dishevelled
Who acts: Dishevelled, clothes, dishevelled hair, he, dog, old man · What happens: mean, look, not brush, put, blow, come in · To what, where: clothes, wind, dishevelled beard
«dishevelled» 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: dishevelled in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Dishevelled means untidy and messy, especially hair or clothes that look as if they have not been brushed or put straight.
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dishevelled | Dishevelled | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | untidy | untidy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 messy | cc |
| 5 | messy | messy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 untidy | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 hair | punct |
| 7 | especially | especially | ADV | _ | 8 hair | advmod |
| 8 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | parataxis |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 clothes | cc |
| 10 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 8 hair | conj |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 look | nsubj |
| 12 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 clothes | acl:relcl |
| 13 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 19 brushed | mark |
| 14 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 19 brushed | mark |
| 15 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 brushed | nsubj:pass |
| 16 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 brushed | aux |
| 17 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 brushed | advmod |
| 18 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 19 brushed | aux:pass |
| 19 | brushed | brush | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 look | advcl |
| 20 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 21 put | cc |
| 21 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 brushed | conj |
| 22 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 21 put | advmod |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Dishevelled | untidy property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | look | present | clothes | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | not brush | present · perfect · passive | clothes | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 4 | put | participle | straight property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: 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
Her dishevelled hair blew in the wind.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 hair | nmod:poss |
| 2 | dishevelled | dishevelled | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 hair | amod |
| 3 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 blew | nsubj |
| 4 | blew | blow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 wind | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 wind | det |
| 7 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 blew | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 blew | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blow | past | Her dishevelled hair | the wind | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
Example 2
After the race he looked dishevelled.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | after | ADP | _ | 3 race | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 race | det |
| 3 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 looked | obl |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 looked | nsubj |
| 5 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | dishevelled | dishevelled | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 looked | xcomp |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 looked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past | he | after the race | dishevelled property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Example 3
The dog came in with dishevelled fur.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dog | det |
| 2 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADV | _ | 3 came | advmod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 fur | case |
| 6 | dishevelled | dishevelled | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 fur | amod |
| 7 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come in | past | the dog | with dishevelled fur | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 4
The old man had a dishevelled beard.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 man | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 man | amod |
| 3 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 had | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 beard | det |
| 6 | dishevelled | dishevelled | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 beard | amod |
| 7 | beard | beard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 had | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the old man | a dishevelled beard | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beard=Patient |
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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