examples	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 poem	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 poem	det
8	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 alliteration	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Find	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	imperative	you not said here	two examples of alliteration in the poem					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent example=Topic
2	exemplify			alliteration in the poem					nom example «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Example 5

Our class wrote alliteration about animals: «busy buzzing bees».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 class	nmod:poss
2	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrote	nsubj
3	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	alliteration	alliteration	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrote	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 animals	case
6	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 alliteration	nmod
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 busy	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 busy	punct
9	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wrote	ccomp
10	buzzing	buzz	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 busy	advcl
11	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 buzzing	obj
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 busy	punct
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wrote	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	past	Our class	alliteration				about animals	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent alliteration=Recipient about animal=Topic
2	buzz in a quote	gerund	Our class not said here	bees					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bee=Theme

Example 6

Alliteration makes slogans easy to remember.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alliteration	alliteration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	slogans	slogan	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 makes	obj
4	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 makes	xcomp
5	to	to	PART	_	6 remember	mark
6	remember	remember	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 easy	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Alliteration	slogans				easy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset slogan=Product
2	remember	to-infinitive	slogans not said here						vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Example 7

The headline «Messi's Magic Moment» uses alliteration.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 headline	det
2	headline	headline	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 uses	nsubj
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 Moment	punct
4	Messi	Messi	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Magic	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Messi	case
6	Magic	Magic	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Moment	compound
7	Moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 headline	appos
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 Moment	punct
9	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	alliteration	alliteration	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 uses	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 uses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	the headline	alliteration					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alliteration=Patient

Example 8

Too much alliteration can make a sentence sound silly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Too	too	ADV	_	2 much	advmod
2	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 alliteration	amod
3	alliteration	alliteration	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 make	aux
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sentence	det
7	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	obj
8	sound	sound	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 make	xcomp
9	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sound	xcomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	can	much alliteration	a sentence					tree rules
2	sound	infinitive	a sentence not said here					silly property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 9

Midrash Tanchuma 1:5 on [Genesis 1:1], Zohar 1:3a inter alia.] [note 8: Though the phrase is usually translated the ‘Thirty-Two Paths’, I find that the alliteration of ‘Wondrous Ways of Wisdom’ neatly approximates the SY’s choice of poetic vocabulary. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

Sentence 1: Midrash Tanchuma 1:5 on [Genesis 1:1], Zohar 1:3a inter alia.]

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Midrash	Midrash	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	Tanchuma	Tanchuma	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Midrash	flat
3	1:5	1:5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 Midrash	list
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 Genesis	case
5	[	[	PUNCT	_	6 Genesis	punct
6	Genesis	Genesis	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Midrash	nmod
7	1:1	1:1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 Genesis	flat
8	]	]	PUNCT	_	6 Genesis	punct
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Zohar	punct
10	Zohar	Zohar	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Genesis	flat
11	1:3a	1:3a	X	_	10 Zohar	dep
12	inter	int	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 alia	amod
13	alia	alia	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 1:3a	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Midrash	punct
15	]	]	PUNCT	_	1 Midrash	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: [note 8: Though the phrase is usually translated the ‘Thirty-Two Paths’, I find that the alliteration of ‘Wondrous Ways of Wisdom’ neatly approximates the SY’s choice of poetic vocabulary.

The tree, 31 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	[	[	PUNCT	_	2 note	punct
2	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	8	8	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 note	flat
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 translated	punct
5	Though	though	SCONJ	_	10 translated	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 phrase	det
7	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 translated	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 translated	aux:pass
9	usually	usually	ADV	_	10 translated	advmod
10	translated	translate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 note	parataxis
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Paths	det
12	‘	'	PUNCT	_	16 Paths	punct
13	Thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 Two	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 Thirty	punct
15	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 Paths	nummod
16	Paths	path	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 translated	obj
17	’	'	PUNCT	_	16 Paths	punct
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 find	punct
19	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 find	nsubj
20	find	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 translated	conj
21	that	that	SCONJ	_	32 approximates	mark
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 alliteration	det
23	alliteration	alliteration	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 approximates	nsubj
24	of	of	ADP	_	27 Ways	case
25	‘	'	PUNCT	_	27 Ways	punct
26	Wondrous	wondrous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 Ways	amod
27	Ways	Way	PROPN	Number=Plur	23 alliteration	nmod
28	of	of	ADP	_	29 Wisdom	case
29	Wisdom	Wisdom	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 Ways	nmod
30	’	'	PUNCT	_	27 Ways	punct
31	neatly	neatly	ADV	_	32 approximates	advmod
32	approximates	approximate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 find	ccomp
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 SY	det
34	SY	SY	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 choice	nmod:poss
35	’s	's	PART	_	34 SY	case
36	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 approximates	obj
37	of	of	ADP	_	39 vocabulary	case
38	poetic	poetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 vocabulary	amod
39	vocabulary	vocabulary	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 choice	nmod
40	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 note	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	translate	present · passive		the phrase	the Two Paths obj; usually property	tree rules
2	find	present	I			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	approximate	present	the alliteration of Wondrous Ways of Wisdom	the SY's choice of poetic vocabulary	neatly property	vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent choice=Value
5	alliterate		Wondrous Ways of Wisdom			nom alliteration «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Sentence 3: (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Sefer	punct
2	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Sefer	flat
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 translation	punct
5	Sefaria	Sefaria	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 translation	compound
6	community	community	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 translation	compound
7	translation	translation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Sefer	appos
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Sefer	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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📖 alliteration

Everyday, meaning 1

Everyday, meaning 2

Example 1

Example 2

Example 3

Example 4

Example 5

Example 6

Example 7

Example 8

Example 9

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