metronome Who acts: metronome, device, musicians, piano teacher, 80, old metronome · What happens: be, tick, click, help, keep, set · To what, where: device, steady speed, musicians, metronome, steady beat, swinging arm
«metronome» 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: metronome in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A metronome is a device that ticks or clicks at a steady speed to help musicians keep time.
The tree, 18 words det nsubj cop det nsubj acl:relcl cc conj case det amod obl mark advcl obj xcomp obj punct root A DET metronome NOUN is AUX a DET device NOUN that PRON ticks VERB or CCONJ clicks VERB at ADP a DET steady ADJ speed NOUN to PART help VERB musicians NOUN keep VERB time NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 metronome det 2 metronome metronome NOUN Number=Sing 5 device nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 device cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 device det 5 device device NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 that that PRON PronType=Rel 7 ticks nsubj 7 ticks tick VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 device acl:relcl 8 or or CCONJ _ 9 clicks cc 9 clicks click VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 ticks conj 10 at at ADP _ 13 speed case 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 speed det 12 steady steady ADJ Degree=Pos 13 speed amod 13 speed speed NOUN Number=Sing 9 clicks obl 14 to to PART _ 15 help mark 15 help help VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 clicks advcl 16 musicians musician NOUN Number=Plur 15 help obj 17 keep keep VERB VerbForm=Inf 15 help xcomp 18 time time NOUN Number=Sing 17 keep obj 19 . . PUNCT _ 5 device punct
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1 is a present a metronome a device tree rules 2 tick present a device vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 click present a device not said here a steady speed vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at speed=Location 4 help to-infinitive a device not said here musicians vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent musician=Beneficiary clause=Theme 5 keep infinitive musicians not said here time vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
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 My piano teacher sets the metronome to 80 beats a minute.
nmod:poss compound nsubj det obj case nsubj parataxis det obl:unmarked punct root My PRON piano NOUN teacher NOUN sets VERB the DET metronome NOUN to ADP 80 NUM beats VERB a DET minute 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 3 teacher nmod:poss 2 piano piano NOUN Number=Sing 3 teacher compound 3 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 4 sets nsubj 4 sets set VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 metronome det 6 metronome metronome NOUN Number=Sing 4 sets obj 7 to to ADP _ 8 80 case 8 80 80 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 9 beats nsubj 9 beats beat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 sets parataxis 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 minute det 11 minute minute NOUN Number=Sing 9 beats obl:unmarked 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 sets punct
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1 set present My piano teacher the metronome vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient metronome=Result 2 beat present 80 minute vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 2 The metronome clicked steadily.
det nsubj advmod punct root The DET metronome NOUN clicked VERB steadily ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 metronome det 2 metronome metronome NOUN Number=Sing 3 clicked nsubj 3 clicked click VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 steadily steadily ADV _ 3 clicked advmod 5 . . PUNCT _ 3 clicked punct
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1 click past the metronome steadily property vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 3 Practise with a metronome to keep a steady beat.
nsubj case det mark acl det amod obj punct root Practise NOUN with ADP a DET metronome NOUN to PART keep VERB a DET steady ADJ beat NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Practise practise NOUN Number=Sing 4 metronome nsubj 2 with with ADP _ 4 metronome case 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 metronome det 4 metronome metronome NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 to to PART _ 6 keep mark 6 keep keep VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 metronome acl 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 beat det 8 steady steady ADJ Degree=Pos 9 beat amod 9 beat beat NOUN Number=Sing 6 keep obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 metronome punct
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1 keep to-infinitive a steady beat vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beat=Theme
Example 4 The old metronome has a swinging arm.
det amod nsubj det amod obj punct root The DET old ADJ metronome NOUN has VERB a DET swinging VERB arm NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 metronome det 2 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 3 metronome amod 3 metronome metronome NOUN Number=Sing 4 has nsubj 4 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 arm det 6 swinging swing VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 arm amod 7 arm arm NOUN Number=Sing 4 has obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 has punct
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1 have present the old metronome a swinging arm vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient 2 swing gerund vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
Example 5 There is a metronome app on my phone.
expl det compound nsubj case nmod:poss obl punct root There PRON is VERB a DET metronome NOUN app NOUN on ADP my PRON phone NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 There there PRON PronType=Dem 2 is expl 2 is be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 app det 4 metronome metronome NOUN Number=Sing 5 app compound 5 app app NOUN Number=Sing 2 is nsubj 6 on on ADP _ 8 phone case 7 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 phone nmod:poss 8 phone phone NOUN Number=Sing 2 is obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 is punct
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1 be present a metronome app my phone; there vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on phone=Location
Example 6 His running steps were as regular as a metronome.
nmod:poss compound nsubj cop advmod case det obl punct root His PRON running NOUN steps NOUN were AUX as ADV regular ADJ as ADP a DET metronome NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 steps nmod:poss 2 running running NOUN Number=Sing 3 steps compound 3 steps step NOUN Number=Plur 6 regular nsubj 4 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 regular cop 5 as as ADV _ 6 regular advmod 6 regular regular ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 as as ADP _ 9 metronome case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 metronome det 9 metronome metronome NOUN Number=Sing 6 regular obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 regular punct
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1 is past His running steps as a metronome; regular property tree rules 2 step His = he nom step «act transitive»: poss=agent
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