--- title: Auto-Tune is software that can fix slightly-off notes or, turned up,… — How a song is made: writing, recording, producing · tree and pragmatics description: Auto-Tune is software that can fix slightly-off notes or, turned up, give a robotic effect on purpose; Cher's 1998 song "Believe" made that effect famous. Who acts: Auto Tune, software, 1998 song, Cher. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Auto Tune, software, 1998 song, Cher), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:arts:007-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing.lesson:7 # text = Auto-Tune is software that can fix slightly-off notes or, turned up, give a robotic effect on purpose; Cher's 1998 song "Believe" made that effect famous. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = arts # lesson = 007-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing.lesson # annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×1, R7-rel-agree ×4, R8-pos-agree ×2 1 Auto Auto PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=1:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 3 Tune Tune PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=5:compound 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 software software NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 fix fix VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 slightly slightly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=12:advmod 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ _ 11 off off NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 notes note NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 13 or or CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=8:advcl|HaikuPos=VERB:VBD:Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 up up ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 robotic robotic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=21:compound|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 21 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 25 Cher Cher PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod:poss _ _ 26 's 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 1998 1998 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 29 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ _ 30 Believe believe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 28 appos _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=28:parataxis 31 " " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ 32 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=5:conj 33 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 xcomp _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Auto Tune | software | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fix** | can | software | off notes | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent note=Patient | | 3 | **turn up** | participle | software *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **give** | infinitive | software *not said here* | a robotic effect | | purpose | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent effect=Theme on purpose=Asset | | 5 | **believe** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **make** | past | Cher's 1998 song | that effect | | | | famous *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset effect=Product | | 7 | **sing** | | Cher | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | 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. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. 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