unison

Who acts: unison, class, birds, They · What happens: mean, do, be, make, play, say · To what, where: same thing, sound, same note, answer, unison · Speech: someone speaks here

«unison» 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: unison in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

«In unison» means all together, at the same time, with everyone doing the same thing.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 unison	punct
2	In	in	ADP	_	3 unison	case
3	unison	unison	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 unison	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	all	all	ADV	_	7 together	advmod
7	together	together	ADV	_	5 means	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 time	punct
9	at	at	ADP	_	12 time	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 time	det
11	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 time	amod
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	parataxis
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 everyone	punct
14	with	with	ADP	_	15 everyone	case
15	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	12 time	conj
16	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 everyone	acl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 thing	det
18	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 thing	amod
19	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 doing	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	unison					together property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	do	gerund		the same thing					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality

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 unison is a sound made by several voices or instruments all playing the same note.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 unison	det
2	unison	unison	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sound	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sound	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sound	det
5	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 sound	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 voices	case
8	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 voices	amod
9	voices	voice	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 made	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 instruments	cc
11	instruments	instrument	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 voices	conj
12	all	all	ADV	_	13 playing	advmod
13	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 made	parataxis
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 note	det
15	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 note	amod
16	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 playing	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sound	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a unison	a sound		tree rules
2	make	participle		a sound not said here	by several voices or instruments	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	play	gerund		the same note	all property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Theme

Example 1

The class said the answer in unison.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 class	det
2	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 answer	det
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 unison	case
7	unison	unison	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 answer	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the class	the answer		unison			vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent answer=Theme in unison=Manner

Example 2

The birds began to sing in unison at dawn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 birds	det
2	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 began	nsubj
3	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 sing	mark
5	sing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 began	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 unison	case
7	unison	unison	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sing	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 dawn	case
9	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sing	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 began	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	past	the birds						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	sing speech: express	to-infinitive	the birds not said here			unison	dawn		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in unison=Location

Example 3

They shouted «Hooray!» in unison.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shouted	nsubj
2	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 Hooray	punct
4	Hooray	hooray	INTJ	_	2 shouted	obj
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 Hooray	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 Hooray	punct
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 unison	case
8	unison	unison	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shouted	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shouted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	They			unison			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hooray=Topic

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