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title: unison — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «unison» in the school dictionary: «In unison» means all together, at the same time, with everyone doing the same thing. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# unison

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**Who acts:** unison, class, birds, They · **What happens:** mean, do, be, make, play, say · **To what, where:** same thing, sound, same note, answer, unison · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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«In unison» means all together, at the same time, with everyone doing the same thing.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unison:m1:1
# text = «In unison» means all together, at the same time, with everyone doing the same thing.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	unison	unison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	together	together	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	12	conj	_	_
16	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	acl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | unison |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | gerund |  | the same thing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality |

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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 -->
A unison is a sound made by several voices or instruments all playing the same note.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unison:m2:1
# text = A unison is a sound made by several voices or instruments all playing the same note.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	unison	unison	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	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	voices	voice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	instruments	instrument	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
12	all	all	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	parataxis	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 unison | a sound |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | a sound *not said here* |  |  |  | by several voices or instruments | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **play** | gerund |  | the same note |  |  |  | all *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The class said the answer in unison.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unison:x1:1
# text = The class said the answer in unison.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	unison	unison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the class | the answer |  | unison |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent answer=Theme in unison=Manner |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The birds began to sing in unison at dawn.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unison:x2:1
# text = The birds began to sing in unison at dawn.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	sing	sing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	unison	unison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	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 | **begin** | past | the birds |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | the birds *not said here* |  |  | unison | dawn |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in unison=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They shouted «Hooray!» in unison.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unison:x3:1
# text = They shouted «Hooray!» in unison.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shouted	shout	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Hooray	hooray	INTJ	UH	_	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	unison	unison	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 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | They |  |  | unison |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hooray=Topic |

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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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