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title: clamour — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «clamour» in the school dictionary: A clamour is a loud noise made by many voices shouting together. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# clamour

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**Who acts:** clamour, many voices, crowd, prince, hounds · **What happens:** be, make, shout, demand, wake, clamour · **To what, where:** loud noise, something, whole town, children, clamour

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«clamour» 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: [clamour in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/clamour.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A clamour is a loud noise made by many voices shouting together.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:clamour:m1:1
# text = A clamour is a loud noise made by many voices shouting together.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	clamour	clamour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	voices	voice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	together	together	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a clamour | a loud noise |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | a loud noise *not said here* |  |  |  | by many voices | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | many voices *not said here* |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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}

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To clamour is to shout or demand something loudly: clamour for food.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:clamour:m2:1
# text = To clamour is to shout or demand something loudly: clamour for food.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	clamour	clamour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	advcl	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	demand	demand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	_
9	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
11	clamour	clamour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | shout *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **demand** *speech: request* | infinitive |  | something |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme something=Precondition |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The clamour of the crowd woke the whole town.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:clamour:x1:1
# text = The clamour of the crowd woke the whole town.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	clamour	clamour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	woke	wake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wake** | past | the clamour of the crowd | the whole town |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent town=Patient |
| 2 | **clamour** |  | the crowd |  |  |  |  |  | nom clamour «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The children clamoured for ice cream.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:clamour:x2:1
# text = The children clamoured for ice cream.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	clamoured	clamour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clamour** | participle |  | the children *not said here* |  |  |  | for ice cream | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The prince ignored the clamour of the hounds.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:clamour:x3:1
# text = The prince ignored the clamour of the hounds.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ignored	ignore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	clamour	clamour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hounds	hound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | past | the prince | the clamour of the hounds |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clamour=Theme |
| 2 | **clamour** |  | the hounds |  |  |  |  |  | nom clamour «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

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**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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