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title: soh — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «soh» in the school dictionary: The fifth note of the do-re-mi (tonic sol-fa) scale: do, re, mi, fa, soh, la, ti, do. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# soh

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**Who acts:** note scale, you, Soh, Maria, needle, your · **What happens:** re, do, note, sense, sing up, be · **To what, where:** mi, re mi, humour, scale, fifth note, Re · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: music — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fifth note of the do-re-mi (tonic sol-fa) scale: do, re, mi, fa, soh, la, ti, do.

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soh:m1:1
# text = The fifth note of the do-re-mi (tonic sol-fa) scale: do, re, mi, fa, soh, la, ti, do.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fifth	fifth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
6	do	do	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	re	re	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	mi	mi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
11	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	tonic	tonic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
13	sol	sol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	fa	fa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	15	punct	_	_
17	scale	scale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
19	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	re	re	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	mi	mi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	fa	fa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
27	soh	soh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
29	la	la	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
31	ti	ti	X	XX	_	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
33	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **re** | infinitive · do-support | note scale *not said here* | mi and fa and soh |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | infinitive | note scale *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **note** |  |  | the re mi |  |  |  |  | nom note «communication transitive»: of=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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: maths, SOH — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The first part of SOH CAH TOA, a memory aid for trigonometry.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soh:m2:1
# text = The first part of SOH CAH TOA, a memory aid for trigonometry.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	SOH	SOH	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	CAH	CAH	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	TOA	TOA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	aid	aid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	trigonometry	trigonometry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

<!-- .note -->
The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sine = Opposite ÷ Hypotenuse.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soh:m2e:1
# text = Sine = Opposite ÷ Hypotenuse.
1	Sine	sine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	5	punct	_	_
3	Opposite	opposite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	÷	÷	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Hypotenuse	hypotenuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«SOH» short for «sense of humour», as in dating ads.

<!-- fold The tree, 10 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soh:m3:1
# text = «SOH» short for «sense of humour», as in dating ads.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	SOH	soh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	humour	humour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	dating	dating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	ads	ad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sense** *in a quote* |  |  | humour |  |  |  |  | nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sing up the scale: doh, ray, me, fah, soh, lah, te, doh.

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soh:x1:1
# text = Sing up the scale: doh, ray, me, fah, soh, lah, te, doh.
1	Sing	sing	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	scale	scale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
6	doh	doh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	ray	ray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	fah	fah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	soh	soh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	lah	lah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	te	te	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	doh	doh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing up** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | the scale and doh and fah and soh and lah |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location scale=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Soh is the fifth note of the scale.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soh:x2:1
# text = Soh is the fifth note of the scale.
1	Soh	Soh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fifth	fifth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	scale	scale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In "Do-Re-Mi", Maria sings that "so" is a needle pulling thread.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soh:x3:1
# text = In "Do-Re-Mi", Maria sings that "so" is a needle pulling thread.
1	In	in	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Re	Re	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Mi	Mi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	Maria	Maria	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	sings	sing	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	csubj	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	needle	needle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
19	pulling	pull	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	18	acl	_	_
20	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | Re and Mi |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent re=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | Maria |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | a needle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **pull** | gerund | a needle *not said here* | thread |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thread=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Remember SOH CAH TOA for your trigonometry test.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soh:x4:1
# text = Remember SOH CAH TOA for your trigonometry test.
1	Remember	remember	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	SOH	SOH	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	CAH	CAH	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
4	TOA	TOA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	trigonometry	trigonometry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | imperative | you *not said here* | SOH |  |  |  | for your trigonometry test | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent soh=Theme |
| 2 | **test** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom test «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
SOH: sine is opposite over hypotenuse.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soh:x5:1
# text = SOH: sine is opposite over hypotenuse.
1	SOH	soh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	sine	sine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	opposite	opposite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	appos	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	hypotenuse	hypotenuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | sine |  |  | hypotenuse |  | opposite *property* | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our choir warmed up by singing doh, me, soh, doh.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soh:x6:1
# text = Our choir warmed up by singing doh, me, soh, doh.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	choir	choir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	warmed	warm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
7	doh	doh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	soh	soh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	doh	doh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warm up** | participle |  | Our choir and soh and doh *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund |  | doh |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location doh=Theme |

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