soprano Who acts: soprano, voices, sister, Boys, I, soprano part · What happens: sing, be, break, describe, hit, play · To what, where: singing voice, boys, singer, instrument, highest range, soprano
«soprano» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: soprano in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A soprano is the highest singing voice, usually of women and girls, and also of boys before their voices break.
The tree, 20 words det nsubj cop det compound amod punct advmod case appos cc conj punct cc advmod case parataxis mark nmod:poss nsubj acl punct root A DET soprano NOUN is AUX the DET highest ADJ singing VERB voice NOUN , PUNCT usually ADV of ADP women NOUN and CCONJ girls NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ also ADV of ADP boys NOUN before SCONJ their PRON voices NOUN break VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 soprano det 2 soprano soprano NOUN Number=Sing 7 voice nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 voice cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 voice det 5 highest high ADJ Degree=Sup 6 singing compound 6 singing sing VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 voice amod 7 voice voice NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 , , PUNCT _ 11 women punct 9 usually usually ADV _ 11 women advmod 10 of of ADP _ 11 women case 11 women woman NOUN Number=Plur 7 voice appos 12 and and CCONJ _ 13 girls cc 13 girls girl NOUN Number=Plur 11 women conj 14 , , PUNCT _ 18 boys punct 15 and and CCONJ _ 18 boys cc 16 also also ADV _ 18 boys advmod 17 of of ADP _ 18 boys case 18 boys boy NOUN Number=Plur 7 voice parataxis 19 before before SCONJ _ 22 break mark 20 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 21 voices nmod:poss 21 voices voice NOUN Number=Plur 22 break nsubj 22 break break VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 18 boys acl 23 . . PUNCT _ 7 voice punct
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1 sing speech: express gerund vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 is a present a soprano the singing voice tree rules 3 break present boys's voices boys not said here vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boy=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.
Meaning 2 A soprano is a singer with that voice.
det nsubj cop det case det nmod punct root A DET soprano NOUN is AUX a DET singer NOUN with ADP that DET voice NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 soprano det 2 soprano soprano NOUN Number=Sing 5 singer nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 singer cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 singer det 5 singer singer NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 with with ADP _ 8 voice case 7 that that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 8 voice det 8 voice voice NOUN Number=Sing 5 singer nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 singer punct
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1 is a present a soprano a singer with that voice tree rules
Meaning 3 Usage: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.
Soprano describes an instrument in the highest range of its family: soprano recorder, soprano saxophone.
The tree, 15 words nsubj det obj case det amod obl case nmod:poss nmod punct compound conj punct compound conj punct root Soprano NOUN describes VERB an DET instrument NOUN in ADP the DET highest ADJ range NOUN of ADP its PRON family NOUN : PUNCT soprano NOUN recorder NOUN , PUNCT soprano NOUN saxophone NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Soprano soprano NOUN Number=Sing 2 describes nsubj 2 describes describe VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 instrument det 4 instrument instrument NOUN Number=Sing 2 describes obj 5 in in ADP _ 8 range case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 range det 7 highest high ADJ Degree=Sup 8 range amod 8 range range NOUN Number=Sing 2 describes obl 9 of of ADP _ 11 family case 10 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 family nmod:poss 11 family family NOUN Number=Sing 8 range nmod 12 : : PUNCT _ 14 recorder punct 13 soprano soprano NOUN Number=Sing 14 recorder compound 14 recorder recorder NOUN Number=Sing 8 range conj 15 , , PUNCT _ 17 saxophone punct 16 soprano soprano NOUN Number=Sing 17 saxophone compound 17 saxophone saxophone NOUN Number=Sing 14 recorder conj 18 . . PUNCT _ 2 describes punct
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1 describe present Soprano a instrument the highest range of Soprano's family and soprano recorder and soprano saxophone vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent instrument=Theme
Example 1 My sister sings soprano in the school choir.
nmod:poss nsubj obj case det compound obl punct root My PRON sister NOUN sings VERB soprano NOUN in ADP the DET school NOUN choir 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 sister nmod:poss 2 sister sister NOUN Number=Sing 3 sings nsubj 3 sings sing VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 soprano soprano NOUN Number=Sing 3 sings obj 5 in in ADP _ 8 choir case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 choir det 7 school school NOUN Number=Sing 8 choir compound 8 choir choir NOUN Number=Sing 3 sings obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 sings punct
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1 sing speech: express present My sister soprano the school choir vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location soprano=Theme
Example 2 The soprano hit a very high note.
det nsubj det advmod amod obj punct root The DET soprano NOUN hit VERB a DET very ADV high 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 2 soprano det 2 soprano soprano NOUN Number=Sing 3 hit nsubj 3 hit hit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 note det 5 very very ADV _ 6 high advmod 6 high high ADJ Degree=Pos 7 note amod 7 note note NOUN Number=Sing 3 hit obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 hit punct
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1 hit past the soprano a high note vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme note=Co-Theme
Example 3 Boys can sing soprano before their voices break.
nsubj aux obj mark nmod:poss nsubj advcl punct root Boys NOUN can AUX sing VERB soprano NOUN before SCONJ their PRON voices NOUN break VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Boys boy NOUN Number=Plur 3 sing nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 sing aux 3 sing sing VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 soprano soprano NOUN Number=Sing 3 sing obj 5 before before SCONJ _ 8 break mark 6 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 voices nmod:poss 7 voices voice NOUN Number=Plur 8 break nsubj 8 break break VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 sing advcl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 sing punct
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1 sing speech: express can Boys soprano vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location soprano=Theme 2 break present Boys's voices vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
Example 4 I play the soprano recorder.
nsubj det compound obj punct root I PRON play VERB the DET soprano NOUN recorder 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 play nsubj 2 play play VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 recorder det 4 soprano soprano NOUN Number=Sing 5 recorder compound 5 recorder recorder NOUN Number=Sing 2 play obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 play punct
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1 play present I the soprano recorder vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recorder=Theme
Example 5 The soprano part has the tune in this song.
det compound nsubj det obj case det nmod punct root The DET soprano NOUN part NOUN has VERB the DET tune NOUN in ADP this DET song NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 part det 2 soprano soprano NOUN Number=Sing 3 part compound 3 part part NOUN Number=Sing 4 has nsubj 4 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 tune det 6 tune tune NOUN Number=Sing 4 has obj 7 in in ADP _ 9 song case 8 this this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 9 song det 9 song song NOUN Number=Sing 6 tune nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 has punct
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1 have present the soprano part the tune this song vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tune=Patient
Example 6 A famous soprano sang at the opera house.
det amod nsubj case det compound obl punct root A DET famous ADJ soprano NOUN sang VERB at ADP the DET opera NOUN house NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 soprano det 2 famous famous ADJ Degree=Pos 3 soprano amod 3 soprano soprano NOUN Number=Sing 4 sang nsubj 4 sang sing VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 at at ADP _ 8 house case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 house det 7 opera opera NOUN Number=Sing 8 house compound 8 house house NOUN Number=Sing 4 sang obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 sang punct
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1 sing speech: express past a famous soprano the opera house vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at house=Location
Example 7 In SATB, S stands for soprano.
case obl punct nsubj case obl punct root In ADP SATB PROPN , PUNCT S PROPN stands VERB for ADP soprano NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 2 SATB case 2 SATB SATB PROPN Number=Sing 5 stands obl 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 SATB punct 4 S S PROPN Number=Sing 5 stands nsubj 5 stands stand VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 for for ADP _ 7 soprano case 7 soprano soprano NOUN Number=Sing 5 stands obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 stands punct
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1 stand present S SATB for soprano vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in satb=Location
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