meddle

Who acts: you, our, little brother, my, nosy neighbour, I · What happens: get, not want, make, touch, fiddle, leave · To what, where: business, you, things, argument, model, kids · Speech: someone speaks here

«meddle» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: meddle in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To get involved in someone else's business when you are not wanted, and often make things worse.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 get	mark
2	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	involved	involved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 get	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	8 business	case
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 business	nmod:poss
6	else	else	ADV	_	5 someone	advmod
7	's	's	PART	_	5 someone	case
8	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 get	obl
9	when	when	SCONJ	_	13 wanted	mark
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 wanted	nsubj
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 wanted	aux:pass
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 wanted	advmod
13	wanted	want	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 get	advcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 make	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 make	cc
16	often	often	ADV	_	17 make	advmod
17	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 get	parataxis
18	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 make	obj
19	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	17 make	xcomp
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	get	to-infinitive		someone's business	involved property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	not want	present · passive	you			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme
3	make	present	things		bad, often property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thing=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

To touch or fiddle with something you should leave alone: «don't meddle with the wires».

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 touch	mark
2	touch	touch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 fiddle	cc
4	fiddle	fiddle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 touch	conj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 something	case
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 fiddle	obl
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 leave	nsubj
8	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 leave	aux
9	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 something	acl:relcl
10	alone	alone	ADV	_	9 leave	advmod
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 meddle	punct
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 meddle	punct
13	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	15 meddle	aux
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 meddle	advmod
15	meddle	meddle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 touch	conj
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 wires	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 wires	det
18	wires	wire	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 meddle	obl
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 meddle	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 touch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	touch	to-infinitive			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fiddle	infinitive		with something	vn trifle-105.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with something=Theme
3	leave	should	you	alone property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	not meddle in a quote	infinitive · do-support		with the wires	tree rules

Example 1

Please don't meddle in our argument.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Please	please	INTJ	_	4 meddle	discourse
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 meddle	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 meddle	advmod
4	meddle	meddle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 argument	case
6	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 argument	nmod:poss
7	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 meddle	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 meddle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not meddle	imperative · do-support	you not said here			our argument			tree rules
2	argue		our						nom argument «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

My little brother meddled with my model and broke it.

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	3 brother	nmod:poss
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brother	amod
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 meddled	nsubj
4	meddled	meddle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 model	case
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 model	nmod:poss
7	model	model	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 meddled	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 broke	cc
9	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 meddled	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 broke	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 meddled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	meddle	participle	My little brother		with my model	tree rules
2	break	past	My little brother not said here	model		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient
3	model		my			nom model «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

Never meddle with electric sockets.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 meddle	advmod
2	meddle	meddle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 sockets	case
4	electric	electric	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sockets	amod
5	sockets	socket	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 meddle	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 meddle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not meddle	imperative	you not said here					with electric sockets	tree rules

Example 4

The nosy neighbour always meddles in other people's business.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 neighbour	det
2	nosy	nosy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 neighbour	amod
3	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 meddles	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 meddles	advmod
5	meddles	meddle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	10 business	case
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 people	amod
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 business	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 people	case
10	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 meddles	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 meddles	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meddle	present	the nosy neighbour			other people's business		always property	tree rules

Example 5

«I would have got away with it, if it weren't for you meddling kids!»

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 got	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 got	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 got	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 got	aux
5	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 got	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 got	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 meddling	punct
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	16 meddling	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 meddling	nsubj:outer
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 meddling	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 meddling	advmod
14	for	for	SCONJ	_	16 meddling	mark
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 meddling	nsubj
16	meddling	meddle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 got	advcl
17	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 meddling	obj
18	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 got	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get away in a quote	would · perfect	I					with it; away property	vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not meddle a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	past · progressive	it	kids					tree rules

Example 6

She meddled with the TV settings and now nothing works.

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 meddled	nsubj
2	meddled	meddle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	6 settings	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 settings	det
5	TV	TV	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 settings	compound
6	settings	setting	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 meddled	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 works	cc
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 works	advmod
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 works	nsubj
10	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 meddled	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 meddled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meddle	past	She					with the TV settings	tree rules
2	work	present	nothing				now		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 7

Grandma says it's best not to meddle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 meddle	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 meddle	cop
5	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	8 meddle	advmod
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 meddle	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 meddle	mark
8	meddle	meddle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Grandma						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not is	present	it					meddle, well property	tree rules

Example 8

Countries should not meddle in other countries' elections.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 meddle	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 meddle	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 meddle	advmod
4	meddle	meddle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 elections	case
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 countries	amod
7	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 elections	nmod:poss
8	'	's	PART	_	7 countries	case
9	elections	election	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 meddle	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 meddle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not meddle	should	Countries			other countries's elections			tree rules
2	elect		other countries						nom election «act transitive»: poss=agent

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