clench Who acts: He, She, I, you, baby, Tom · What happens: clench, mean, press, hold, keep, go · To what, where: fists, something, it, teeth, clenched teeth, jaw · Speech: someone speaks here
«clench» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: clench in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To clench your fists or teeth means to press them tightly together.
mark csubj nmod:poss obj cc conj mark xcomp obj advmod advmod punct root To PART clench VERB your PRON fists NOUN or CCONJ teeth NOUN means VERB to PART press VERB them PRON tightly ADV together ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 clench mark 2 clench clench VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 means csubj 3 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 fists nmod:poss 4 fists fist NOUN Number=Plur 2 clench obj 5 or or CCONJ _ 6 teeth cc 6 teeth tooth NOUN Number=Plur 4 fists conj 7 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 to to PART _ 9 press mark 9 press press VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 means xcomp 10 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 press obj 11 tightly tightly ADV _ 12 together advmod 12 together together ADV _ 9 press advmod 13 . . PUNCT _ 7 means punct
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1 clench to-infinitive your fists or teeth vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fist=Patient 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 press not said to happen to-infinitive fists = fist together property vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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.
Meaning 2 To clench something means to hold it very tightly.
mark csubj obj mark xcomp obj advmod advmod punct root To PART clench VERB something PRON means VERB to PART hold VERB it PRON very ADV tightly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 clench mark 2 clench clench VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 means csubj 3 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 clench obj 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 to to PART _ 6 hold mark 6 hold hold VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 means xcomp 7 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 hold obj 8 very very ADV _ 9 tightly advmod 9 tightly tightly ADV _ 6 hold advmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 means punct
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1 clench to-infinitive something vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 hold not said to happen to-infinitive it tightly property vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
Example 1 He clenched his fists in anger.
nsubj nmod:poss obj case obl punct root He PRON clenched VERB his PRON fists NOUN in ADP anger NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 clenched nsubj 2 clenched clench VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 fists nmod:poss 4 fists fist NOUN Number=Plur 2 clenched obj 5 in in ADP _ 6 anger case 6 anger anger NOUN Number=Sing 2 clenched obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 clenched punct
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1 clench past He his fists in anger vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent fist=Patient in anger=Topic
Example 2 She clenched her teeth and kept going.
nsubj nmod:poss obj cc conj xcomp punct root She PRON clenched VERB her PRON teeth NOUN and CCONJ kept VERB going VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 clenched nsubj 2 clenched clench VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 teeth nmod:poss 4 teeth tooth NOUN Number=Plur 2 clenched obj 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 kept cc 6 kept keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 clenched conj 7 going go VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 kept xcomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 clenched punct
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1 clench past She her teeth vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient 2 keep past She not said here tree rules 3 go gerund She not said here vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 3 «I am fine,» he said through clenched teeth.
punct nsubj cop punct punct nsubj parataxis case amod obl punct root « PUNCT I PRON am AUX fine ADJ , PUNCT » PUNCT he PRON said VERB through ADP clenched VERB teeth NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 4 fine punct 2 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 4 fine nsubj 3 am be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 fine cop 4 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 fine punct 6 » » PUNCT _ 4 fine punct 7 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 said nsubj 8 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 fine parataxis 9 through through ADP _ 11 teeth case 10 clenched clench VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 11 teeth amod 11 teeth tooth NOUN Number=Plur 8 said obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 fine punct
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1 is in a quote present I fine property tree rules 2 say speech: assert past he clenched teeth vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 3 clench participle vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 4 Try not to clench your jaw when you are worried.
advmod mark xcomp nmod:poss obj advmod nsubj cop advcl punct root Try VERB not PART to PART clench VERB your PRON jaw NOUN when ADV you PRON are AUX worried ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Try try VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 not not PART Polarity=Neg 4 clench advmod 3 to to PART _ 4 clench mark 4 clench clench VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Try xcomp 5 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 jaw nmod:poss 6 jaw jaw NOUN Number=Sing 4 clench obj 7 when when ADV PronType=Int 10 worried advmod 8 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 10 worried nsubj 9 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 worried cop 10 worried worried ADJ Degree=Pos 4 clench advcl 11 . . PUNCT _ 1 Try punct
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1 try imperative you not said here vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 2 not clench not said to happen to-infinitive you not said here your jaw vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jaw=Patient 3 is present you worried property tree rules
Example 5 The baby clenched my finger in her tiny hand.
det nsubj nmod:poss obj case nmod:poss amod obl punct root The DET baby NOUN clenched VERB my PRON finger NOUN in ADP her PRON tiny ADJ hand NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 baby det 2 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 3 clenched nsubj 3 clenched clench VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 finger nmod:poss 5 finger finger NOUN Number=Sing 3 clenched obj 6 in in ADP _ 9 hand case 7 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 hand nmod:poss 8 tiny tiny ADJ Degree=Pos 9 hand amod 9 hand hand NOUN Number=Sing 3 clenched obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 clenched punct
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1 clench past the baby my finger in baby's tiny hand vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent finger=Patient in hand=Topic
Example 6 Unclench your hands and take a deep breath.
nmod:poss obj cc conj det amod obj punct root Unclench VERB your PRON hands NOUN and CCONJ take VERB a DET deep ADJ breath NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Unclench unclench VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 hands nmod:poss 3 hands hand NOUN Number=Plur 1 Unclench obj 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 take cc 5 take take VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Unclench conj 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 breath det 7 deep deep ADJ Degree=Pos 8 breath amod 8 breath breath NOUN Number=Sing 5 take obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 1 Unclench punct
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1 unclench imperative you not said here your hands tree rules 2 take infinitive you not said here a deep breath vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme
Example 7 Tom clenched the rope as he climbed.
nsubj det obj mark nsubj advcl punct root Tom PROPN clenched VERB the DET rope NOUN as SCONJ he PRON climbed VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tom Tom PROPN Number=Sing 2 clenched nsubj 2 clenched clench VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 rope det 4 rope rope NOUN Number=Sing 2 clenched obj 5 as as SCONJ _ 7 climbed mark 6 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 climbed nsubj 7 climbed climb VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 clenched advcl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 clenched punct
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1 clench past Tom the rope vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Patient 2 climb past Tom vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 8 My stomach clenched with fear.
nmod:poss nsubj case obl punct root My PRON stomach NOUN clenched VERB with ADP fear NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 stomach nmod:poss 2 stomach stomach NOUN Number=Sing 3 clenched nsubj 3 clenched clench VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 with with ADP _ 5 fear case 5 fear fear NOUN Number=Sing 3 clenched obl 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 clenched punct
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1 clench participle My stomach with fear vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 9 Ugly monkeys sat high in the branches and clenched their teeth.
amod nsubj xcomp case det obl cc conj nmod:poss obj punct root Ugly ADJ monkeys NOUN sat VERB high ADJ in ADP the DET branches NOUN and CCONJ clenched VERB their PRON teeth NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ugly ugly ADJ Degree=Pos 2 monkeys amod 2 monkeys monkey NOUN Number=Plur 3 sat nsubj 3 sat sit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 high high ADJ Degree=Pos 3 sat xcomp 5 in in ADP _ 7 branches case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 branches det 7 branches branch NOUN Number=Plur 3 sat obl 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 clenched cc 9 clenched clench VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 sat conj 10 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 teeth nmod:poss 11 teeth tooth NOUN Number=Plur 9 clenched obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 sat punct
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1 sit past Ugly monkeys the branches high property vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in branch=Location 2 clench past Ugly monkeys not said here monkeys's teeth vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient
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