gong

Who acts: gong, He, servant · What happens: be, strike, make, ring, sound, hit · To what, where: round metal plate, loud ringing sound, gongs, gong, guests · Speech: someone speaks here

«gong» 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: gong in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A gong is a round metal plate that is struck with a stick to make a loud, ringing sound.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 gong	det
2	gong	gong	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 plate	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 plate	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 plate	det
5	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 plate	amod
6	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 plate	compound
7	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 struck	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 struck	aux:pass
10	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 plate	acl
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 stick	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 stick	det
13	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 struck	obl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 make	mark
15	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 struck	advcl
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 sound	det
17	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 sound	amod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 loud	punct
19	ringing	ring	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	20 sound	amod
20	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 make	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 plate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a gong	a round metal plate		tree rules
2	strike	present · passive		a round metal plate	with a stick	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with stick=Instrument
3	make	to-infinitive		a loud ringing sound		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product
4	ring	gerund				vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 gong sounded for dinner.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gong	det
2	gong	gong	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sounded	nsubj
3	sounded	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 dinner	case
5	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sounded	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sounded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sound	past	the gong					for dinner	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Example 2

He hit the gongs one after another.

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 hit	nsubj
2	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gongs	det
4	gongs	gong	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hit	obj
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 gongs	flat
6	after	after	ADP	_	7 another	case
7	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	5 one	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	past	He	the gongs					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme gong=Co-Theme

Example 3

The servant struck the gong to call the guests.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 servant	det
2	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	nsubj
3	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gong	det
5	gong	gong	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 call	mark
7	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 struck	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 guests	det
9	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 call	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 struck	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	the servant	the gong					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gong=Patient
2	call	to-infinitive	the servant not said here		the guests				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent guest=Recipient

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