knuckles Who acts: Knuckles, fingers, joints, you, knuckle, He · What happens: be, join, stick out, make, knuckle down, mean · To what, where: joints, fingers, hand, fist, joint, someone · Speech: someone speaks here
«knuckles» in the school dictionary: its 5 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: knuckles in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Knuckles are the joints in your fingers, especially where your fingers join your hand, which stick out when you make a fist.
The tree, 22 words nsubj cop det case nmod:poss nmod punct advmod advmod nmod:poss nsubj conj nmod:poss obj punct nsubj conj compound:prt advmod nsubj advcl det obj punct root Knuckles NOUN are AUX the DET joints NOUN in ADP your PRON fingers NOUN , PUNCT especially ADV where ADV your PRON fingers NOUN join VERB your PRON hand NOUN , PUNCT which PRON stick VERB out ADP when ADV you PRON make VERB a DET fist NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Knuckles knuckle NOUN Number=Plur 4 joints nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 joints cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 joints det 4 joints joint NOUN Number=Plur root root 5 in in ADP _ 7 fingers case 6 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 fingers nmod:poss 7 fingers finger NOUN Number=Plur 4 joints nmod 8 , , PUNCT _ 13 join punct 9 especially especially ADV _ 13 join advmod 10 where where ADV PronType=Rel 13 join advmod 11 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 12 fingers nmod:poss 12 fingers finger NOUN Number=Plur 13 join nsubj 13 join join VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 joints conj 14 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 15 hand nmod:poss 15 hand hand NOUN Number=Sing 13 join obj 16 , , PUNCT _ 18 stick punct 17 which which PRON PronType=Rel 18 stick nsubj 18 stick stick VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 joints conj 19 out out ADP _ 18 stick compound:prt 20 when when ADV PronType=Int 22 make advmod 21 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 22 make nsubj 22 make make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 18 stick advcl 23 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 24 fist det 24 fist fist NOUN Number=Sing 22 make obj 25 . . PUNCT _ 4 joints punct
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1 is a present Knuckles the joints your fingers tree rules 2 join present your fingers your hand especially property vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient 3 stick out present the joints vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient 4 make present you a fist vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fist=Product
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 A knuckle is a joint of meat from an animal's leg.
det nsubj cop det case nmod case det nmod:poss case nmod punct root A DET knuckle NOUN is AUX a DET joint NOUN of ADP meat NOUN from ADP an DET animal NOUN 's PART leg NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 knuckle det 2 knuckle knuckle NOUN Number=Sing 5 joint nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 joint cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 joint det 5 joint joint NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 7 meat case 7 meat meat NOUN Number=Sing 5 joint nmod 8 from from ADP _ 12 leg case 9 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 animal det 10 animal animal NOUN Number=Sing 12 leg nmod:poss 11 's 's PART _ 10 animal case 12 leg leg NOUN Number=Sing 7 meat nmod 13 . . PUNCT _ 5 joint punct
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1 is a present a knuckle a joint of meat from a animal's leg tree rules
Meaning 3 To knuckle down means to start working hard.
mark nsubj compound:prt mark xcomp xcomp advmod punct root To PART knuckle VERB down ADP means VERB to PART start VERB working VERB hard ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 knuckle mark 2 knuckle knuckle VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 4 means nsubj 3 down down ADP _ 2 knuckle compound:prt 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 to to PART _ 6 start mark 6 start start VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 means xcomp 7 working work VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 start xcomp 8 hard hard ADV Degree=Pos 7 working advmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 means punct
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1 knuckle down to-infinitive tree rules 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 start not said to happen to-infinitive vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 4 work not said to happen gerund hard property vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Meaning 4 To knuckle under means to give in.
mark nsubj obl mark xcomp compound:prt punct root To PART knuckle VERB under ADP means VERB to PART give VERB in ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 knuckle mark 2 knuckle knuckle VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 4 means nsubj 3 under under ADP _ 2 knuckle obl 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 to to PART _ 6 give mark 6 give give VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 means xcomp 7 in in ADP _ 6 give compound:prt 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 means punct
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1 knuckle to-infinitive tree rules 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 give in not said to happen to-infinitive vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Meaning 5 To rap someone on the knuckles means to tap or scold them lightly as a punishment.
The tree, 16 words mark csubj obj case det obl mark xcomp cc conj obj advmod case det obl punct root To PART rap VERB someone PRON on ADP the DET knuckles NOUN means VERB to PART tap VERB or CCONJ scold VERB them PRON lightly ADV as ADP a DET punishment NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 rap mark 2 rap rap VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 means csubj 3 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 rap obj 4 on on ADP _ 6 knuckles case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 knuckles det 6 knuckles knuckle NOUN Number=Plur 2 rap obl 7 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 to to PART _ 9 tap mark 9 tap tap VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 means xcomp 10 or or CCONJ _ 11 scold cc 11 scold scold VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 tap conj 12 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 scold obj 13 lightly lightly ADV _ 11 scold advmod 14 as as ADP _ 16 punishment case 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 16 punishment det 16 punishment punishment NOUN Number=Sing 13 lightly obl 17 . . PUNCT _ 7 means punct
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1 rap to-infinitive someone on the knuckles vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent someone=Instrument on knuckle=Patient 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 tap not said to happen to-infinitive vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent 4 scold infinitive knuckles = knuckle lightly property vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
Example 1 He knocked on the door with his knuckles.
nsubj case det obl case nmod:poss obl punct root He PRON knocked VERB on ADP the DET door NOUN with ADP his PRON knuckles NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 knocked nsubj 2 knocked knock VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 on on ADP _ 5 door case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 door det 5 door door NOUN Number=Sing 2 knocked obl 6 with with ADP _ 8 knuckles case 7 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 knuckles nmod:poss 8 knuckles knuckle NOUN Number=Plur 2 knocked obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 knocked punct
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1 knock past He the door with his knuckles vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with knuckle=Theme
Example 2 She gripped the rope until her knuckles turned white.
