xylophone Who acts: xylophone, you, small hammers, bar, I, shortest bar · What happens: be, make, hit, call, play, sit · To what, where: musical instrument, different lengths, beaters, different note, tune, xylophone · Speech: someone speaks here
«xylophone» 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: xylophone in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A xylophone is a musical instrument made of a row of wooden bars of different lengths that you hit with small hammers called beaters or mallets; each bar plays a different note.
The tree, 32 words det nsubj cop det amod acl case det obl case amod nmod case amod nmod obj nsubj acl:relcl case amod obl acl xcomp cc conj punct det nsubj conj det amod obj punct root A DET xylophone NOUN is AUX a DET musical ADJ instrument NOUN made VERB of ADP a DET row NOUN of ADP wooden ADJ bars NOUN of ADP different ADJ lengths NOUN that PRON you PRON hit VERB with ADP small ADJ hammers NOUN called VERB beaters NOUN or CCONJ mallets NOUN ; PUNCT each DET bar NOUN plays VERB a DET different ADJ note NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 xylophone det 2 xylophone xylophone 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 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 instrument acl 8 of of ADP _ 10 row case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 row det 10 row row NOUN Number=Sing 7 made obl 11 of of ADP _ 13 bars case 12 wooden wooden ADJ Degree=Pos 13 bars amod 13 bars bar NOUN Number=Plur 10 row nmod 14 of of ADP _ 16 lengths case 15 different different ADJ Degree=Pos 16 lengths amod 16 lengths length NOUN Number=Plur 13 bars nmod 17 that that PRON PronType=Rel 19 hit obj 18 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 19 hit nsubj 19 hit hit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 16 lengths acl:relcl 20 with with ADP _ 22 hammers case 21 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 22 hammers amod 22 hammers hammer NOUN Number=Plur 19 hit obl 23 called call VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 22 hammers acl 24 beaters beater NOUN Number=Plur 23 called xcomp 25 or or CCONJ _ 26 mallets cc 26 mallets mallet NOUN Number=Plur 24 beaters conj 27 ; ; PUNCT _ 30 plays punct 28 each each DET PronType=Tot 29 bar det 29 bar bar NOUN Number=Sing 30 plays nsubj 30 plays play VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 instrument conj 31 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 33 note det 32 different different ADJ Degree=Pos 33 note amod 33 note note NOUN Number=Sing 30 plays obj 34 . . PUNCT _ 6 instrument punct
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1 is a present a xylophone a musical instrument tree rules 2 make participle a musical instrument not said here of a row of wooden bars of different lengths vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset 3 hit present you different lengths with small hammers vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent that=Patient with hammer=Instrument 4 call participle small hammers not said here beaters or mallets vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 5 play present each bar a different note vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=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 a tune on the xylophone in music.
nsubj det obj case det obl case nmod punct root I PRON played VERB a DET tune NOUN on ADP the DET xylophone NOUN in ADP music 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 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 tune det 4 tune tune NOUN Number=Sing 2 played obj 5 on on ADP _ 7 xylophone case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 xylophone det 7 xylophone xylophone NOUN Number=Sing 2 played obl 8 in in ADP _ 9 music case 9 music music NOUN Number=Sing 7 xylophone nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 played punct
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1 play past I a tune the xylophone in music vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tune=Theme
Example 2 The shortest bar on the xylophone makes the highest note.
det amod nsubj case det nmod det amod obj punct root The DET shortest ADJ bar NOUN on ADP the DET xylophone NOUN makes VERB the DET highest ADJ note NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 bar det 2 shortest short ADJ Degree=Sup 3 bar amod 3 bar bar NOUN Number=Sing 7 makes nsubj 4 on on ADP _ 6 xylophone case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 xylophone det 6 xylophone xylophone NOUN Number=Sing 3 bar nmod 7 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 note det 9 highest high ADJ Degree=Sup 10 note amod 10 note note NOUN Number=Sing 7 makes obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 7 makes punct
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1 make present the shortest bar on the xylophone the highest note vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset note=Product
Example 3 X is for xylophone.
nsubj cop case punct root X NOUN is AUX for ADP xylophone NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 X x NOUN Number=Sing 4 xylophone nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 xylophone cop 3 for for ADP _ 4 xylophone case 4 xylophone xylophone NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 . . PUNCT _ 4 xylophone punct
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1 is present X for xylophone tree rules
Example 4 Hit the bars gently with the beaters.
det obj advmod case det obl punct root Hit VERB the DET bars NOUN gently ADV with ADP the DET beaters NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Hit hit VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 bars det 3 bars bar NOUN Number=Plur 1 Hit obj 4 gently gently ADV _ 1 Hit advmod 5 with with ADP _ 7 beaters case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 beaters det 7 beaters beater NOUN Number=Plur 1 Hit obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 1 Hit punct
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1 hit imperative you not said here the bars with the beaters; gently property vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent bar=Patient with beater=Instrument
Example 5 The orchestra's xylophone player sat with the drummers.
det nmod:poss case compound nsubj case det obl punct root The DET orchestra NOUN 's PART xylophone NOUN player NOUN sat VERB with ADP the DET drummers NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 orchestra det 2 orchestra orchestra NOUN Number=Sing 5 player nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 orchestra case 4 xylophone xylophone NOUN Number=Sing 5 player compound 5 player player NOUN Number=Sing 6 sat nsubj 6 sat sit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 with with ADP _ 9 drummers case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 drummers det 9 drummers drummer NOUN Number=Plur 6 sat obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 sat punct
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1 sit past the orchestra's xylophone player with the drummers vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 6 A glockenspiel looks like a xylophone but has metal bars.
det nsubj case det obl cc conj compound obj punct root A DET glockenspiel NOUN looks VERB like ADP a DET xylophone NOUN but CCONJ has VERB metal NOUN bars NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 glockenspiel det 2 glockenspiel glockenspiel NOUN Number=Sing 3 looks nsubj 3 looks look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 like like ADP _ 6 xylophone case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 xylophone det 6 xylophone xylophone NOUN Number=Sing 3 looks obl 7 but but CCONJ _ 8 has cc 8 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 looks conj 9 metal metal NOUN Number=Sing 10 bars compound 10 bars bar NOUN Number=Plur 8 has obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 looks punct
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1 look present a glockenspiel like a xylophone vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus 2 have present a glockenspiel not said here metal bars vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bar=Patient
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