ukulele Who acts: ukulele, whole class, She, you, I · What happens: be, make, learn, strum, have, come · To what, where: small like instrument, four strings, Hawaii, ukulele, happy song, four nylon strings
«ukulele» 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: ukulele in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A ukulele is a small guitar-like instrument with four strings, first made popular in Hawaii.
The tree, 16 words det nsubj cop det amod compound punct amod case nummod nmod punct advmod acl xcomp case obl punct root A DET ukulele NOUN is AUX a DET small ADJ guitar NOUN - PUNCT like ADJ instrument NOUN with ADP four NUM strings NOUN , PUNCT first ADV made VERB popular ADJ in ADP Hawaii PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 ukulele det 2 ukulele ukulele NOUN Number=Sing 9 instrument nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 instrument cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 instrument det 5 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 9 instrument amod 6 guitar guitar NOUN Number=Sing 8 like compound 7 - - PUNCT _ 6 guitar punct 8 like like ADJ Degree=Pos 9 instrument amod 9 instrument instrument NOUN Number=Sing root root 10 with with ADP _ 12 strings case 11 four four NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 12 strings nummod 12 strings string NOUN Number=Plur 9 instrument nmod 13 , , PUNCT _ 15 made punct 14 first first ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 15 made advmod 15 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 12 strings acl 16 popular popular ADJ Degree=Pos 15 made xcomp 17 in in ADP _ 18 Hawaii case 18 Hawaii Hawaii PROPN Number=Sing 15 made obl 19 . . PUNCT _ 9 instrument punct
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1 is a present a ukulele a small like instrument with four strings tree rules 2 make participle four strings not said here Hawaii first, popular property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
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 Our whole class is learning the ukulele.
nmod:poss amod nsubj aux det obj punct root Our PRON whole ADJ class NOUN is AUX learning VERB the DET ukulele 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 class nmod:poss 2 whole whole ADJ Degree=Pos 3 class amod 3 class class NOUN Number=Sing 5 learning nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 learning aux 5 learning learn VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 ukulele det 7 ukulele ukulele NOUN Number=Sing 5 learning obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 learning punct
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1 learn present · progressive Our whole class the ukulele vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ukulele=Topic
Example 2 She strummed a happy song on her ukulele.
nsubj det amod obj case nmod:poss obl punct root She PRON strummed VERB a DET happy ADJ song NOUN on ADP her PRON ukulele NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 strummed nsubj 2 strummed strum VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 song det 4 happy happy ADJ Degree=Pos 5 song amod 5 song song NOUN Number=Sing 2 strummed obj 6 on on ADP _ 8 ukulele case 7 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 ukulele nmod:poss 8 ukulele ukulele NOUN Number=Sing 2 strummed obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 strummed punct
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1 strum past She a happy song her ukulele tree rules
Example 3 A ukulele has four nylon strings.
det nsubj nummod compound obj punct root A DET ukulele NOUN has VERB four NUM nylon NOUN strings NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 ukulele det 2 ukulele ukulele NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 four four NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 6 strings nummod 5 nylon nylon NOUN Number=Sing 6 strings compound 6 strings string NOUN Number=Plur 3 has obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present a ukulele four nylon strings vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Patient
Example 4 The ukulele came to Hawaii from a Portuguese instrument in the 1800s.
det nsubj case obl case det amod obl case det obl punct root The DET ukulele NOUN came VERB to ADP Hawaii PROPN from ADP a DET Portuguese ADJ instrument NOUN in ADP the DET 1800s NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 ukulele det 2 ukulele ukulele NOUN Number=Sing 3 came nsubj 3 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to ADP _ 5 Hawaii case 5 Hawaii Hawaii PROPN Number=Sing 3 came obl 6 from from ADP _ 9 instrument case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 instrument det 8 Portuguese portuguese ADJ Degree=Pos 9 instrument amod 9 instrument instrument NOUN Number=Sing 3 came obl 10 in in ADP _ 12 1800s case 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 1800s det 12 1800s 1800 NOUN Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card 3 came obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 came punct
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1 come past the ukulele Hawaii a Portuguese instrument in the 1800s vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to hawaii=Initial_Location from instrument=Destination
Example 5 Tune your ukulele before you play.
nmod:poss obj mark nsubj advcl punct root Tune VERB your PRON ukulele NOUN before SCONJ you PRON play VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tune tune VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 ukulele nmod:poss 3 ukulele ukulele NOUN Number=Sing 1 Tune obj 4 before before SCONJ _ 6 play mark 5 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 6 play nsubj 6 play play VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Tune advcl 7 . . PUNCT _ 1 Tune punct
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1 tune imperative you not said here your ukulele tree rules 2 play present you vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 6 I can play three chords on the ukulele.
nsubj aux nummod obj case det obl punct root I PRON can AUX play VERB three NUM chords NOUN on ADP the DET ukulele 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 3 play nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 play aux 3 play play VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 three three NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 5 chords nummod 5 chords chord NOUN Number=Plur 3 play obj 6 on on ADP _ 8 ukulele case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 ukulele det 8 ukulele ukulele NOUN Number=Sing 3 play obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 play punct
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1 play can I three chords the ukulele vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chord=Theme
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