haywire

Who acts: control, computer, traffic lights, everyone, tablet, fire alarm · What happens: not work, behave, go, mess up, stop, go off · To what, where: haywire, lab, flight, magnet

«haywire» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: haywire in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Out of control, not working properly, behaving wildly: the computer went haywire.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Out	out	ADP	_	3 control	case
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 control	case
3	control	control	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 working	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 control	punct
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 working	advmod
6	working	work	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	properly	properly	ADV	_	6 working	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 behaving	punct
9	behaving	behave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 working	conj
10	wildly	wildly	ADV	_	9 behaving	advmod
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 went	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 computer	det
13	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 went	nsubj
14	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 working	conj
15	haywire	haywire	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 went	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 working	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not work	gerund	control		properly property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	behave	gerund	control not said here		wildly property	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
3	go	past	the computer	haywire		vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location haywire=Theme

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: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Of a person or plan: crazy or messed up.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Of	of	ADP	_	3 person	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 person	det
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 crazy	nsubj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 plan	cc
5	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 person	conj
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 crazy	punct
7	crazy	crazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 messed	cc
9	messed	mess	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 crazy	conj
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 messed	compound:prt
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 crazy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mess up	participle							tree rules

Example 1

The traffic lights went haywire and everyone stopped.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lights	det
2	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lights	compound
3	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 went	nsubj
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	haywire	haywire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stopped	cc
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 stopped	nsubj
8	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 went	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	the traffic lights	haywire					vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location haywire=Theme
2	stop	past	everyone						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Example 2

My tablet went haywire after the update.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 tablet	nmod:poss
2	tablet	tablet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	haywire	haywire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obj
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 update	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 update	det
7	update	update	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	My tablet	haywire			after the update		vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location haywire=Theme

Example 3

When the fire alarm went off, the whole school day went haywire.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	5 went	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 alarm	det
3	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 alarm	compound
4	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 went	nsubj
5	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 went	advcl
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 went	compound:prt
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 went	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 day	det
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 day	amod
10	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 day	compound
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 went	nsubj
12	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	haywire	haywire	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 went	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go off	past	the fire alarm						vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme
2	go	past	the whole school day	haywire					vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location haywire=Theme

Example 4

The robot in the story went haywire and danced around the lab.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 robot	det
2	robot	robot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 story	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 story	det
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 robot	nmod
6	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	haywire	haywire	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 danced	cc
9	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 went	conj
10	around	around	ADP	_	12 lab	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lab	det
12	lab	lab	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 danced	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	the robot in the story	haywire					vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location haywire=Theme
2	dance	past	the robot in the story not said here			the lab			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around lab=Location

Example 5

Our holiday plans went haywire when the flight was cancelled.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 plans	nmod:poss
2	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plans	compound
3	plans	plan	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 went	nsubj
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	haywire	haywire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	obj
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 cancelled	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 flight	det
8	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cancelled	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 cancelled	aux:pass
10	cancelled	cancel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 went	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	go	past	Our holiday plans	haywire	vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location haywire=Theme
2	cancel	past · passive		the flight	tree rules
3	plan		Our		nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Example 6

The compass went haywire near the magnet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 compass	det
2	compass	compass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	haywire	haywire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obj
5	near	near	ADP	_	7 magnet	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 magnet	det
7	magnet	magnet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	the compass	haywire		the magnet			vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location haywire=Theme

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