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title: gong — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «gong» in the school dictionary: A gong is a round metal plate that is struck with a stick to make a loud, ringing sound. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# gong

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**Who acts:** gong, He, servant · **What happens:** be, strike, make, ring, sound, hit · **To what, where:** round metal plate, loud ringing sound, gongs, gong, guests · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A gong is a round metal plate that is struck with a stick to make a loud, ringing sound.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gong:m1:1
# text = A gong is a round metal plate that is struck with a stick to make a loud, ringing sound.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gong	gong	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	plate	plate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
17	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
19	ringing	ring	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	20	amod	_	_
20	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a gong | a round metal plate |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **strike** | present · passive |  | a round metal plate |  |  |  | with a stick | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with stick=Instrument |
| 3 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | a loud ringing sound |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product |
| 4 | **ring** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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The gong sounded for dinner.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gong:x1:1
# text = The gong sounded for dinner.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gong	gong	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sounded	sound	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | past | the gong |  |  |  |  | for dinner | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He hit the gongs one after another.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gong:x2:1
# text = He hit the gongs one after another.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gongs	gong	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	flat	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | past | He | the gongs |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme gong=Co-Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The servant struck the gong to call the guests.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gong:x3:1
# text = The servant struck the gong to call the guests.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	struck	strike	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	gong	gong	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | past | the servant | the gong |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gong=Patient |
| 2 | **call** | to-infinitive | the servant *not said here* |  | the guests |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent guest=Recipient |

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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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