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title: ukulele — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ukulele» in the school dictionary: A ukulele is a small guitar-like instrument with four strings, first made popular in Hawaii. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ukulele

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**Who acts:** ukulele, whole class, She, you, I · **What happens:** be, make, learn, strum, have, come · **To what, where:** small like instrument, four strings, Hawaii, ukulele, happy song, four nylon strings

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A ukulele is a small guitar-like instrument with four strings, first made popular in Hawaii.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ukulele:m1:1
# text = A ukulele is a small guitar-like instrument with four strings, first made popular in Hawaii.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ukulele	ukulele	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
6	guitar	guitar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	like	like	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	instrument	instrument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	strings	string	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	15	advmod	_	_
15	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
16	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Hawaii	Hawaii	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a ukulele | a small like instrument |  |  |  | with four strings | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | four strings *not said here* |  | Hawaii |  | first, popular *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our whole class is learning the ukulele.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ukulele:x1:1
# text = Our whole class is learning the ukulele.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	learning	learn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ukulele	ukulele	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | present · progressive | Our whole class | the ukulele |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ukulele=Topic |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She strummed a happy song on her ukulele.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ukulele:x2:1
# text = She strummed a happy song on her ukulele.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	strummed	strum	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	ukulele	ukulele	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strum** | past | She | a happy song |  | her ukulele |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A ukulele has four nylon strings.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ukulele:x3:1
# text = A ukulele has four nylon strings.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ukulele	ukulele	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	nylon	nylon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	strings	string	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | a ukulele | four nylon strings |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The ukulele came to Hawaii from a Portuguese instrument in the 1800s.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ukulele:x4:1
# text = The ukulele came to Hawaii from a Portuguese instrument in the 1800s.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ukulele	ukulele	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Hawaii	Hawaii	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Portuguese	portuguese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	instrument	instrument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	1800s	1800	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the ukulele |  | Hawaii | a Portuguese instrument |  | in the 1800s | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to hawaii=Initial\_Location from instrument=Destination |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tune your ukulele before you play.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ukulele:x5:1
# text = Tune your ukulele before you play.
1	Tune	tune	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	ukulele	ukulele	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	play	play	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tune** | imperative | you *not said here* | your ukulele |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I can play three chords on the ukulele.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ukulele:x6:1
# text = I can play three chords on the ukulele.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	chords	chord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ukulele	ukulele	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | can | I | three chords |  | the ukulele |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chord=Theme |

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