gnash

Who acts: witch, wolf, she, giant · What happens: gnash, be, clench, grind, begin, see · To what, where: teeth, rage, trap

«gnash» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: gnash in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To gnash is to grind the teeth together hard, often in anger or pain.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 gnash	mark
2	gnash	gnash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 grind	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 grind	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 grind	mark
5	grind	grind	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 teeth	det
7	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 grind	obj
8	together	together	ADV	_	9 hard	advmod
9	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 grind	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 anger	punct
11	often	often	ADV	_	13 anger	advmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 anger	case
13	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grind	parataxis
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 pain	cc
15	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 anger	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 grind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gnash	to-infinitive							vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present						grind, hard property	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.

Meaning 2

Usage: in fairy tales — kept apart, not parsed.

To gnash the teeth is to show rage or fear by clenching and grinding them.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 gnash	mark
2	gnash	gnash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 show	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 teeth	det
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gnash	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 show	cop
6	to	to	PART	_	7 show	mark
7	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	rage	rage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 show	obj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 fear	cc
10	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rage	conj
11	by	by	SCONJ	_	12 clenching	mark
12	clenching	clench	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 show	advcl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 grinding	cc
14	grinding	grind	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 clenching	conj
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 grinding	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	gnash	to-infinitive	the teeth		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient
2	is	present		show property	tree rules
3	clench	gerund			vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	grind	gerund	rage		vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Example 1

The witch began gnashing her teeth.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 witch	det
2	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 began	nsubj
3	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	gnashing	gnash	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 began	xcomp
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 teeth	nmod:poss
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 gnashing	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 began	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	past	the witch						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	gnash	gerund	the witch not said here	witch's teeth					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient

Example 2

The wolf gnashed his teeth in fury.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wolf	det
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gnashed	nsubj
3	gnashed	gnash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 teeth	nmod:poss
5	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gnashed	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 fury	case
7	fury	fury	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gnashed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gnashed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gnash	past	the wolf	wolf's teeth				in fury	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient in fury=Topic

Example 3

When she saw the trap, the giant gnashed his teeth.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 saw	advmod
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 saw	nsubj
3	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 gnashed	advcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 trap	det
5	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saw	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 saw	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 giant	det
8	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gnashed	nsubj
9	gnashed	gnash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 teeth	nmod:poss
11	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 gnashed	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 gnashed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	she	the trap					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer trap=Stimulus
2	gnash	past	the giant	giant's teeth					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient

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