quatrain

Who acts: quatrain, Twinkle, you, verse, poem · What happens: verse, be, start, write, have, rhyme · To what, where: poem, stanza, quatrain, hymn, three quatrains, lines

«quatrain» 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: quatrain in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A verse or stanza of a poem with four lines, often with a rhyme pattern like ABAB or AABB.

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 verse	det
2	verse	verse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 stanza	cc
4	stanza	stanza	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 verse	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 poem	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 poem	det
7	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 verse	nmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 lines	case
9	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 lines	nummod
10	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 poem	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 pattern	punct
12	often	often	ADV	_	16 pattern	advmod
13	with	with	ADP	_	16 pattern	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 pattern	det
15	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 pattern	compound
16	pattern	pattern	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lines	nmod
17	like	like	ADP	_	18 ABAB	case
18	ABAB	ABAB	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 pattern	nmod
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 AABB	cc
20	AABB	AABB	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 ABAB	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 verse	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	verse			a poem with four lines with a rhyme pattern like ABAB or AABB					nom verse «communication transitive»: of=patient

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 quatrain is a stanza with four lines.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 quatrain	det
2	quatrain	quatrain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stanza	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stanza	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stanza	det
5	stanza	stanza	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 lines	case
7	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 lines	nummod
8	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stanza	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 stanza	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a quatrain	a stanza				with four lines	tree rules

Example 2

«Twinkle, twinkle, little star» starts with a quatrain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Twinkle	punct
2	Twinkle	twinkle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 starts	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 twinkle	punct
4	twinkle	twinkle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Twinkle	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 star	punct
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 star	amod
7	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Twinkle	appos
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 star	punct
9	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 quatrain	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 quatrain	det
12	quatrain	quatrain	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 starts	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 starts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	present	Twinkle and twinkle					with a quatrain	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with quatrain=Subeventuality

Example 3

Write a quatrain about the sea with the rhyme scheme AABB.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Write	write	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 quatrain	det
3	quatrain	quatrain	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Write	obj
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 sea	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sea	det
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Write	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 scheme	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 scheme	det
9	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 scheme	compound
10	scheme	scheme	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Write	obl
11	AABB	AABB	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 scheme	appos
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Write	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	imperative	you not said here	a quatrain				about the sea; with the rhyme scheme	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent quatrain=Recipient about sea=Topic

Example 4

Each verse of the hymn is a quatrain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 verse	det
2	verse	verse	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 quatrain	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 hymn	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hymn	det
5	hymn	hymn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 verse	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 quatrain	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 quatrain	det
8	quatrain	quatrain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 quatrain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	each verse of the hymn	a quatrain					tree rules
2	verse			the hymn					nom verse «communication transitive»: of=patient

Example 5

The poem has three quatrains and a couplet at the end.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 poem	det
2	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 quatrains	nummod
5	quatrains	quatrain	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 couplet	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 couplet	det
8	couplet	couplet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 quatrains	conj
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 end	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 end	det
11	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 couplet	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the poem	three quatrains and a couplet at the end					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quatrain=Patient

Example 6

In the quatrain, lines 1 and 3 rhyme, and so do lines 2 and 4.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 quatrain	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 quatrain	det
3	quatrain	quatrain	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rhyme	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 lines	punct
5	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 quatrain	nmod
6	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 lines	flat
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 3	cc
8	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 1	conj
9	rhyme	rhyme	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 do	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 do	cc
12	so	so	ADV	_	13 do	advmod
13	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 rhyme	obl
14	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 do	obj
15	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 lines	flat
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 4	cc
17	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	15 2	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 rhyme	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rhyme	present				the quatrain lines			vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	do	infinitive		lines					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Eventuality

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