nsubj det obj mark nmod:poss nsubj advcl xcomp punct root She PRON gripped VERB the DET rope NOUN until SCONJ her PRON knuckles NOUN turned VERB white ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 gripped nsubj 2 gripped grip VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 rope det 4 rope rope NOUN Number=Sing 2 gripped obj 5 until until SCONJ _ 8 turned mark 6 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 knuckles nmod:poss 7 knuckles knuckle NOUN Number=Plur 8 turned nsubj 8 turned turn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 gripped advcl 9 white white ADJ Degree=Pos 8 turned xcomp 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 gripped punct
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1 grip past She the rope vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Experiencer 2 turn past her knuckles white property vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
Example 3 Grandpa cracks his knuckles before playing the piano.
nsubj nmod:poss obj mark advcl det obj punct root Grandpa NOUN cracks VERB his PRON knuckles NOUN before SCONJ playing VERB the DET piano NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandpa grandpa NOUN Number=Sing 2 cracks nsubj 2 cracks crack VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 knuckles nmod:poss 4 knuckles knuckle NOUN Number=Plur 2 cracks obj 5 before before SCONJ _ 6 playing mark 6 playing play VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 cracks advcl 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 piano det 8 piano piano NOUN Number=Sing 6 playing obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 cracks punct
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1 crack present Grandpa Grandpa's knuckles vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location knuckle=Theme 2 play gerund Grandpa not said here the piano vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piano=Theme
Example 4 My knuckles were sore after the cold.
nmod:poss nsubj cop case det obl punct root My PRON knuckles NOUN were AUX sore ADJ after ADP the DET cold NOUN . PUNCT 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 knuckles nmod:poss 2 knuckles knuckle NOUN Number=Plur 4 sore nsubj 3 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 sore cop 4 sore sore ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 after after ADP _ 7 cold case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 cold det 7 cold cold NOUN Number=Sing 4 sore obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 sore punct
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1 is past My knuckles after the cold sore property tree rules
Example 5 Each finger has three knuckles, but the thumb has two.
det nsubj nummod obj punct cc det nsubj conj obj punct root Each DET finger NOUN has VERB three NUM knuckles NOUN , PUNCT but CCONJ the DET thumb NOUN has VERB two NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Each each DET PronType=Tot 2 finger det 2 finger finger NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 three three NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 5 knuckles nummod 5 knuckles knuckle NOUN Number=Plur 3 has obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 10 has punct 7 but but CCONJ _ 10 has cc 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 thumb det 9 thumb thumb NOUN Number=Sing 10 has nsubj 10 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 has conj 11 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 10 has obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present each finger three knuckles vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knuckle=Patient 2 have present the thumb two vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Patient
Example 6 It's time to knuckle down and revise.
nsubj cop mark acl compound:prt cc conj punct root It PRON 's AUX time NOUN to PART knuckle VERB down ADP and CCONJ revise VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 time nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 time cop 3 time time NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 to to PART _ 5 knuckle mark 5 knuckle knuckle VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 time acl 6 down down ADP _ 5 knuckle compound:prt 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 revise cc 8 revise revise VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 knuckle conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 time punct
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1 is a present It time tree rules 2 knuckle down to-infinitive tree rules 3 revise infinitive vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent
Example 7 He grazed his knuckles on the wall.
nsubj nmod:poss obj case det obl punct root He PRON grazed VERB his PRON knuckles NOUN on ADP the DET wall NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 grazed nsubj 2 grazed graze VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 knuckles nmod:poss 4 knuckles knuckle NOUN Number=Plur 2 grazed obj 5 on on ADP _ 7 wall case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 wall det 7 wall wall NOUN Number=Sing 2 grazed obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 grazed punct
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1 graze past He his knuckles on the wall vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent knuckle=Experiencer on wall=Theme
Example 8 The fist showed four bumpy knuckles.
det nsubj nummod amod obj punct root The DET fist NOUN showed VERB four NUM bumpy ADJ knuckles NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 fist det 2 fist fist NOUN Number=Sing 3 showed nsubj 3 showed show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 four four NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 6 knuckles nummod 5 bumpy bumpy ADJ Degree=Pos 6 knuckles amod 6 knuckles knuckle NOUN Number=Plur 3 showed obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 showed punct
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1 show past the fist four bumpy knuckles vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent knuckle=Recipient
Example 9 If they broke down in their make-believe he rapped them on the knuckles.
The tree, 14 words mark nsubj compound:prt case nmod:poss obl punct parataxis nsubj ccomp obj case det obl punct root If SCONJ they PRON broke VERB down ADP in ADP their PRON make NOUN - PUNCT believe VERB he PRON rapped VERB them PRON on ADP the DET knuckles NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 If if SCONJ _ 3 broke mark 2 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 broke nsubj 3 broke break VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 down down ADP _ 3 broke compound:prt 5 in in ADP _ 7 make case 6 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 make nmod:poss 7 make make NOUN Number=Sing 3 broke obl 8 - - PUNCT _ 9 believe punct 9 believe believe VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 7 make parataxis 10 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 rapped nsubj 11 rapped rap VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 believe ccomp 12 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 rapped obj 13 on on ADP _ 15 knuckles case 14 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 15 knuckles det 15 knuckles knuckle NOUN Number=Plur 11 rapped obl 16 . . PUNCT _ 3 broke punct
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1 break down past they their make vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 believe infinitive vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 3 rap past he them = they on the knuckles vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent they=Instrument on knuckle=Patient 4 make their = they nom make «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
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