reverberate
Who acts: sound, effect, tones · What happens: reverberate, bounce back, make, keep, spread, feel · To what, where: walls, long echo, heart, bell, thunder, valley
«reverberate» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: reverberate in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A sound reverberates when it bounces back off walls or hills again and again, making a long echo.
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 sound | det |
| 2 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reverberates | nsubj |
| 3 | reverberates | reverberate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 bounces | advmod |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 bounces | nsubj |
| 6 | bounces | bounce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 reverberates | ccomp |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 bounces | advmod |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 walls | case |
| 9 | walls | wall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 bounces | obl |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 hills | cc |
| 11 | hills | hill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 walls | conj |
| 12 | again | again | ADV | _ | 6 bounces | advmod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 again | cc |
| 14 | again | again | ADV | _ | 12 again | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 making | punct |
| 16 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 bounces | advcl |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 echo | det |
| 18 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 echo | amod |
| 19 | echo | echo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 making | obj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 reverberates | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reverberate | present | a sound | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | bounce back | present | sound | walls or hills | again | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme off wall=Trajectory | |||
| 3 | make | gerund | sound not said here | a long echo | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset echo=Product |
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
An effect reverberates when it keeps spreading or being felt for a long time.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 effect | det |
| 2 | effect | effect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reverberates | nsubj |
| 3 | reverberates | reverberate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 keeps | advmod |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 keeps | nsubj |
| 6 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 reverberates | advcl |
| 7 | spreading | spread | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 keeps | xcomp |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 felt | cc |
| 9 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 felt | aux:pass |
| 10 | felt | feel | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 spreading | conj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 time | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 time | det |
| 13 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 time | amod |
| 14 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 felt | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 reverberates | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reverberate | present | a effect | vn sound_existence-47.4 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | keep | present | effect | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | spread | gerund | effect not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | feel | gerund · passive | effect not said here | time | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute» |
Example 1
The bell's tones reverberated in his heart.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bell | det |
| 2 | bell | bell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tones | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 bell | case |
| 4 | tones | tone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 reverberated | nsubj |
| 5 | reverberated | reverberate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 heart | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 heart | nmod:poss |
| 8 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reverberated | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 reverberated | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reverberate | past | the bell's tones | his heart | vn sound_existence-47.4 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in heart=Location | ||||
| 2 | intonate | the bell | nom tone «communication transitive»: poss=patient |
Example 2
The thunder reverberated through the valley.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 thunder | det |
| 2 | thunder | thunder | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | reverberated | reverberate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 thunder | acl |
| 4 | through | through | ADP | _ | 6 valley | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 valley | det |
| 6 | valley | valley | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reverberated | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 thunder | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reverberate | participle | the thunder not said here | the valley | vn sound_existence-47.4 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through valley=Location |
Example 3
The chariot wheels reverberated between the cliffs.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 wheels | det |
| 2 | chariot | chariot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wheels | compound |
| 3 | wheels | wheel | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | reverberated | reverberate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 wheels | acl |
| 5 | between | between | ADP | _ | 7 cliffs | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cliffs | det |
| 7 | cliffs | cliff | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 reverberated | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wheels | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reverberate | participle | the chariot wheels not said here | the cliffs | vn sound_existence-47.4 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between cliff=Location |
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