--- title: Many skilled singers use Auto-Tune as a tool or a style, so using it… — How a song is made: writing, recording, producing · tree and pragmatics description: Many skilled singers use Auto-Tune as a tool or a style, so using it does not prove someone cannot sing; the fairest way to judge a singer is to hear them sing live. Who acts: Many skilled singers, using, someone, fairest way. 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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 (Many skilled singers, using, someone, fairest way), 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:8 # text = Many skilled singers use Auto-Tune as a tool or a style, so using it does not prove someone cannot sing; the fairest way to judge a singer is to hear them sing live. # 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): no change 1 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 skilled skilled ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 singers singer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 use use VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Auto Auto PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ _ 7 Tune Tune PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 tool tool NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 style style NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 using use VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 csubj _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 prove prove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 21 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 24 nsubj _ _ 22 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 fairest fair ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 28 amod _ _ 28 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 judge judge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 singer singer NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 live live ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present | Many skilled singers | Auto Tune | | | | as a tool or a style | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent tune=Duration as tool=Attribute | | 2 | **use** | gerund | | style | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 3 | **not** **prove** | present · do-support | using | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **not** **sing** *speech: express* | can | someone | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 5 | **judge** | to-infinitive | the fairest way *not said here* | a singer | | | | | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent singer=Value | | 6 | **is** | present | the fairest way | | | | | hear *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **sing** *speech: express* | infinitive | the fairest way *not said here* | | | | | live *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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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