tambourine Who acts: tambourine, that, you, I, she, music box · What happens: be, jingle, shake, hit, play, have · To what, where: musical instrument, tambourine, school concert, beat, drums, work
«tambourine» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: tambourine in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A tambourine is a musical instrument like a small round frame or hand drum with little metal discs (jingles) round the edge that jingle when you shake or hit it.
The tree, 30 words det nsubj cop det amod case det amod amod nmod cc compound conj case amod compound nmod punct appos punct case det nmod nsubj conj mark nsubj advcl cc conj obj punct root A DET tambourine NOUN is AUX a DET musical ADJ instrument NOUN like ADP a DET small ADJ round ADJ frame NOUN or CCONJ hand NOUN drum NOUN with ADP little ADJ metal NOUN discs NOUN ( PUNCT jingles NOUN ) PUNCT round ADP the DET edge NOUN that PRON jingle NOUN when SCONJ you PRON shake VERB or CCONJ hit VERB it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 tambourine det 2 tambourine tambourine NOUN Number=Sing 6 instrument nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 instrument cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 instrument det 5 musical musical ADJ Degree=Pos 6 instrument amod 6 instrument instrument NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 like like ADP _ 11 frame case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 frame det 9 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 11 frame amod 10 round round ADJ Degree=Pos 11 frame amod 11 frame frame NOUN Number=Sing 6 instrument nmod 12 or or CCONJ _ 14 drum cc 13 hand hand NOUN Number=Sing 14 drum compound 14 drum drum NOUN Number=Sing 11 frame conj 15 with with ADP _ 18 discs case 16 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 18 discs amod 17 metal metal NOUN Number=Sing 18 discs compound 18 discs disc NOUN Number=Plur 14 drum nmod 19 ( ( PUNCT _ 20 jingles punct 20 jingles jingle NOUN Number=Plur 18 discs appos 21 ) ) PUNCT _ 20 jingles punct 22 round round ADP _ 24 edge case 23 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 24 edge det 24 edge edge NOUN Number=Sing 6 instrument nmod 25 that that PRON PronType=Rel 26 jingle nsubj 26 jingle jingle NOUN Number=Sing 24 edge conj 27 when when SCONJ _ 29 shake mark 28 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 29 shake nsubj 29 shake shake VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 instrument advcl 30 or or CCONJ _ 31 hit cc 31 hit hit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 29 shake conj 32 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 31 hit obj 33 . . PUNCT _ 6 instrument punct
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1 is a present a tambourine a musical instrument like a small round frame or hand drum with little metal discs; round the edge and jingle tree rules 2 jingle that tree rules 3 shake present you vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent 4 hit present you not said here tambourine vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme
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 I played the tambourine in the school concert.
nsubj det obj case det compound obl punct root I PRON played VERB the DET tambourine NOUN in ADP the DET school NOUN concert 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 played nsubj 2 played play VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 tambourine det 4 tambourine tambourine NOUN Number=Sing 2 played obj 5 in in ADP _ 8 concert case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 concert det 7 school school NOUN Number=Sing 8 concert compound 8 concert concert NOUN Number=Sing 2 played obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 played punct
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1 play past I the tambourine the school concert vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tambourine=Theme
Example 2 Shake the tambourine on every beat.
det obj case det obl punct root Shake VERB the DET tambourine NOUN on ADP every DET beat NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Shake shake VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 tambourine det 3 tambourine tambourine NOUN Number=Sing 1 Shake obj 4 on on ADP _ 6 beat case 5 every every DET PronType=Tot 6 beat det 6 beat beat NOUN Number=Sing 1 Shake obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 1 Shake punct
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1 shake imperative you not said here the tambourine every beat vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent tambourine=Theme on beat=Trajectory
Example 3 The tambourine jingled when she hit it with her hand.
det nsubj advmod nsubj ccomp obj case nmod:poss obl punct root The DET tambourine NOUN jingled VERB when ADV she PRON hit VERB it PRON with ADP her PRON hand NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 tambourine det 2 tambourine tambourine NOUN Number=Sing 3 jingled nsubj 3 jingled jingle VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 when when ADV PronType=Int 6 hit advmod 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 hit nsubj 6 hit hit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 jingled ccomp 7 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 hit obj 8 with with ADP _ 10 hand case 9 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 hand nmod:poss 10 hand hand NOUN Number=Sing 6 hit obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 jingled punct
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1 jingle past the tambourine tree rules 2 hit past she tambourine with her hand vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with hand=Instrument
Example 4 Our music box has drums, shakers and tambourines.
