pry

Who acts: that, He, you, my, men · What happens: pry, be, ask, try, not pry, letter · To what, where: questions, none, lid, box, letters, stone

«pry» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: pry in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To pry is to force something open or up with a tool, or to ask questions about things that are none of your business.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 pry	mark
2	pry	pry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 force	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 force	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 force	mark
5	force	force	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 force	obj
7	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 something	amod
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 up	cc
9	up	up	ADV	_	7 open	conj
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 tool	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 tool	det
12	tool	tool	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 force	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 ask	punct
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 ask	cc
15	to	to	PART	_	16 ask	mark
16	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 force	conj
17	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 ask	obj
18	about	about	ADP	_	19 things	case
19	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 ask	obl
20	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 none	nsubj
21	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 none	cop
22	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	19 things	appos
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 business	case
24	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 business	nmod:poss
25	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 none	nmod
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 force	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pry	to-infinitive				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present			with a tool; force property	tree rules
3	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive		questions	about things	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent question=Recipient about thing=Topic
4	is a	present	that	none	of your business	tree rules

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

He tried to pry the lid off the box with a spoon.

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 tried	nsubj
2	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 pry	mark
4	pry	pry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tried	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lid	det
6	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pry	obj
7	off	off	ADP	_	9 box	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 box	det
9	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pry	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 spoon	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 spoon	det
12	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 box	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	He						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	pry not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the lid		the box with a spoon			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent lid=Theme off box=Initial_Location

Example 2

Please do not pry into my letters.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not pry	imperative · do-support	you not said here			my letters			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	letter		my						nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

The men pried the stone from the ground.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 men	det
2	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pried	nsubj
3	pried	pry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stone	det
5	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pried	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 ground	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ground	det
8	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pried	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 pried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pry	past	the men	the stone		the ground			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme from ground=Initial_Location

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