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title: lah — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «lah» in the school dictionary: Lah (also la) is the sixth note of the singing scale do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# lah

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**Who acts:** Lah, singing scale, La, di dah, friend, cousin · **What happens:** be, do, re, add, make, sound · **To what, where:** sixth note, mi, word, end, Lah, standard English · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lah (also la) is the sixth note of the singing scale do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do.

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lah:m1:1
# text = Lah (also la) is the sixth note of the singing scale do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do.
1	Lah	lah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
2	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	also	also	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	la	la	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	4	punct	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	sixth	sixth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	singing	singing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	scale	scale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	re	re	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	mi	mi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	fa	fa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	so	so	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	la	la	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	ti	ti	X	XX	_	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
28	do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Lah | the sixth note |  |  |  | of the singing scale | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present | the singing scale *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **re** | infinitive |  | mi and fa |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **do** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «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}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: Singapore, Malaysia — slang — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Lah» is a word added at the end of a sentence to make it sound friendly, firm or relaxed: «Come on lah!» It is not standard English.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* «Lah» is a word added at the end of a sentence to make it sound friendly, firm or relaxed: «Come on lah!»

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lah:m2:1
# text = «Lah» is a word added at the end of a sentence to make it sound friendly, firm or relaxed: «Come on lah!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Lah	lah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	added	add	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	sound	sound	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	firm	firm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	conj	_	_
21	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	relaxed	relaxed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	25	punct	_	_
24	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	Come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	parataxis	_	_
26	on	on	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	lah	lah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	25	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Lah | a word |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | participle |  | a word *not said here* |  |  | at the end of a sentence |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | Lah |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **sound** | infinitive | Lah *not said here* |  |  |  |  | friendly *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 5 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  | lah |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on lah=Location |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* It is not standard English.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lah:m2:2
# text = It is not standard English.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	standard	standard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | Lah | standard English |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«La-di-dah» (also lah-di-dah) means posh in a showy way (UK, informal).

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lah:m3:1
# text = «La-di-dah» (also lah-di-dah) means posh in a showy way (UK, informal).
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	La	La	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	di	di	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	dah	dah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	also	also	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
10	lah	lah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	di	di	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	dah	dah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	14	punct	_	_
16	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	posh	posh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	xcomp	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	showy	showy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
22	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	UK	UK	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	informal	informal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dah** *in a quote* |  | La |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | di dah |  |  |  |  | in a showy way; posh *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Doh, ray, me, fah, soh, lah, te, doh!

<!-- fold The tree, 8 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lah:x1:1
# text = Doh, ray, me, fah, soh, lah, te, doh!
1	Doh	Doh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	ray	ray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	fah	fah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	soh	soh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	lah	lah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	te	te	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	doh	doh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Lah» is the note just after «soh».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lah:x2:1
# text = «Lah» is the note just after «soh».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Lah	lah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	soh	soh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Lah | the note |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Don't worry lah, it's okay,» said my friend from Singapore.

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lah:x3:1
# text = «Don't worry lah, it's okay,» said my friend from Singapore.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	worry	worry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	ccomp	_	_
5	lah	lah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	okay	okay	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
12	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Singapore	Singapore	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **worry** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support |  | lah |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus lah=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | lah |  |  |  |  | okay *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | my friend from Singapore |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Hurry up lah!» shouted his cousin.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lah:x4:1
# text = «Hurry up lah!» shouted his cousin.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Hurry	hurry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	lah	lah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
7	shouted	shout	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurry up** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | lah |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lah=Agent |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | his cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She talks all lah-di-dah since her trip.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lah:x5:1
# text = She talks all lah-di-dah since her trip.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	talks	talk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
4	lah	lah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	di	di	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	dah	dah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
9	since	since	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | present | She | all di dah |  |  | since her trip |  | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent dah=Patient |
| 2 | **trip** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom trip «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We sang «lah» on a long high note.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lah:x6:1
# text = We sang «lah» on a long high note.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	lah	lah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | We | lah |  | a long high note |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location lah=Theme |

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