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microphone

Who acts: device, you, everyone, singer, laptop, microphone · What happens: pick up, turn, make, record, send, speak · To what, where: sound, electrical signal, device, microphone, tiny built microphone, mic · Speech: someone speaks here

«microphone» 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: microphone in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A device that picks up sound and turns it into an electrical signal so it can be made louder, recorded or sent.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 device	det
2	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 made	nsubj:pass
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 picks	nsubj
4	picks	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 device	acl:relcl
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 picks	compound:prt
6	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 picks	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 turns	cc
8	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 picks	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 turns	obj
10	into	into	ADP	_	13 signal	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 signal	det
12	electrical	electrical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 signal	amod
13	signal	signal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 turns	obl
14	so	so	SCONJ	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 turns	obl
16	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 made	aux
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 made	aux:pass
18	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
19	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	18 made	xcomp
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 recorded	punct
21	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 made	conj
22	or	or	CCONJ	_	23 sent	cc
23	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 recorded	conj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick up	present	a device	sound					vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Topic
2	turn	present	a device not said here	sound		a electrical signal		so device	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme into signal=Trajectory
3	make	can · passive		a device				loud property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
4	record	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	send	participle							vn confine-92-1 «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

Please speak into the microphone so everyone can hear.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Please	please	INTJ	_	2 speak	discourse
2	speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 microphone	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 microphone	det
5	microphone	microphone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 speak	obl
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	9 hear	mark
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 hear	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 hear	aux
9	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 speak	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 speak	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	imperative	you not said here			the microphone			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hear	can	everyone						vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

Example 2

The singer held the microphone close.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 singer	det
2	singer	singer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 held	nsubj
3	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 microphone	det
5	microphone	microphone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 held	obj
6	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 microphone	amod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 held	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past	the singer	the microphone					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent microphone=Theme

Example 3

My laptop has a tiny built-in microphone.

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 laptop	nmod:poss
2	laptop	laptop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 microphone	det
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 microphone	amod
6	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 microphone	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 microphone	punct
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 microphone	case
9	microphone	microphone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	My laptop	a tiny built microphone					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent microphone=Patient
2	build	participle							vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Example 4

The microphone squealed when it was too close to the speaker.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 microphone	det
2	microphone	microphone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 squealed	nsubj
3	squealed	squeal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 close	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 close	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 close	cop
7	too	too	ADV	_	8 close	advmod
8	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 squealed	ccomp
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 speaker	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 speaker	det
11	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 close	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 squealed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squeal	past	the microphone						vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	microphone					to the speaker; close property	tree rules

Example 5

Is the mic on?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 mic	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mic	det
3	mic	mic	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	3 mic	compound:prt
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 mic	punct

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

Example 6

The head teacher tested the microphone before assembly.

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	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 teacher	compound
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tested	nsubj
4	tested	test	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 microphone	det
6	microphone	microphone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tested	obj
7	before	before	ADP	_	8 assembly	case
8	assembly	assembly	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tested	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tested	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	test	past	the head teacher	the microphone			before assembly		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent microphone=Theme

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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