entwine
Who acts: Ivy, two girls, Roses · What happens: entwine, be, join, tangle · To what, where: things, itself, old gate, fingers, garden wall, branches
«entwine» 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: entwine in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To entwine things is to twist or wind them together so that they are joined or tangled.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 entwine | mark |
| 2 | entwine | entwine | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 twist | advcl |
| 3 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 entwine | obj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 twist | cop |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 twist | mark |
| 6 | twist | twist | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 wind | cc |
| 8 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 twist | obj |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 wind | obj |
| 10 | together | together | ADV | _ | 6 twist | advmod |
| 11 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 15 joined | mark |
| 12 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 so | fixed |
| 13 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 joined | nsubj |
| 14 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 joined | aux:pass |
| 15 | joined | join | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 twist | advcl |
| 16 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 17 tangled | cc |
| 17 | tangled | tangle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 joined | conj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 twist | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | entwine | to-infinitive | things | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient | |||||
| 2 | is | present | together, twist property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | join | present · passive | things = thing | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 4 | tangle | participle | tree rules |
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
Ivy entwined itself around the old gate.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivy | Ivy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 entwined | nsubj |
| 2 | entwined | entwine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 2 entwined | obj |
| 4 | around | around | ADP | _ | 7 gate | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 gate | det |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 gate | amod |
| 7 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 entwined | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 entwined | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | entwine | past | Ivy | itself = it | the old gate | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Patient |
Example 2
The two girls entwined their fingers.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 girls | det |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 girls | nummod |
| 3 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 entwined | nsubj |
| 4 | entwined | entwine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 fingers | nmod:poss |
| 6 | fingers | finger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 entwined | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 entwined | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | entwine | past | the two girls | girls's fingers | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Patient |
Example 3
Roses entwined the garden wall.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roses | rose | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 entwined | nsubj |
| 2 | entwined | entwine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 wall | det |
| 4 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wall | compound |
| 5 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 entwined | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 entwined | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | entwine | past | Roses | the garden wall | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Patient |
Example 4
The branches were entwined above the path.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 branches | det |
| 2 | branches | branch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 entwined | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 entwined | aux:pass |
| 4 | entwined | entwine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | above | above | ADP | _ | 7 path | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 path | det |
| 7 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 entwined | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 entwined | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | entwine | past · passive | the branches | the path | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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