jazz Who acts: kind, brass instruments, jazz, uncle, Louis Armstrong, you · What happens: begin, make up, jazz up, be, mean, play · To what, where: music, spot, something, things, trumpet, jazz band · Speech: someone speaks here
«jazz» 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: jazz in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A kind of music that began with African American musicians in New Orleans, USA, with strong rhythms, brass instruments and lots of making up music on the spot (improvisation).
The tree, 29 words det nsubj case nmod nsubj case amod amod obl case amod nmod punct conj punct case amod obl punct compound conj cc conj mark acl compound:prt obj case det obl punct appos punct punct root A DET kind NOUN of ADP music NOUN that PRON began VERB with ADP African ADJ American ADJ musicians NOUN in ADP New ADJ Orleans PROPN , PUNCT USA PROPN , PUNCT with ADP strong ADJ rhythms NOUN , PUNCT brass NOUN instruments NOUN and CCONJ lots NOUN of SCONJ making VERB up ADP music NOUN on ADP the DET spot NOUN ( PUNCT improvisation NOUN ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 kind det 2 kind kind NOUN Number=Sing 6 began nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 4 music case 4 music music NOUN Number=Sing 2 kind nmod 5 that that PRON PronType=Rel 6 began nsubj 6 began begin VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 with with ADP _ 10 musicians case 8 African African ADJ Degree=Pos 10 musicians amod 9 American American ADJ Degree=Pos 10 musicians amod 10 musicians musician NOUN Number=Plur 6 began obl 11 in in ADP _ 13 Orleans case 12 New New ADJ Degree=Pos 13 Orleans amod 13 Orleans Orleans PROPN Number=Sing 10 musicians nmod 14 , , PUNCT _ 15 USA punct 15 USA USA PROPN Number=Sing 13 Orleans conj 16 , , PUNCT _ 19 rhythms punct 17 with with ADP _ 19 rhythms case 18 strong strong ADJ Degree=Pos 19 rhythms amod 19 rhythms rhythm NOUN Number=Plur 6 began obl 20 , , PUNCT _ 22 instruments punct 21 brass brass NOUN Number=Sing 22 instruments compound 22 instruments instrument NOUN Number=Plur 19 rhythms conj 23 and and CCONJ _ 24 lots cc 24 lots lot NOUN Number=Plur 22 instruments conj 25 of of SCONJ _ 26 making mark 26 making make VERB VerbForm=Ger 22 instruments acl 27 up up ADP _ 26 making compound:prt 28 music music NOUN Number=Sing 26 making obj 29 on on ADP _ 31 spot case 30 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 31 spot det 31 spot spot NOUN Number=Sing 26 making obl 32 ( ( PUNCT _ 33 improvisation punct 33 improvisation improvisation NOUN Number=Sing 31 spot appos 34 ) ) PUNCT _ 33 improvisation punct 35 . . PUNCT _ 6 began punct
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1 begin past a kind of music with African American musicians in New Orleans and USA; with strong rhythms and brass instruments and lots vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with musician=Subeventuality 2 make up gerund brass instruments and lots not said here music the spot vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme music=Pivot
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.
Meaning 2 Usage: verb, informal — kept apart, not parsed.
To jazz something up is to make it brighter, livelier or more exciting.
The tree, 13 words mark advcl obj compound:prt cop mark obj xcomp punct conj cc conj xcomp punct root To PART jazz VERB something PRON up ADP is AUX to PART make VERB it PRON brighter ADJ , PUNCT livelier ADJ or CCONJ more ADJ exciting ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 jazz mark 2 jazz jazz VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 make advcl 3 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 jazz obj 4 up up ADP _ 2 jazz compound:prt 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 make cop 6 to to PART _ 7 make mark 7 make make VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 8 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 make obj 9 brighter bright ADJ Degree=Cmp 7 make xcomp 10 , , PUNCT _ 11 livelier punct 11 livelier lively ADJ Degree=Cmp 9 brighter conj 12 or or CCONJ _ 13 more cc 13 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 9 brighter conj 14 exciting exciting ADJ Degree=Pos 7 make xcomp 15 . . PUNCT _ 7 make punct
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1 jazz up to-infinitive something tree rules 2 is present bright, exciting, make property tree rules
Meaning 3 Usage: informal, US — kept apart, not parsed.
