sax Who acts: sax, curved metal wind instrument, He, sax solo, Jazz bands, I · What happens: be, curve, play, use, have, want · To what, where: saxophone, reed, jazz, sax, school band, case
«sax» 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: sax in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.
A sax is a saxophone, a curved metal wind instrument played with a reed, used in jazz and pop.
The tree, 19 words det nsubj cop det punct det amod compound compound nsubj conj case det obl punct acl case obl cc conj punct root A DET sax NOUN is AUX a DET saxophone NOUN , PUNCT a DET curved VERB metal NOUN wind NOUN instrument NOUN played VERB with ADP a DET reed NOUN , PUNCT used VERB in ADP jazz NOUN and CCONJ pop NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 sax det 2 sax sax NOUN Number=Sing 5 saxophone nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 saxophone cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 saxophone det 5 saxophone saxophone NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 12 played punct 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 instrument det 8 curved curve VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 11 instrument amod 9 metal metal NOUN Number=Sing 11 instrument compound 10 wind wind NOUN Number=Sing 11 instrument compound 11 instrument instrument NOUN Number=Sing 12 played nsubj 12 played play VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 saxophone conj 13 with with ADP _ 15 reed case 14 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 15 reed det 15 reed reed NOUN Number=Sing 12 played obl 16 , , PUNCT _ 17 used punct 17 used use VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 15 reed acl 18 in in ADP _ 19 jazz case 19 jazz jazz NOUN Number=Sing 17 used obl 20 and and CCONJ _ 21 pop cc 21 pop pop NOUN Number=Sing 19 jazz conj 22 . . PUNCT _ 5 saxophone punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present a sax a saxophone tree rules 2 curve participle vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material 3 play past a curved metal wind instrument with a reed vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with reed=Theme 4 use participle a reed not said here jazz and pop vn eat-39.1 «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 He plays the sax in the school band.
nsubj det obj case det compound obl punct root He PRON plays VERB the DET sax NOUN in ADP the DET school NOUN band NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 plays nsubj 2 plays play VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 sax det 4 sax sax NOUN Number=Sing 2 plays obj 5 in in ADP _ 8 band case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 band det 7 school school NOUN Number=Sing 8 band compound 8 band band NOUN Number=Sing 2 plays obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 plays punct
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1 play present He the sax the school band vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sax=Theme
Example 2 The sax solo was great.
det compound nsubj cop punct root The DET sax NOUN solo NOUN was AUX great ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 solo det 2 sax sax NOUN Number=Sing 3 solo compound 3 solo solo NOUN Number=Sing 5 great nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 great cop 5 great great ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 great punct
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1 is past the sax solo great property tree rules
Example 3 My sax is in the case.
nmod:poss nsubj cop case det punct root My PRON sax NOUN is AUX in ADP the DET case NOUN . PUNCT 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 sax nmod:poss 2 sax sax NOUN Number=Sing 6 case nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 case cop 4 in in ADP _ 6 case case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 case det 6 case case NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 case punct
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1 is present My sax the case tree rules
Example 4 Jazz bands often have a sax.
compound nsubj advmod det obj punct root Jazz NOUN bands NOUN often ADV have VERB a DET sax NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Jazz jazz NOUN Number=Sing 2 bands compound 2 bands band NOUN Number=Plur 4 have nsubj 3 often often ADV _ 4 have advmod 4 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 sax det 6 sax sax NOUN Number=Sing 4 have obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 have punct
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1 have present Jazz bands a sax often property vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sax=Patient
Example 5 I want to learn the sax.
nsubj mark xcomp det obj punct root I PRON want VERB to PART learn VERB the DET sax NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 want nsubj 2 want want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 4 learn mark 4 learn learn VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 want xcomp 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 sax det 6 sax sax NOUN Number=Sing 4 learn obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 want punct
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1 want present I vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme 2 learn not said to happen to-infinitive I not said here the sax vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sax=Topic
Example 6 The sax player blew a long note.
det compound nsubj det amod obj punct root The DET sax NOUN player NOUN blew VERB a DET long ADJ note NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 player det 2 sax sax NOUN Number=Sing 3 player compound 3 player player NOUN Number=Sing 4 blew nsubj 4 blew blow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 note det 6 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 7 note amod 7 note note NOUN Number=Sing 4 blew obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 blew punct
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1 blow past the sax player a long note vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent note=Patient
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