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decibel

Who acts: decibel, unit, sound, whisper, concert, Sounds · What happens: be, measure, reach, harm, hear, whistle · To what, where: unit, 30 decibels, 110 decibels, hearing, playground noise, decibels

«decibel» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: decibel in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: science — kept apart, not parsed.

A decibel is a unit for measuring how loud a sound is.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 decibel	det
2	decibel	decibel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 unit	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 unit	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 unit	det
5	unit	unit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	SCONJ	_	7 measuring	mark
7	measuring	measure	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 unit	acl
8	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	9 loud	advmod
9	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 measuring	ccomp
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 sound	det
11	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 loud	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 loud	cop
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 unit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a decibel	a unit					tree rules
2	measure	gerund	a unit not said here						vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
3	is	present	a sound					loud property	tree rules

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

A whisper is about 30 decibels.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 whisper	det
2	whisper	whisper	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 decibels	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 decibels	cop
4	about	about	ADV	_	5 30	advmod
5	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 decibels	nummod
6	decibels	decibel	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 decibels	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a whisper	30 decibels					tree rules

Example 2

The concert reached 110 decibels.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 concert	det
2	concert	concert	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reached	nsubj
3	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	110	110	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 decibels	nummod
5	decibels	decibel	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 reached	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reached	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	past	the concert	110 decibels					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent decibel=Theme

Example 3

Sounds above 85 decibels can harm your hearing over time.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 harm	nsubj
2	above	above	ADP	_	4 decibels	case
3	85	85	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 decibels	nummod
4	decibels	decibel	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Sounds	nmod
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 harm	aux
6	harm	harm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hearing	nmod:poss
8	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 harm	obj
9	over	over	ADP	_	10 time	case
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 harm	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 harm	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	harm	can	Sounds above 85 decibels	your hearing			time		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hearing=Experiencer
2	hear		your						nom hearing «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 4

We measured the playground noise in decibels with an app.

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 measured	nsubj
2	measured	measure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 noise	det
4	playground	playground	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 noise	compound
5	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 measured	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 decibels	case
7	decibels	decibel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 measured	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 app	case
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 app	det
10	app	app	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 measured	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 measured	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure	past	We	the playground noise		decibels		with a app	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme noise=Value

Example 5

The teacher's whistle was very high in decibels.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 whistle	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 teacher	case
4	whistle	whistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 high	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 high	cop
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 high	advmod
7	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 decibels	case
9	decibels	decibel	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 high	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 high	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the teacher's whistle			decibels		high property	tree rules
2	whistle		the teacher						nom whistle «event intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 6

Lower the volume on your headphones to keep the decibels down.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lower	lower	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 volume	det
3	volume	volume	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lower	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 headphones	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 headphones	nmod:poss
6	headphones	headphone	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Lower	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 keep	mark
8	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Lower	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 decibels	det
10	decibels	decibel	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 keep	obj
11	down	down	ADV	_	8 keep	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Lower	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lower	imperative	you not said here	the volume		your headphones			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent volume=Theme on headphone=Destination
2	keep down	to-infinitive	you not said here	the decibels				down property	vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decibel=Patient

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