And all that jazz means and things like that.
cc det:predet det nsubj cc obj case nmod punct root And CCONJ all DET that DET jazz NOUN means VERB and CCONJ things NOUN like ADP that PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 And and CCONJ _ 5 means cc 2 all all DET PronType=Tot 4 jazz det:predet 3 that that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 4 jazz det 4 jazz jazz NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 things cc 7 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 5 means obj 8 like like ADP _ 9 that case 9 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 7 things nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct
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1 mean present all jazz things like that vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic
Example 1 My uncle plays the trumpet in a jazz band.
nmod:poss nsubj det obj case det compound obl punct root My PRON uncle NOUN plays VERB the DET trumpet NOUN in ADP a DET jazz NOUN band NOUN . PUNCT 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 uncle nmod:poss 2 uncle uncle NOUN Number=Sing 3 plays nsubj 3 plays play VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 trumpet det 5 trumpet trumpet NOUN Number=Sing 3 plays obj 6 in in ADP _ 9 band case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 band det 8 jazz jazz NOUN Number=Sing 9 band compound 9 band band NOUN Number=Sing 3 plays obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 plays punct
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1 play present My uncle the trumpet a jazz band vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trumpet=Theme
Example 2 Jazz began in New Orleans.
nsubj case amod obl punct root Jazz PROPN began VERB in ADP New ADJ Orleans PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Jazz Jazz PROPN Number=Sing 2 began nsubj 2 began begin VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 in in ADP _ 5 Orleans case 4 New New ADJ Degree=Pos 5 Orleans amod 5 Orleans Orleans PROPN Number=Sing 2 began obl 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 began punct
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1 begin past Jazz New Orleans vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
Example 3 Louis Armstrong was a famous jazz trumpeter.
compound nsubj cop det amod compound punct root Louis PROPN Armstrong PROPN was AUX a DET famous ADJ jazz NOUN trumpeter NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Louis Louis PROPN Number=Sing 2 Armstrong compound 2 Armstrong Armstrong PROPN Number=Sing 7 trumpeter nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 trumpeter cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 trumpeter det 5 famous famous ADJ Degree=Pos 7 trumpeter amod 6 jazz jazz NOUN Number=Sing 7 trumpeter compound 7 trumpeter trumpeter NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 trumpeter punct
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1 is a past Louis Armstrong a famous jazz trumpeter tree rules
Example 4 Let's jazz up this boring poster with glitter.
obj xcomp compound:prt det amod obj case nmod punct root Let VERB 's PRON jazz VERB up ADP this DET boring ADJ poster NOUN with ADP glitter NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Let let VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 's we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 1 Let obj 3 jazz jazz VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Let xcomp 4 up up ADP _ 3 jazz compound:prt 5 this this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 7 poster det 6 boring boring ADJ Degree=Pos 7 poster amod 7 poster poster NOUN Number=Sing 3 jazz obj 8 with with ADP _ 9 glitter case 9 glitter glitter NOUN Number=Sing 7 poster nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 1 Let punct
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1 let imperative you not said here 's tree rules 2 jazz up infinitive 's not said here this boring poster with glitter tree rules
Example 5 We did jazz hands at the end of the song.
nsubj compound obj case det obl case det nmod punct root We PRON did VERB jazz NOUN hands NOUN at ADP the DET end NOUN of ADP the DET song NOUN . PUNCT 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 did nsubj 2 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 jazz jazz NOUN Number=Sing 4 hands compound 4 hands hand NOUN Number=Plur 2 did obj 5 at at ADP _ 7 end case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 end det 7 end end NOUN Number=Sing 2 did obl 8 of of ADP _ 10 song case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 song det 10 song song NOUN Number=Sing 7 end nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 did punct
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1 do past We jazz hands at the end of the song vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Eventuality
Example 6 The music teacher played some jazz and asked how it made us feel.
det compound nsubj det obj cc conj advmod nsubj ccomp obj xcomp punct root The DET music NOUN teacher NOUN played VERB some DET jazz NOUN and CCONJ asked VERB how ADV it PRON made VERB us PRON feel VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 teacher det 2 music music NOUN Number=Sing 3 teacher compound 3 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 4 played nsubj 4 played play VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 some some DET PronType=Ind 6 jazz det 6 jazz jazz NOUN Number=Sing 4 played obj 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 asked cc 8 asked ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 played conj 9 how how ADV PronType=Int 11 made advmod 10 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 made nsubj 11 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 asked ccomp 12 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 11 made obj 13 feel feel VERB VerbForm=Inf 11 made xcomp 14 . . PUNCT _ 4 played punct
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1 play past the music teacher some jazz vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jazz=Theme 2 ask speech: ask past the music teacher not said here vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 make past teacher us tree rules 4 feel infinitive us not said here vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
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