misinterpret
Who acts: someone, you, I, my, cat, He · What happens: misinterpret, be, word, not misinterpret, think, silence · To what, where: wrong way, silence, wag, instructions, tent upside, question
«misinterpret» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: misinterpret in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To misinterpret is to understand someone's words or actions in the wrong way.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 misinterpret | mark |
| 2 | misinterpret | misinterpret | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 understand | advcl |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 understand | cop |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 understand | mark |
| 5 | understand | understand | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 words | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 someone | case |
| 8 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 understand | obj |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 actions | cc |
| 10 | actions | action | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 words | conj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 way | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 way | det |
| 13 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 way | amod |
| 14 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 understand | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 understand | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | misinterpret | present | vn comprehend-87.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | the wrong way | understand property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | word | someone | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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.
Example 1
Do not misinterpret my silence; I was only thinking.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 misinterpret | aux |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 misinterpret | advmod |
| 3 | misinterpret | misinterpret | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 silence | nmod:poss |
| 5 | silence | silence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 misinterpret | obj |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 thinking | punct |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 thinking | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 thinking | aux |
| 9 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 thinking | advmod |
| 10 | thinking | think | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 misinterpret | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 misinterpret | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not misinterpret | imperative · do-support | you not said here | my silence | vn comprehend-87.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer silence=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | past · progressive | I | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | silence | my | nom silence «state transitive»: poss=agent |
Example 2
The cat misinterpreted the dog's wag as a threat.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cat | det |
| 2 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 misinterpreted | nsubj |
| 3 | misinterpreted | misinterpret | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dog | det |
| 5 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wag | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 dog | case |
| 7 | wag | wag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 misinterpreted | obj |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 threat | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 threat | det |
| 10 | threat | threat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 misinterpreted | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 misinterpreted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | misinterpret | past | the cat | the dog's wag | as a threat | vn comprehend-87.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer wag=Stimulus as threat=Attribute |
Example 3
He misinterpreted the instructions and built the tent upside down.
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 misinterpreted | nsubj |
| 2 | misinterpreted | misinterpret | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 instructions | det |
| 4 | instructions | instruction | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 misinterpreted | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 built | cc |
| 6 | built | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 misinterpreted | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 upside | det |
| 8 | tent | tent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 upside | compound |
| 9 | upside | upside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 built | obj |
| 10 | down | down | ADV | _ | 6 built | advmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 misinterpreted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | misinterpret | past | He | the instructions | vn comprehend-87.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer instruction=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | build | past | He not said here | the tent upside | down property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset upside=Product |
Example 4
She misinterpreted the question and added instead of subtracting.
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 misinterpreted | nsubj |
| 2 | misinterpreted | misinterpret | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 question | det |
| 4 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 misinterpreted | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 added | cc |
| 6 | added | add | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 misinterpreted | conj |
| 7 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=SCONJ | 9 subtracting | mark |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 instead | fixed |
| 9 | subtracting | subtract | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 added | advcl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 misinterpreted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | misinterpret | past | She | the question | vn comprehend-87.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer question=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | add speech: assert | past | She not said here | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | subtract | gerund | She not said here | vn multiply-108-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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.
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