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title: clanking — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «clanking» in the school dictionary: Making a loud metal sound, like swords or chains knocking together: the clanking of armour. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# clanking

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**Who acts:** swords, We, clanking pipe, He · **What happens:** make, knock together, hear, keep, come up, clank · **To what, where:** loud metal sound, clanking, us, steps, way

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Making a loud metal sound, like swords or chains knocking together: the clanking of armour.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:clanking:m1:1
# text = Making a loud metal sound, like swords or chains knocking together: the clanking of armour.
1	Making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	swords	sword	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	appos	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	chains	chain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	knocking	knock	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
12	together	together	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	clanking	clanking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	armour	armour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund |  | a loud metal sound |  |  |  | the clanking of armour *obl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product |
| 2 | **knock together** | gerund | swords or chains *not said here* |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

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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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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We heard the clanking of keys down the corridor.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:clanking:x1:1
# text = We heard the clanking of keys down the corridor.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	clanking	clanking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	keys	key	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	corridor	corridor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | We | the clanking of keys |  |  |  | down the corridor | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer clanking=Stimulus |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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A clanking pipe kept us awake.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:clanking:x2:1
# text = A clanking pipe kept us awake.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	clanking	clanking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	pipe	pipe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	awake	awake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | a clanking pipe | us |  |  |  | awake *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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He came up the steps, clanking all the way.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:clanking:x3:1
# text = He came up the steps, clanking all the way.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	clanking	clank	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come up** | past | He | the steps |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location step=Theme |
| 2 | **clank** | gerund | He *not said here* | all way |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme |

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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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