knotty
Who acts: old tree, camel, This, we · What happens: sort out, tangle, have, wave, be, think · To what, where: knotty roots, knotty legs, knotty question
«knotty» 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: knotty in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Full of knots, or lumpy and twisted, like old wood or rough legs.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 knots | case |
| 3 | knots | knot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Full | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 lumpy | punct |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 lumpy | cc |
| 6 | lumpy | lumpy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Full | conj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 twisted | cc |
| 8 | twisted | twisted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 lumpy | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 wood | punct |
| 10 | like | like | ADP | _ | 12 wood | case |
| 11 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 wood | amod |
| 12 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lumpy | conj |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 legs | cc |
| 14 | rough | rough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 legs | amod |
| 15 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 wood | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Full | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 2
Usage: of a problem — kept apart, not parsed.
hard to sort out, tangled.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 sort | mark |
| 3 | sort | sort | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 hard | xcomp |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 sort | compound:prt |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 tangled | punct |
| 6 | tangled | tangle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 hard | conj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 hard | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sort out | to-infinitive | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | tangle | participle | tree rules |
Example 1
The old tree had knotty roots.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 tree | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 tree | amod |
| 3 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 had | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | knotty | knotty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 roots | amod |
| 6 | roots | root | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 had | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the old tree | knotty roots | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent root=Patient |
Example 2
The camel waved his knotty legs.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 camel | det |
| 2 | camel | camel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 waved | nsubj |
| 3 | waved | wave | 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 | 6 legs | nmod:poss |
| 5 | knotty | knotty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 legs | amod |
| 6 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 waved | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 waved | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wave | past | the camel | camel's knotty legs | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |
Example 3
This is a knotty question; we must think hard.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 question | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 question | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 question | det |
| 4 | knotty | knotty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 question | amod |
| 5 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 question | punct |
| 7 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 think | nsubj |
| 8 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 think | aux |
| 9 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 question | acl:relcl |
| 10 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 think | advmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 question | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | This | a knotty question | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | must | we | a knotty question not said here | hard property | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot question=Theme |
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