clef

Who acts: written music, you, Piano music, treble clef, notes · What happens: write, show, be, start, draw, use · To what, where: line, treble clef, start, stave, bass clef, top

«clef» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 5 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: clef in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A sign at the start of a line of written music that shows how high or low the notes are: the treble clef for higher notes and the bass clef for lower ones.

The tree, 33 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sign	det
2	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 start	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 start	det
5	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sign	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 line	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 line	det
8	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 start	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 music	case
10	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 music	amod
11	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 line	nmod
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 shows	nsubj
13	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 music	acl:relcl
14	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	15 high	advmod
15	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 shows	xcomp
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 low	cc
17	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 high	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 notes	det
19	notes	note	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 high	nsubj
20	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 high	advcl
21	:	:	PUNCT	_	24 clef	punct
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 clef	det
23	treble	treble	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 clef	compound
24	clef	clef	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sign	conj
25	for	for	ADP	_	27 notes	case
26	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	27 notes	amod
27	notes	note	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 clef	nmod
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 clef	cc
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 clef	det
30	bass	bass	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 clef	compound
31	clef	clef	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 notes	conj
32	for	for	ADP	_	34 ones	case
33	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	34 ones	amod
34	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 clef	nmod
35	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sign	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	write	participle				vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	show	present	written music		high property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	be	present	written music not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	start			a line of written music		nom start «event transitive»: of=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

Draw a treble clef at the start of the stave.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Draw	draw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 clef	det
3	treble	treble	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 clef	compound
4	clef	clef	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Draw	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 start	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 start	det
7	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Draw	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 stave	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 stave	det
10	stave	stave	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 start	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Draw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	imperative	you not said here	a treble clef		the start of the stave			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clef=Theme
2	start			the stave					nom start «event transitive»: of=patient

Example 2

The bass clef is used for the cello and the tuba.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 clef	det
2	bass	bass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 clef	compound
3	clef	clef	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 used	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 used	aux:pass
5	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 cello	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cello	det
8	cello	cello	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 used	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 tuba	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tuba	det
11	tuba	tuba	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cello	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · passive		the bass clef				for the cello and the tuba	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for cello=Eventuality

Example 3

Piano music has a treble clef on top and a bass clef underneath.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Piano	piano	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 music	compound
2	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 clef	det
5	treble	treble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 clef	amod
6	clef	clef	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 top	case
8	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 clef	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 clef	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 clef	det
11	bass	bass	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 clef	compound
12	clef	clef	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 clef	conj
13	underneath	underneath	ADV	_	12 clef	advmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Piano music	a treble clef and a bass clef		top			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clef=Patient

Example 4

The treble clef curls round the line for G.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 clef	det
2	treble	treble	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 clef	compound
3	clef	clef	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 curls	nsubj
4	curls	curl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	round	round	ADP	_	7 line	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 line	det
7	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 curls	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 G.	case
9	G.	G.	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 curls	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	curl	present	the treble clef			the line		for G.	vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round line=Destination

Example 5

In the bass clef, the notes have different names on the same lines.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 clef	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 clef	det
3	bass	bass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 clef	compound
4	clef	clef	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 have	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 clef	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 notes	det
7	notes	note	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 have	nsubj
8	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 names	amod
10	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 have	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	14 lines	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 lines	det
13	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 lines	amod
14	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 names	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the notes	different names		the bass clef		on the same lines	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient

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