nmod:poss compound nsubj obj punct conj cc conj punct root Our PRON music NOUN box NOUN has VERB drums NOUN , PUNCT shakers NOUN and CCONJ tambourines NOUN . PUNCT 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 box nmod:poss 2 music music NOUN Number=Sing 3 box compound 3 box box NOUN Number=Sing 4 has nsubj 4 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 drums drum NOUN Number=Plur 4 has obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 7 shakers punct 7 shakers shaker NOUN Number=Plur 5 drums conj 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 tambourines cc 9 tambourines tambourine NOUN Number=Plur 5 drums conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 has punct
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1 have present Our music box drums and shakers and tambourines vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drum=Patient
Example 5 The band's singer danced with a tambourine.
det nmod:poss case nsubj case det obl punct root The DET band NOUN 's PART singer NOUN danced VERB with ADP a DET tambourine NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 band det 2 band band NOUN Number=Sing 4 singer nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 band case 4 singer singer NOUN Number=Sing 5 danced nsubj 5 danced dance VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 with with ADP _ 8 tambourine case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 tambourine det 8 tambourine tambourine NOUN Number=Sing 5 danced obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 danced punct
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1 dance past the band's singer with a tambourine vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 6 Tap the tambourine softly, then shake it loudly.
det obj advmod punct advmod conj obj advmod punct root Tap VERB the DET tambourine NOUN softly ADV , PUNCT then ADV shake VERB it PRON loudly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tap tap VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 tambourine det 3 tambourine tambourine NOUN Number=Sing 1 Tap obj 4 softly softly ADV _ 1 Tap advmod 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 shake punct 6 then then ADV PronType=Dem 7 shake advmod 7 shake shake VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Tap conj 8 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 shake obj 9 loudly loudly ADV _ 7 shake advmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 1 Tap punct
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1 tap imperative you not said here the tambourine softly property vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent tambourine=Location 2 shake infinitive you not said here tambourine then loudly property vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient
Example 7 One day, when the tailor was hard at work, a little hunchback came and sat at the entrance of the shop, and began to sing and play his tambourine.
The tree, 29 words nummod obl:unmarked punct advmod det nsubj cop acl:relcl case obl punct det amod nsubj cc conj case det obl case det nmod punct cc conj mark xcomp cc conj nmod:poss obj punct root One NUM day NOUN , PUNCT when ADV the DET tailor NOUN was AUX hard ADJ at ADP work NOUN , PUNCT a DET little ADJ hunchback NOUN came VERB and CCONJ sat VERB at ADP the DET entrance NOUN of ADP the DET shop NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ began VERB to PART sing VERB and CCONJ play VERB his PRON tambourine NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 One one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 2 day nummod 2 day day NOUN Number=Sing 15 came obl:unmarked 3 , , PUNCT _ 8 hard punct 4 when when ADV PronType=Int 8 hard advmod 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 tailor det 6 tailor tailor NOUN Number=Sing 8 hard nsubj 7 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 hard cop 8 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 2 day acl:relcl 9 at at ADP _ 10 work case 10 work work NOUN Number=Sing 8 hard obl 11 , , PUNCT _ 2 day punct 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 hunchback det 13 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 14 hunchback amod 14 hunchback hunchback NOUN Number=Sing 15 came nsubj 15 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 16 and and CCONJ _ 17 sat cc 17 sat sit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 15 came conj 18 at at ADP _ 20 entrance case 19 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 20 entrance det 20 entrance entrance NOUN Number=Sing 17 sat obl 21 of of ADP _ 23 shop case 22 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 23 shop det 23 shop shop NOUN Number=Sing 20 entrance nmod 24 , , PUNCT _ 26 began punct 25 and and CCONJ _ 26 began cc 26 began begin VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 15 came conj 27 to to PART _ 28 sing mark 28 sing sing VERB VerbForm=Inf 26 began xcomp 29 and and CCONJ _ 30 play cc 30 play play VERB VerbForm=Inf 28 sing conj 31 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 32 tambourine nmod:poss 32 tambourine tambourine NOUN Number=Sing 30 play obj 33 . . PUNCT _ 15 came punct
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1 is past the tailor work hard property tree rules 2 come past a little hunchback day vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 sit past a little hunchback not said here the entrance of the shop vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at entrance=Location 4 begin past a little hunchback not said here vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 5 sing speech: express to-infinitive a little hunchback not said here vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme 6 play infinitive a little hunchback not said here hunchback's tambourine vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tambourine=Theme
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