awry
Who acts: Awry, hat, she, picnic, it · What happens: mean, set, go, not turn out, plan, dress · To what, where: one, heads · Speech: someone speaks here
«awry» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 2 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: awry in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Awry means crooked, not straight or not in its right place: a hat set awry.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Awry | awry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | crooked | crooked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 straight | punct |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 straight | advmod |
| 6 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 2 means | advmod |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 place | cc |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 place | advmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 place | case |
| 10 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 place | nmod:poss |
| 11 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 place | amod |
| 12 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 straight | conj |
| 13 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 16 set | punct |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 hat | det |
| 15 | hat | hat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 set | nsubj |
| 16 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 means | conj |
| 17 | awry | awry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 set | xcomp |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Awry | crooked, straight property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | set | past | a hat | awry property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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
«Go awry» means go wrong and not turn out as planned.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 Go | punct |
| 2 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 means | ccomp |
| 3 | awry | awry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 Go | xcomp |
| 4 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 Go | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 means | ccomp |
| 7 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 go | xcomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 turn | cc |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 turn | advmod |
| 10 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 go | conj |
| 11 | out | out | ADP | _ | 10 turn | compound:prt |
| 12 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 13 planned | mark |
| 13 | planned | plan | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 turn | xcomp |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in a quote | infinitive | awry property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | go | infinitive | wrong property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | not turn out | infinitive | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | plan | participle | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Example 1
Any one but Cinderella would have dressed their heads awry, but she dressed them well.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 one | det |
| 2 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dressed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 4 Cinderella | cc |
| 4 | Cinderella | cinderella | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 one | conj |
| 5 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 dressed | aux |
| 6 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 dressed | aux |
| 7 | dressed | dress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 heads | nmod:poss |
| 9 | heads | head | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 awry | nsubj |
| 10 | awry | awry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 dressed | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 dressed | punct |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 dressed | cc |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 dressed | nsubj |
| 14 | dressed | dress | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 dressed | conj |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 dressed | obj |
| 16 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 14 dressed | advmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 dressed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dress | would · perfect · passive | any one but Cinderella | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | dress | past | she | heads = head | well property | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
Example 2
Our picnic went awry when it rained.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 picnic | nmod:poss |
| 2 | picnic | picnic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 went | nsubj |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | awry | awry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 went | xcomp |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 rained | advmod |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 rained | nsubj |
| 7 | rained | rain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | parataxis |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | Our picnic | awry property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | rain | past | it | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |
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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