distort

Who acts: shape, house mirror, facts, sound, curved mirror, newspaper · What happens: change, look, distort, give, be, say · To what, where: shape, face, facts, false idea, truth, sound · Speech: someone speaks here

«distort» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: distort in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To change the shape of something so it looks twisted or wrong, as in a fun-house mirror that distorts your face.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 change	mark
2	change	change	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shape	det
4	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 change	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 something	case
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 shape	nmod
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 looks	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 looks	nsubj
9	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 change	advcl
10	twisted	twisted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 looks	xcomp
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 wrong	cc
12	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 twisted	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 mirror	punct
14	as	as	ADP	_	20 mirror	case
15	in	in	ADP	_	20 mirror	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 mirror	det
17	fun	fun	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 house	amod
18	-	-	PUNCT	_	17 fun	punct
19	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 mirror	compound
20	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 change	obl
21	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 distorts	nsubj
22	distorts	distort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 mirror	acl:relcl
23	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 face	nmod:poss
24	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 distorts	obj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 change	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	change	to-infinitive		the shape of something	as a house mirror	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Patient
2	look	present	shape		twisted property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	distort	present	a house mirror	your face		vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent face=Material

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 change facts or words so they give a false idea, as in «distort the truth».

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 change	mark
2	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 give	advcl
3	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 change	obj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 words	cc
5	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 facts	conj
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 give	advmod
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 give	nsubj
8	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 idea	det
10	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 idea	amod
11	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 give	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 distort	punct
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 distort	mark
14	in	in	SCONJ	_	16 distort	mark
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 distort	punct
16	distort	distort	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 give	ccomp
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 truth	det
18	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 distort	obj
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 distort	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	change	to-infinitive	facts = fact not said here	facts or words	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Patient
2	give	present	facts = fact	a false idea	tree rules
3	distort in a quote	infinitive	facts = fact not said here	the truth	vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent truth=Material

Meaning 3

To change a sound so it is unclear or crackly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 change	mark
2	change	change	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sound	det
4	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 change	obj
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 unclear	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 unclear	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 unclear	cop
8	unclear	unclear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 change	ccomp
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 crackly	cc
10	crackly	crackly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 unclear	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 change	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	change	to-infinitive		a sound		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Patient
2	is	present	sound		unclear property	tree rules
3	be		sound not said here			tree rules

Example 1

The curved mirror distorted my face.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mirror	det
2	curved	curved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mirror	amod
3	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 distorted	nsubj
4	distorted	distort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 face	nmod:poss
6	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 distorted	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 distorted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distort	past	the curved mirror	my face					vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent face=Material

Example 2

The newspaper distorted what the mayor said.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 newspaper	det
2	newspaper	newspaper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 distorted	nsubj
3	distorted	distort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 said	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mayor	det
6	mayor	mayor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	nsubj
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 distorted	ccomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 distorted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distort	past	the newspaper						tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the mayor						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

Example 3

Water distorts the look of a pencil in a glass.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 distorts	nsubj
2	distorts	distort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 look	det
4	look	look	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 distorts	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 pencil	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pencil	det
7	pencil	pencil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 look	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 glass	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 glass	det
10	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pencil	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 distorts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distort	present	Water	the look of a pencil in a glass					vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent look=Material

Example 4

The speaker was too loud and distorted the music.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 speaker	det
2	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 loud	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 loud	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 loud	advmod
5	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 distorted	cc
7	distorted	distort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 loud	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 music	det
9	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 distorted	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 loud	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the speaker					loud property	tree rules
2	distort	past	the speaker not said here	the music					vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent music=Material

Example 5

Maps distort the size of Greenland.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Maps	map	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 distort	nsubj
2	distort	distort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 size	det
4	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 distort	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Greenland	case
6	Greenland	Greenland	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 size	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 distort	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distort	present	Maps	the size of Greenland					vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent size=Material

Example 6

Don't distort the facts to win an argument.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 distort	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 distort	advmod
3	distort	distort	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 facts	det
5	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 distort	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 win	mark
7	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 distort	advcl
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 argument	det
9	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 win	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 distort	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not distort	imperative · do-support	you not said here	the facts					vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent fact=Material
2	win	to-infinitive	you not said here	a argument					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent argument=Eventuality

Example 7

As she looked across the sea, all there grew darker; a heavy mist came rolling onwards, and clung to bush and tree, distorting them into fantastic shapes.

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	SCONJ	_	3 looked	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 looked	nsubj
3	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	across	across	ADP	_	6 sea	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sea	det
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looked	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 grew	punct
8	all	all	ADV	_	10 grew	advmod
9	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 grew	advmod
10	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 looked	conj
11	darker	dark	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 grew	xcomp
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 came	punct
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 mist	det
14	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 mist	amod
15	mist	mist	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 came	nsubj
16	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 looked	parataxis
17	rolling	roll	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 came	advcl
18	onwards	onwards	ADV	_	17 rolling	advmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 clung	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 clung	cc
21	clung	cling	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 came	conj
22	to	to	ADP	_	23 bush	case
23	bush	bush	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 clung	xcomp
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 tree	cc
25	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 bush	conj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 distorting	punct
27	distorting	distort	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	23 bush	advcl
28	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 distorting	obj
29	into	into	ADP	_	31 shapes	case
30	fantastic	fantastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 shapes	amod
31	shapes	shape	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 distorting	obl
32	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 looked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	look	past	she			across the sea	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent across sea=Theme
2	grow	past	she not said here		there	all, dark property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	come	past	a heavy mist				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	roll	gerund	a heavy mist not said here			onwards property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	cling	participle	a heavy mist not said here				tree rules
6	bush	infinitive	a heavy mist not said here				tree rules
7	distort	gerund	a heavy mist not said here	them = they	fantastic shapes		vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent they=Material into shape=Product

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