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title: jazz — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «jazz» in the school dictionary: A kind of music that began with African American musicians in New Orleans, USA, with strong rhythms, brass instruments and lots of making up music on the spot (improvisation). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# jazz

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**Who acts:** kind, brass instruments, jazz, uncle, Louis Armstrong, you · **What happens:** begin, make up, jazz up, be, mean, play · **To what, where:** music, spot, something, things, trumpet, jazz band · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«jazz» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: [jazz in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/jazz.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A kind of music that began with African American musicians in New Orleans, USA, with strong rhythms, brass instruments and lots of making up music on the spot (improvisation).

<!-- fold The tree, 29 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jazz:m1:1
# text = A kind of music that began with African American musicians in New Orleans, USA, with strong rhythms, brass instruments and lots of making up music on the spot (improvisation).
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	African	African	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	musicians	musician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	New	New	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	Orleans	Orleans	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	USA	USA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	rhythms	rhythm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	instruments	instrument	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	conj	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	conj	_	_
25	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
26	making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	22	acl	_	_
27	up	up	ADP	RP	_	26	compound:prt	_	_
28	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	_
29	on	on	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
32	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	33	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	improvisation	improvisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	33	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin** | past | a kind of music |  |  |  |  | with African American musicians in New Orleans and USA; with strong rhythms and brass instruments and lots | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with musician=Subeventuality |
| 2 | **make up** | gerund | brass instruments and lots *not said here* | music |  | the spot |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme music=Pivot |

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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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Usage: verb, informal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To jazz something up is to make it brighter, livelier or more exciting.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jazz:m2:1
# text = To jazz something up is to make it brighter, livelier or more exciting.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	jazz	jazz	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	brighter	bright	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	livelier	lively	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	conj	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	conj	_	_
14	exciting	exciting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jazz up** | to-infinitive |  | something |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | bright, exciting, make *property* | tree rules |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

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Usage: informal, US — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
And all that jazz means and things like that.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jazz:m3:1
# text = And all that jazz means and things like that.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
3	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	jazz	jazz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | all jazz | things |  |  |  | like that | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My uncle plays the trumpet in a jazz band.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jazz:x1:1
# text = My uncle plays the trumpet in a jazz band.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	plays	play	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	trumpet	trumpet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	jazz	jazz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	band	band	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | present | My uncle | the trumpet |  | a jazz band |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trumpet=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Jazz began in New Orleans.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jazz:x2:1
# text = Jazz began in New Orleans.
1	Jazz	Jazz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	New	New	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Orleans	Orleans	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin** | past | Jazz |  |  | New Orleans |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Louis Armstrong was a famous jazz trumpeter.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jazz:x3:1
# text = Louis Armstrong was a famous jazz trumpeter.
1	Louis	Louis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Armstrong	Armstrong	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	jazz	jazz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	trumpeter	trumpeter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Louis Armstrong | a famous jazz trumpeter |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Let's jazz up this boring poster with glitter.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jazz:x4:1
# text = Let's jazz up this boring poster with glitter.
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	jazz	jazz	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
6	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	poster	poster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	glitter	glitter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | 's |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **jazz up** | infinitive | 's *not said here* | this boring poster |  |  |  | with glitter | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We did jazz hands at the end of the song.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jazz:x5:1
# text = We did jazz hands at the end of the song.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	jazz	jazz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | We | jazz hands |  |  | at the end of the song |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Eventuality |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The music teacher played some jazz and asked how it made us feel.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jazz:x6:1
# text = The music teacher played some jazz and asked how it made us feel.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	jazz	jazz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
12	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | the music teacher | some jazz |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jazz=Theme |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the music teacher *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **make** | past | teacher | us |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **feel** | infinitive | us *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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