#motive__motif  a theme that is elaborated on in a piece of music
  subtype:  obligato  a persistent but subordinate motif
  supertype:  melodic_theme__melodictheme__theme__musical_theme__musicaltheme__idea  melodic subject of a musical composition; "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"
     supertype:  tune__melody__air__strain__melodic_line__melodicline__line__melodic_phrase__melodicphrase  a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
        supertype:  music  an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
           supertype:  fine_art__art  the products of human creativity; works of art collectively; "an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art"
              supertype:  creation_result__creation  an artifact that has been brought into existence by someone
                 supertype:  owned_entity__ownedentity
                    supertype:  entity_playing_some_role  e.g., an agent, an owner
                       supertype:  entity  something that can be "involved" in a situation
                          supertype:  thing__something___T__t___3D_or_4D_thing_or_anything_else  any category (type or individual) is instance of this type; any type is also a subtype of this type
                       supertype:  thing_that_can_be_seen_as_a_relation  usable as relation type
                          supertype:  thing_playing_some_role  category to classify things according to roles/viewpoints; classification under this category is application-dependant
                             supertype:  thing__something___T__t___3D_or_4D_thing_or_anything_else  any category (type or individual) is instance of this type; any type is also a subtype of this type
                 supertype:  created_thing__createdthing  e.g., entity or situation that results from a process; in WordNet, #creation_result is for entities while #resultant is for situation
                    supertype:  thing_playing_some_role  category to classify things according to roles/viewpoints; classification under this category is application-dependant

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