fa

Who acts: FA, Football Association, He, you, We, team · What happens: re, do, note, be, run, sing · To what, where: mi, musical scale, Football Association, football, England, sweet FA · Speech: someone speaks here

«fa» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings 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: fa in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: music — kept apart, not parsed.

The fourth note of the musical scale in the sol-fa system: do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do. Also spelt «fah».

Sentence 1: The fourth note of the musical scale in the sol-fa system: do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 note	det
2	fourth	fourth	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 note	amod
3	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 scale	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 scale	det
6	musical	musical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 scale	amod
7	scale	scale	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 note	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	13 system	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 system	det
10	sol	sol	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fa	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 sol	punct
12	fa	fa	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 system	compound
13	system	system	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 scale	nmod
14	:	:	PUNCT	_	17 re	punct
15	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	17 re	aux
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 re	punct
17	re	re	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 note	parataxis
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 mi	punct
19	mi	mi	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 re	obj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 fa	punct
21	fa	fa	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 mi	conj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 la	punct
23	so	so	ADV	_	25 la	advmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 la	punct
25	la	la	X	Foreign=Yes	17 re	obj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 ti	punct
27	ti	ti	X	_	17 re	obj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 do	punct
29	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	17 re	conj
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 note	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	re	infinitive · do-support	mi and fa	tree rules
2	do	infinitive		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	note		the musical scale in the fa system	nom note «communication 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.

Sentence 2: Also spelt «fah».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Also	also	ADV	_	2 spelt	advmod
2	spelt	spelt	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 fah	punct
4	fah	fah	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spelt	appos
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 fah	punct
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 spelt	punct

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

Meaning 2

Usage: UK, sport — kept apart, not parsed.

«The FA» is the Football Association, which runs football in England, including the FA Cup.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 FA	punct
2	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 FA	det
3	FA	FA	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Association	nsubj
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 FA	punct
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 Association	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Association	det
7	Football	Football	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Association	compound
8	Association	Association	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 runs	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 runs	nsubj
11	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 Association	acl:relcl
12	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 runs	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 England	case
14	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 runs	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 Cup	punct
16	including	including	ADP	_	19 Cup	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Cup	det
18	FA	FA	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Cup	compound
19	Cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 runs	parataxis
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 Association	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the FA	the Football Association					tree rules
2	run	present	the Football Association	football		England			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent football=Theme in england=Trajectory

Meaning 3

Usage: slang, as «sweet FA» — kept apart, not parsed.

Nothing at all — a rude-ish British phrase, as in «He did sweet FA all day».

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 all	case
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	1 Nothing	nmod
4	—	-	PUNCT	_	10 phrase	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 phrase	det
6	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 phrase	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 rude	punct
8	ish	ish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 phrase	amod
9	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 phrase	amod
10	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nothing	appos
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 did	punct
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 did	mark
13	in	in	ADP	_	12 as	fixed
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 did	punct
15	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 did	nsubj
16	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 phrase	advcl
17	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 FA	amod
18	FA	FA	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 did	obj
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	20 day	det
20	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 did	obl:unmarked
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 phrase	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do in a quote	past	He	sweet FA			day		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fa=Eventuality

Example 1

Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do!

The tree, 8 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 re	aux
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 re	punct
3	re	re	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 mi	punct
5	mi	mi	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 re	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 fa	punct
7	fa	fa	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mi	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 la	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 la	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 la	punct
11	la	la	X	Foreign=Yes	3 re	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 ti	punct
13	ti	ti	X	Foreign=Yes	11 la	flat:foreign
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 do	punct
15	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 re	conj
16	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 re	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	re	imperative · do-support	you not said here	mi and fa					tree rules
2	do	infinitive	you not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

«Fa» is the fourth note of the scale.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Fa	punct
2	Fa	Fa	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 note	nsubj
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Fa	punct
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 note	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 note	det
6	fourth	fourth	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 note	amod
7	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 scale	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 scale	det
10	scale	scale	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 note	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 note	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Fa	the fourth note				of the scale	tree rules

Example 3

We sang «Fa, a long, long way to run» in music.

The tree, 11 words

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 sang	nsubj
2	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 way	punct
4	Fa	Fa	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 way	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 way	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 way	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 way	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 long	punct
9	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 way	amod
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	ccomp
11	to	to	PART	_	12 run	mark
12	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 way	acl
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 run	punct
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 music	case
15	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 run	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	We		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
2	way in a quote		Fa		tree rules
3	run in a quote	to-infinitive	We not said here	music	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in music=Trajectory

Example 4

My team won a match in the FA Cup.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 team	nmod:poss
2	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 won	nsubj
3	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 match	det
5	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 won	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 Cup	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Cup	det
8	FA	FA	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Cup	compound
9	Cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 won	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 won	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	past	My team	a match		the FA Cup			vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Eventuality

Example 5

The FA makes the rules for English football.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 FA	det
2	FA	FA	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 makes	nsubj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rules	det
5	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 makes	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 football	case
7	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 football	amod
8	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rules	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the FA	the rules				for English football	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent rule=Product for football=Asset

Example 6

(rude, UK) He did sweet FA to help tidy up.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 rude	punct
2	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 UK	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 rude	punct
4	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 did	nsubj
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	4 UK	punct
6	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 did	nsubj
7	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 FA	amod
9	FA	FA	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 did	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 help	mark
11	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 did	advcl
12	tidy	tidy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 help	xcomp
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 tidy	compound:prt
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	rude UK	sweet FA	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fa=Eventuality
2	help	to-infinitive	rude UK not said here		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	tidy up	infinitive	rude UK not said here		tree rules

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