surtitle

Who acts: Surtitles, words, people, opera, We, deaf audience members · What happens: be, show, give, sing, say, not hear · To what, where: words, screen, translation, language, Italian, surtitles · Speech: someone speaks here

«surtitle» 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: surtitle in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Surtitles are words shown on a screen above the stage at an opera or play, giving a translation of what is being sung or said in another language, or the words for people who cannot hear well.

The tree, 38 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Surtitles	surtitle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 words	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 words	cop
3	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 words	acl
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 screen	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 screen	det
7	screen	screen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shown	obl
8	above	above	ADP	_	10 stage	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 stage	det
10	stage	stage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 screen	nmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 opera	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 opera	det
13	opera	opera	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stage	nmod
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 play	cc
15	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 opera	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 giving	punct
17	giving	give	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 words	acl
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 translation	det
19	translation	translation	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 giving	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 what	case
21	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 translation	nmod
22	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 sung	aux:pass
23	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	24 sung	aux:pass
24	sung	sing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 what	acl:relcl
25	or	or	CCONJ	_	26 said	cc
26	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 sung	conj
27	in	in	ADP	_	29 language	case
28	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	29 language	det
29	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 said	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 words	punct
31	or	or	CCONJ	_	33 words	cc
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 words	det
33	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 language	conj
34	for	for	ADP	_	35 people	case
35	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 words	nmod
36	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	39 hear	nsubj
37	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	39 hear	aux
38	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	39 hear	advmod
39	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	35 people	acl:relcl
40	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	39 hear	advmod
41	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 words	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Surtitles	words			tree rules
2	show	participle		words not said here	a screen above the stage at a opera or play		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	give	gerund	words not said here	a translation			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent translation=Theme
4	sing speech: express	present · passive					vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»
5	say speech: assert	participle			another language or the words for people		vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in language=Manner
6	not hear	can	people			well property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

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

The opera was in Italian, but there were English surtitles.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 opera	det
2	opera	opera	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Italian	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 Italian	cop
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Italian	case
5	Italian	Italian	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 were	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 were	cc
8	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	9 were	expl
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 Italian	acl:relcl
10	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 surtitles	amod
11	surtitles	surtitle	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 were	nsubj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 Italian	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the opera			Italian			tree rules

Example 2

We read the surtitles above the stage.

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 read	nsubj
2	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 surtitles	det
4	surtitles	surtitle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 read	obj
5	above	above	ADP	_	7 stage	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stage	det
7	stage	stage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 read	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	past	We	the surtitles		the stage			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent surtitle=Topic

Example 3

Surtitles help deaf audience members follow the play.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Surtitles	surtitle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 help	nsubj
2	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	deaf	deaf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 members	amod
4	audience	audience	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 members	compound
5	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 follow	nsubj
6	follow	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 help	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 play	det
8	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 follow	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Surtitles						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	follow	present	deaf audience members	the play					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent play=Theme

Example 4

It was hard to watch the singers and read the surtitles at the same time.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hard	expl
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hard	cop
3	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 watch	mark
5	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 hard	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 singers	det
7	singers	singer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 watch	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 read	cc
9	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 watch	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 surtitles	det
11	surtitles	surtitle	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 read	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	15 time	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 time	det
14	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 time	amod
15	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 read	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past			hard property	tree rules
2	watch	to-infinitive	the singers			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent singer=Theme
3	read	infinitive	the surtitles	time		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent surtitle=Topic

Example 5

The theatre shows surtitles on a long screen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 theatre	det
2	theatre	theatre	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	surtitles	surtitle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shows	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 screen	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 screen	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 screen	amod
8	screen	screen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	the theatre	surtitles		a long screen			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent surtitle=Recipient

Example 6

Without the surtitles, I would not have understood the story.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Without	without	ADP	_	3 surtitles	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 surtitles	det
3	surtitles	surtitle	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 understood	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 surtitles	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 understood	nsubj
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 understood	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 understood	advmod
8	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 understood	aux
9	understood	understand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 story	det
11	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 understood	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 understood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not understand	would · perfect	I	the story				without the surtitles	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus

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