tone

P7344
predicate

Indicates the characteristic attitude or emotional quality expressed in how something is communicated or presented.

All labels observed (51)

Label Occurrences
tone canonical 7,527
hasTone 2,801
narrativeTone 731

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: tone
Generated description
Indicates the characteristic attitude or emotional quality expressed in how something is communicated or presented.

Sample triples (11,735)

Subject Object
After Apple-Picking melancholic
Home Burial tragic
Home Burial intense
Acquainted with the Night somber
Acquainted with the Night melancholic
The Death of the Hired Man meditative
The Death of the Hired Man somber
Out, Out— tragic
Out, Out— detached
Out, Out— ironic
The Gift Outright solemn
The Gift Outright reverent
The Gift Outright patriotic
Barry darkly comedic via predicate surface "hasTone"
Barry violent via predicate surface "hasTone"
Barry psychological via predicate surface "hasTone"
John Carpenter films bleak via predicate surface "typicalTone"
John Carpenter films darkly humorous via predicate surface "typicalTone"
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening contemplative
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening meditative
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening quiet
The Long Goodbye
surface form: The Long Goodbye (1973 film)
satirical via predicate surface "narrativeTone"
The Long Goodbye
surface form: The Long Goodbye (1973 film)
ironic via predicate surface "narrativeTone"
I Only Came to Use the Phone darkly comic
I Only Came to Use the Phone disturbing
The Ghosts of August eerie
The Ghosts of August matter-of-fact
Miss Forbes’s Summer of Happiness dark
Miss Forbes’s Summer of Happiness ironic
Harlequinade light
Harlequinade comic
Birches contemplative
Birches nostalgic
Birches philosophical
Boulevard of Broken Dreams melancholic via predicate surface "hasTone"
The Trail of Your Blood in the Snow tragic
The Trail of Your Blood in the Snow melancholic
Untitled (Black on Gray) somber
The Robber Bridegroom dark
The Robber Bridegroom gruesome
The Sandbox darkly comic
The Sandbox satirical
The American Dream darkly comic
The American Dream satirical
The Latest Winter meditative
The Latest Winter elegiac
Part I: "Because I do not hope to turn again" penitential
Part I: "Because I do not hope to turn again" meditative
Part I: "Because I do not hope to turn again" despairing
Part I: "Because I do not hope to turn again" yearning