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tinkle

Who acts: tinkle, loveliest tinkle, golden bells, coins, I, bells · What happens: be, ring, tinkle, answer, hear · To what, where: light, him, pocket, tinkle

«tinkle» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: tinkle in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A tinkle is a light, high ringing sound, like small bells.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tinkle	det
2	tinkle	tinkle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 light	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 light	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 light	det
5	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sound	punct
7	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sound	amod
8	ringing	ring	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 sound	amod
9	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 light	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 bells	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 bells	case
12	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 bells	amod
13	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 light	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 light	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a tinkle	a light and high ringing sound and small bells					tree rules
2	ring	gerund							vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=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.

Meaning 2

To tinkle is to make such a sound.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 tinkle	mark
2	tinkle	tinkle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 make	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 make	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 make	mark
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	8 sound	det:predet
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sound	det
8	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tinkle	to-infinitive							vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present						make property	tree rules

Example 1

The loveliest tinkle of golden bells answered him.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tinkle	det
2	loveliest	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 tinkle	amod
3	tinkle	tinkle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 answered	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 bells	case
5	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bells	amod
6	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tinkle	nmod
7	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 answered	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 answered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	past	the loveliest tinkle of golden bells		him = he				vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality
2	tinkle		golden bells						nom tinkle «event intransitive»: of=agent

Example 2

The coins tinkled in my pocket.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 coins	det
2	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tinkled	nsubj
3	tinkled	tinkle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 pocket	case
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 pocket	nmod:poss
6	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tinkled	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tinkled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tinkle	past	the coins			my pocket			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pocket=Location

Example 3

I heard a tinkle of bells in the wind.

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 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tinkle	det
4	tinkle	tinkle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 bells	case
6	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tinkle	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 wind	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wind	det
9	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bells	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 heard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	I	a tinkle of bells in the wind					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer tinkle=Stimulus
2	tinkle		bells in the wind						nom tinkle «event intransitive»: of=agent

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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