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title: tinkle — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «tinkle» in the school dictionary: A tinkle is a light, high ringing sound, like small bells. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# tinkle

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**Who acts:** tinkle, loveliest tinkle, golden bells, coins, I, bells · **What happens:** be, ring, tinkle, answer, hear · **To what, where:** light, him, pocket, tinkle

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«tinkle» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [tinkle in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tinkle.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A tinkle is a light, high ringing sound, like small bells.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tinkle:m1:1
# text = A tinkle is a light, high ringing sound, like small bells.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tinkle	tinkle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	ringing	ring	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	amod	_	_
9	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a tinkle | a light and high ringing sound and small bells |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To tinkle is to make such a sound.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tinkle:m2:1
# text = To tinkle is to make such a sound.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	tinkle	tinkle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	8	det:predet	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tinkle** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | make *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The loveliest tinkle of golden bells answered him.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tinkle:x1:1
# text = The loveliest tinkle of golden bells answered him.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	loveliest	lovely	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	tinkle	tinkle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	answered	answer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the loveliest tinkle of golden bells |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality |
| 2 | **tinkle** |  | golden bells |  |  |  |  |  | nom tinkle «event intransitive»: of=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The coins tinkled in my pocket.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tinkle:x2:1
# text = The coins tinkled in my pocket.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tinkled	tinkle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tinkle** | past | the coins |  |  | my pocket |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pocket=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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I heard a tinkle of bells in the wind.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tinkle:x3:1
# text = I heard a tinkle of bells in the wind.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tinkle	tinkle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | I | a tinkle of bells in the wind |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer tinkle=Stimulus |
| 2 | **tinkle** |  | bells in the wind |  |  |  |  |  | nom tinkle «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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