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title: drumhead — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «drumhead» in the school dictionary: The drumhead is the tight skin or plastic sheet stretched across a drum, which is hit to make the sound. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# drumhead

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**Who acts:** drumhead, you, drummer, old drum · **What happens:** be, stretch, hit, make, tap, split · **To what, where:** tight skin, plastic sheet, drum, sound, drumhead, new drumhead

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The drumhead is the tight skin or plastic sheet stretched across a drum, which is hit to make the sound.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:drumhead:m1:1
# text = The drumhead is the tight skin or plastic sheet stretched across a drum, which is hit to make the sound.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	drumhead	drumhead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	plastic	plastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	sheet	sheet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	stretched	stretch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	across	across	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	drum	drum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	hit	hit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl:relcl	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	advcl	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the drumhead | the tight skin or plastic sheet |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stretch** | participle |  | plastic sheet *not said here* |  | a drum |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across drum=Location |
| 3 | **hit** | present · passive |  | a drum |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme |
| 4 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | the sound |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product |

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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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Tap the drumhead gently with your fingers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:drumhead:x1:1
# text = Tap the drumhead gently with your fingers.
1	Tap	tap	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	drumhead	drumhead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tap** | imperative | you *not said here* | the drumhead |  |  |  | with your fingers; gently *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent drumhead=Patient with finger=Instrument |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The drumhead split when the drummer hit it too hard.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:drumhead:x2:1
# text = The drumhead split when the drummer hit it too hard.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	drumhead	drumhead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	split	split	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	drummer	drummer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	too	too	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** | past | the drumhead |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **hit** | past | the drummer | drumhead |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The old drum needed a new drumhead.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:drumhead:x3:1
# text = The old drum needed a new drumhead.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	drum	drum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	needed	need	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	drumhead	drumhead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | past | the old drum | a new drumhead |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot drumhead=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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