quartet
Who acts: quartet, four people, children, Four friends · What happens: be, work together, play, form, make · To what, where: group, musicians, hall, quartet, party
«quartet» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: quartet in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A quartet is a group of four people or things working together, or a piece of music for four players.
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 quartet | det |
| 2 | quartet | quartet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 group | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 group | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 group | det |
| 5 | group | group | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 people | case |
| 7 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 people | nummod |
| 8 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 group | nmod |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 things | cc |
| 10 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 people | conj |
| 11 | working | work | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 people | acl |
| 12 | together | together | ADV | _ | 11 working | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 piece | punct |
| 14 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 16 piece | cc |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 piece | det |
| 16 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 group | appos |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 music | case |
| 18 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 piece | nmod |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 players | case |
| 20 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 21 players | nummod |
| 21 | players | player | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 piece | nmod |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 group | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a quartet | a group | of four people or things | tree rules | |||
| 2 | work together | gerund | four people or things not said here | together property | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: 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
A quartet of musicians played in the hall.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 quartet | det |
| 2 | quartet | quartet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 musicians | case |
| 4 | musicians | musician | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 quartet | nmod |
| 5 | played | play | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 musicians | acl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 hall | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hall | det |
| 8 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 played | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 quartet | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | participle | musicians not said here | the hall | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
The children formed a quartet for the song.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 children | det |
| 2 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 formed | nsubj |
| 3 | formed | form | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 quartet | det |
| 5 | quartet | quartet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 formed | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 song | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 song | det |
| 8 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 formed | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 formed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | form | past | the children | a quartet | for the song | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent quartet=Result for song=Beneficiary |
Example 3
One of the quartet was very young.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 quartet | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 quartet | det |
| 4 | quartet | quartet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 young | obl |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 young | cop |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 young | advmod |
| 7 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 One | amod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 One | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | of the quartet; young property | tree rules |
Example 4
Four friends made a quartet at the party.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 friends | nummod |
| 2 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 made | nsubj |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 quartet | det |
| 5 | quartet | quartet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 party | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 party | det |
| 8 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | Four friends | a quartet | the party | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quartet=Product |
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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