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title: accompaniment — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «accompaniment» in the school dictionary: An accompaniment is music played to support a singer or another instrument, like piano music behind a song. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# accompaniment

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**Who acts:** accompaniment, Chips, sound, choir, teacher, we · **What happens:** be, play, support, go, mean, go on · **To what, where:** music, singer, something, good accompaniment, accompaniment, cheers · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«accompaniment» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings 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: [accompaniment in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/accompaniment.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: music — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An accompaniment is music played to support a singer or another instrument, like piano music behind a song.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:accompaniment:m1:1
# text = An accompaniment is music played to support a singer or another instrument, like piano music behind a song.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	accompaniment	accompaniment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	played	play	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	support	support	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	singer	singer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	instrument	instrument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	piano	piano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
17	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a accompaniment | music |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** | participle |  | music *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **support** | to-infinitive |  | a singer or another instrument |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer singer=Stimulus |

<!-- .note -->
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 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An accompaniment is something that goes well with something else, especially food: «Chips are a good accompaniment to fish.».

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:accompaniment:m2:1
# text = An accompaniment is something that goes well with something else, especially food: «Chips are a good accompaniment to fish.».
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	accompaniment	accompaniment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obl	_	_
10	else	else	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	Chips	chip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj	_	_
17	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	accompaniment	accompaniment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a accompaniment | something |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with something; well *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with something=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Chips | a good accompaniment |  |  |  | to fish | tree rules |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«To the accompaniment of» means while a sound is going on: «to the accompaniment of cheers».

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:accompaniment:m3:1
# text = «To the accompaniment of» means while a sound is going on: «to the accompaniment of cheers».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	To	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	accompaniment	accompaniment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
7	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	ccomp	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	accompaniment	accompaniment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	xcomp	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	cheers	cheer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to the accompaniment | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go on** | present · progressive | a sound | the accompaniment of cheers |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **accompany** *in a quote* |  |  | cheers |  |  |  |  | nom accompaniment «event transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The choir sang with a piano accompaniment.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:accompaniment:x1:1
# text = The choir sang with a piano accompaniment.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	choir	choir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	piano	piano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	accompaniment	accompaniment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the choir |  |  |  |  | with a piano accompaniment | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with accompaniment=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our teacher played the guitar accompaniment while we sang.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:accompaniment:x2:1
# text = Our teacher played the guitar accompaniment while we sang.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	guitar	guitar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	accompaniment	accompaniment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | Our teacher | the guitar accompaniment |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent accompaniment=Theme |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Gravy is the perfect accompaniment to roast beef.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:accompaniment:x3:1
# text = Gravy is the perfect accompaniment to roast beef.
1	Gravy	gravy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	perfect	perfect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	accompaniment	accompaniment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	roast	roast	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	beef	beef	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Gravy | the perfect accompaniment |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **roast** | to-infinitive |  | beef |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent beef=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The team walked out to the accompaniment of loud cheers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:accompaniment:x4:1
# text = The team walked out to the accompaniment of loud cheers.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	accompaniment	accompaniment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	cheers	cheer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk out** | past | the team |  |  |  |  | to the accompaniment of loud cheers; out *property* | vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **accompany** |  |  | loud cheers |  |  |  |  | nom accompaniment «event transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She sang without accompaniment, all alone.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:accompaniment:x5:1
# text = She sang without accompaniment, all alone.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	without	without	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	accompaniment	accompaniment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | She |  |  |  |  | without accompaniment; alone *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Rice is a tasty accompaniment to curry.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:accompaniment:x6:1
# text = Rice is a tasty accompaniment to curry.
1	Rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	tasty	tasty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	accompaniment	accompaniment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	curry	curry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Rice | a tasty accompaniment |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **curry** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn groom-41.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
At these words Amina fetched a lute from a case of yellow satin and gave it to Sadie, who sang several songs to its accompaniment.

<!-- fold The tree, 25 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:accompaniment:x7:1
# text = At these words Amina fetched a lute from a case of yellow satin and gave it to Sadie, who sang several songs to its accompaniment.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
4	Amina	Amina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	fetched	fetch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lute	lute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	satin	satin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Sadie	Sadie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj	_	_
21	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	acl:relcl	_	_
22	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obj	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	accompaniment	accompaniment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fetch** | past | Amina | a lute |  | this words |  | from a case of yellow satin | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent lute=Theme at word=Asset from case=Source |
| 2 | **give** | past | Amina *not said here* | lute | Sadie |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to sadie=Recipient |
| 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | Sadie | several songs | lute's accompaniment |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent song=Topic to accompaniment=Recipient |
| 4 | **accompany** |  | lute |  |  |  |  |  | nom accompaniment «event transitive»: poss=agent |

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