clanking

Who acts: swords, We, clanking pipe, He · What happens: make, knock together, hear, keep, come up, clank · To what, where: loud metal sound, clanking, us, steps, way

«clanking» 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: clanking in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Making a loud metal sound, like swords or chains knocking together: the clanking of armour.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sound	det
3	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sound	amod
4	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sound	compound
5	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Making	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 swords	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	8 swords	case
8	swords	sword	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sound	appos
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 chains	cc
10	chains	chain	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 swords	conj
11	knocking	knock	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 swords	acl
12	together	together	ADV	_	11 knocking	advmod
13	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 clanking	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 clanking	det
15	clanking	clanking	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Making	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 armour	case
17	armour	armour	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 clanking	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Making	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	gerund		a loud metal sound				the clanking of armour obl	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product
2	knock together	gerund	swords or chains not said here					together property	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: 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.

Example 1

We heard the clanking of keys down the corridor.

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 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 clanking	det
4	clanking	clanking	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 keys	case
6	keys	key	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 clanking	nmod
7	down	down	ADP	_	9 corridor	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 corridor	det
9	corridor	corridor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 heard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	We	the clanking of keys				down the corridor	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer clanking=Stimulus

Example 2

A clanking pipe kept us awake.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pipe	det
2	clanking	clanking	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pipe	compound
3	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 kept	obj
6	awake	awake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 kept	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	a clanking pipe	us				awake property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme

Example 3

He came up the steps, clanking all the way.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	5 steps	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 steps	det
5	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 came	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 clanking	punct
7	clanking	clank	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 came	advcl
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 way	det:predet
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 way	det
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 clanking	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come up	past	He	the steps					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location step=Theme
2	clank	gerund	He not said here	all way					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme

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