Who acts: wire, you, kite string, headphone wires, He, their · What happens: catch, not get, twist, get, entangle, not let · To what, where: something, tangle, things, mess, someone, turtle
«entangle» 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: entangle in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To catch something in a tangle of string, net, rope, hair or wire so it cannot get free.
The tree, 19 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
a tangle of string and net and rope and hair or wire
vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme
2
notget
can
wire
free property
vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
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 twist things together in a mess.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
To
to
PART
_
2 twist
mark
2
twist
twist
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
3
things
thing
NOUN
Number=Plur
2 twist
obj
4
together
together
ADV
_
2 twist
advmod
5
in
in
ADP
_
7 mess
case
6
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
7 mess
det
7
mess
mess
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 twist
obl
8
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 twist
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
twist
to-infinitive
things
a mess
together property
vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent thing=Theme
Meaning 3
To get someone involved in a difficult or messy situation.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
To
to
PART
_
2 get
mark
2
get
get
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
3
someone
someone
PRON
Number=Sing PronType=Ind
2 get
obj
4
involved
involved
ADJ
Degree=Pos
2 get
xcomp
5
in
in
ADP
_
10 situation
case
6
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
10 situation
det
7
difficult
difficult
ADJ
Degree=Pos
10 situation
amod
8
or
or
CCONJ
_
9 messy
cc
9
messy
messy
ADJ
Degree=Pos
7 difficult
conj
10
situation
situation
NOUN
Number=Sing
4 involved
obl
11
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 get
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
get
to-infinitive
someone
involved property
vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Stimulus
Example 1
The turtle became entangled in an old fishing net.
vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fence=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.