samba
Who acts: We, samba schools, crowd, Samba music, samba band, They · What happens: dance, play, parade, come, samba · To what, where: samba, samba drums, music class, carnival, Brazilian community, school fair
«samba» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings 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: samba in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A fast, lively dance from Brazil.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 dance | det |
| 2 | fast | fast | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 dance | amod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 fast | punct |
| 4 | lively | lively | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 dance | amod |
| 5 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 Brazil | case |
| 7 | Brazil | Brazil | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 dance | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 dance | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 2
The music for this dance, with strong drum rhythms.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 music | det |
| 2 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 dance | case |
| 4 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 dance | det |
| 5 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 music | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 rhythms | punct |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 rhythms | case |
| 8 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 rhythms | amod |
| 9 | drum | drum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 rhythms | compound |
| 10 | rhythms | rhythm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 music | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 music | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 3
Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.
To dance the samba.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 dance | mark |
| 2 | dance | dance | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 samba | det |
| 4 | samba | samba | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dance | obj |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 dance | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dance | to-infinitive | the samba | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location samba=Theme |
Example 1
We played samba drums in music class.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 played | nsubj |
| 2 | played | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | samba | samba | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 drums | compound |
| 4 | drums | drum | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 played | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 class | case |
| 6 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 class | compound |
| 7 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 played | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 played | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | past | We | samba drums | music class | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drum=Theme |
Example 2
At the carnival in Rio, samba schools parade through the streets.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 3 carnival | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 carnival | det |
| 3 | carnival | carnival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 parade | obl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 Rio | case |
| 5 | Rio | Rio | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 carnival | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 carnival | punct |
| 7 | samba | samba | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 schools | compound |
| 8 | schools | school | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 parade | nsubj |
| 9 | parade | parade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | through | through | ADP | _ | 12 streets | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 streets | det |
| 12 | streets | street | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 parade | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 parade | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | parade | present | samba schools | the carnival in Rio | through the streets | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at carnival=Trajectory |
Example 3
The crowd danced the samba all night.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 crowd | det |
| 2 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 danced | nsubj |
| 3 | danced | dance | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 samba | det |
| 5 | samba | samba | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 danced | obj |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 night | det |
| 7 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 danced | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 danced | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dance | past | the crowd | the samba | night | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location samba=Theme |
Example 4
Samba music came from the African-Brazilian community.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samba | samba | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 music | compound |
| 2 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 community | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 community | det |
| 6 | African | African | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 Brazilian | amod |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 African | punct |
| 8 | Brazilian | Brazilian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 community | amod |
| 9 | community | community | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | Samba music | the Brazilian community | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from community=Initial_Location |
Example 5
Our samba band played at the school fair.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 band | nmod:poss |
| 2 | samba | samba | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 band | compound |
| 3 | band | band | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 played | nsubj |
| 4 | played | play | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 fair | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 fair | det |
| 7 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fair | compound |
| 8 | fair | fair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 played | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 played | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | participle | Our samba band | the school fair | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 6
They sambaed across the stage.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 sambaed | nsubj |
| 2 | sambaed | samba | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | across | across | ADP | _ | 5 stage | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 stage | det |
| 5 | stage | stage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sambaed | obl |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 sambaed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | samba | past | They | the stage | vn waltz-51.5 «NP V PP.trajectory PP.goal»: agent=Theme across stage=Trajectory |
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