disentangle

Who acts: things, It, you, farmer, She · What happens: disentangle, be, become, knot, catch up, lie · To what, where: me, knotted kite string, necklaces, fox, wool

«disentangle» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: disentangle in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To disentangle is to untangle things that have become knotted or caught up together, so that they lie free and straight.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 disentangle	mark
2	disentangle	disentangle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 untangle	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 untangle	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 untangle	mark
5	untangle	untangle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 untangle	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 become	nsubj
8	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 become	aux
9	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 things	acl:relcl
10	knotted	knot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 become	xcomp
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 caught	cc
12	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 become	conj
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 caught	compound:prt
14	together	together	ADV	_	12 caught	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 lie	punct
16	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	19 lie	mark
17	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 so	fixed
18	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 lie	nsubj
19	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 untangle	conj
20	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 lie	xcomp
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 straight	cc
22	straight	straight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 free	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 untangle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	disentangle	to-infinitive			vn separate-23.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	is	present		untangle property	tree rules
3	become	present · perfect	things		tree rules
4	knot	participle	things not said here		vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
5	catch up	participle	things not said here	together property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	lie	present	things = thing	free property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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.

Example 1

It took me ten minutes to disentangle the knotted kite string.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 took	iobj
4	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 minutes	nummod
5	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 took	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 disentangle	mark
7	disentangle	disentangle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 took	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 string	det
9	knotted	knot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 string	amod
10	kite	kite	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 string	compound
11	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 disentangle	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	take	past	It		me	minute	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination
2	disentangle	to-infinitive		the knotted kite string			vn separate-23.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Patient
3	knot	participle					vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Example 2

Can you disentangle these necklaces?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 disentangle	aux
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 disentangle	nsubj
3	disentangle	disentangle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	5 necklaces	det
5	necklaces	necklace	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 disentangle	obj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 disentangle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disentangle	can	you	this necklaces					vn separate-23.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent necklace=Patient

Example 3

The farmer disentangled the fox from the net.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	disentangled	disentangle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 farmer	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fox	det
5	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disentangled	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 net	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 net	det
8	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disentangled	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 farmer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disentangle	participle	the farmer not said here	the fox				from the net	vn separate-23.1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent fox=Patient from net=Co-Patient

Example 4

She tried to disentangle the wool.

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 tried	nsubj
2	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 disentangle	mark
4	disentangle	disentangle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tried	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wool	det
6	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 disentangle	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	She						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	disentangle not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	the wool					vn separate-23.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wool=Patient

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