clank

Who acts: clank, glasses, sword, chains, prisoner, We · What happens: be, touch, clank, move · To what, where: leg, mugs, old robot, floor

«clank» 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: clank in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To clank is to make a short, loud metal sound, like iron or glasses touching: the sword clanked against his leg.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 clank	mark
2	clank	clank	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 make	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 make	mark
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 sound	det
7	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sound	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 short	punct
9	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sound	amod
10	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sound	compound
11	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 iron	punct
13	like	like	ADP	_	14 iron	case
14	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	parataxis
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 glasses	cc
16	glasses	glass	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 iron	conj
17	touching	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 glasses	acl
18	:	:	PUNCT	_	21 clanked	punct
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 sword	det
20	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 clanked	nsubj
21	clanked	clank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 iron	conj
22	against	against	ADP	_	24 leg	case
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 leg	nmod:poss
24	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 clanked	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	clank		make property	tree rules
2	touch	gerund	glasses not said here			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	clank	past	the sword	sword's leg		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against leg=Location

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

The chains clanked as the prisoner moved.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chains	det
2	chains	chain	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 clanked	nsubj
3	clanked	clank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 moved	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prisoner	det
6	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 moved	nsubj
7	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 clanked	advcl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 clanked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clank	past	the chains						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	move	past	the prisoner						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

We clanked our mugs together.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 clanked	nsubj
2	clanked	clank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mugs	nmod:poss
4	mugs	mug	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 clanked	obj
5	together	together	ADV	_	2 clanked	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 clanked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clank	past	We	our mugs				together property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mug=Theme

Example 3

The old robot clanked across the floor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 robot	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 robot	amod
3	robot	robot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	clanked	clank	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 robot	acl
5	across	across	ADP	_	7 floor	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 floor	det
7	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 clanked	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 robot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clank	participle		the old robot not said here		the floor			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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