Who acts: I, He, We, stomach, old tree, red snapper · What happens: tie, have, twist, tangle, knot, not undo · To what, where: knot, knots, shoelaces, hair, rope, knotted rope
«knotted» in the school dictionary: its 4 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: knotted in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Tied in a knot or having knots.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Tied
tie
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
root
root
2
in
in
ADP
_
4 knot
case
3
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
4 knot
det
4
knot
knot
NOUN
Number=Sing
1 Tied
obl
5
or
or
CCONJ
_
6 having
cc
6
having
have
VERB
Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part
4 knot
conj
7
knots
knot
NOUN
Number=Plur
6 having
obj
8
.
.
PUNCT
_
1 Tied
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
tie
participle
a knot
vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
2
have
gerund
knots
vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knot=Patient
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
Twisted and tangled together.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Twisted
twist
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
root
root
2
and
and
CCONJ
_
3 tangled
cc
3
tangled
tangle
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
1 Twisted
conj
4
together
together
ADV
_
3 tangled
advmod
5
.
.
PUNCT
_
1 Twisted
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
twist
participle
vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2
tangle
participle
together property
tree rules
Meaning 3
Tight and hard, like knotted muscles or a stomach tight from worry.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Tight
tight
ADJ
Degree=Pos
7 muscles
amod
2
and
and
CCONJ
_
3 hard
cc
3
hard
hard
ADJ
Degree=Pos
1 Tight
conj
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
7 muscles
punct
5
like
like
ADP
_
7 muscles
case
6
knotted
knot
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
7 muscles
amod
7
muscles
muscle
NOUN
Number=Plur
root
root
8
or
or
CCONJ
_
10 stomach
cc
9
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
10 stomach
det
10
stomach
stomach
NOUN
Number=Sing
7 muscles
conj
11
tight
tight
ADJ
Degree=Pos
7 muscles
conj
12
from
from
ADP
_
13 worry
case
13
worry
worry
NOUN
Number=Sing
11 tight
obl
14
.
.
PUNCT
_
7 muscles
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
knot
participle
vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
Meaning 4
Usage: verb form — kept apart, not parsed.
Tied something in a knot.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Tied
tie
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
2 something
amod
2
something
something
PRON
Number=Sing PronType=Ind
root
root
3
in
in
ADP
_
5 knot
case
4
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
5 knot
det
5
knot
knot
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 something
nmod
6
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 something
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
tie
participle
vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
Example 1
My shoelaces were knotted and I couldn't undo them.
vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2
draw
past
he not said here
a plaited whip thong
forth property
vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3
plait
participle
nicely property
vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4
wax
past
a red snapper
a plaited whip thong not said here
all property
vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location thong=Theme
5
knot
past
a red snapper not said here
vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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.