teased Who acts: unkind way, she, older kids, he, dog, brother · What happens: laugh, make, hurt, annoy, poke, hold · To what, where: jokes, friendly playful way, animal, purpose, food, reach · Speech: someone speaks here
«teased» in the school dictionary: its 4 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: teased in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Laughed at someone or made jokes about them, either in a friendly, playful way or in an unkind way that hurts.
The tree, 21 words case obl:agent cc conj obj case nmod punct cc:preconj case det amod punct amod obl cc case det amod conj nsubj acl:relcl punct root Laughed VERB at ADP someone PRON or CCONJ made VERB jokes NOUN about ADP them PRON , PUNCT either CCONJ in ADP a DET friendly ADJ , PUNCT playful ADJ way NOUN or CCONJ in ADP an DET unkind ADJ way NOUN that PRON hurts VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Laughed laugh VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 2 at at ADP _ 3 someone case 3 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 1 Laughed obl:agent 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 made cc 5 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 1 Laughed conj 6 jokes joke NOUN Number=Plur 5 made obj 7 about about ADP _ 8 them case 8 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 jokes nmod 9 , , PUNCT _ 16 way punct 10 either either CCONJ _ 16 way cc:preconj 11 in in ADP _ 16 way case 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 16 way det 13 friendly friendly ADJ Degree=Pos 16 way amod 14 , , PUNCT _ 13 friendly punct 15 playful playful ADJ Degree=Pos 16 way amod 16 way way NOUN Number=Sing 5 made obl 17 or or CCONJ _ 21 way cc 18 in in ADP _ 21 way case 19 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 21 way det 20 unkind unkind ADJ Degree=Pos 21 way amod 21 way way NOUN Number=Sing 16 way conj 22 that that PRON PronType=Rel 23 hurts nsubj 23 hurts hurt VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 21 way acl:relcl 24 . . PUNCT _ 1 Laughed punct
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1 laugh participle vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 make participle jokes a friendly playful way or a unkind way about jokes = joke vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset joke=Product 3 hurt present a unkind way vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
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 Annoyed an animal on purpose, for example by poking it or holding food out of reach.
The tree, 16 words det obj case obl punct case obl mark advcl obj cc conj obj case case obl punct root Annoyed VERB an DET animal NOUN on ADP purpose NOUN , PUNCT for ADP example NOUN by SCONJ poking VERB it PRON or CCONJ holding VERB food NOUN out ADP of ADP reach NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Annoyed annoy VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 2 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 animal det 3 animal animal NOUN Number=Sing 1 Annoyed obj 4 on on ADP _ 5 purpose case 5 purpose purpose NOUN Number=Sing 1 Annoyed obl 6 , , PUNCT _ 8 example punct 7 for for ADP _ 8 example case 8 example example NOUN Number=Sing 1 Annoyed obl 9 by by SCONJ _ 10 poking mark 10 poking poke VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Annoyed advcl 11 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 poking obj 12 or or CCONJ _ 13 holding cc 13 holding hold VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 10 poking conj 14 food food NOUN Number=Sing 13 holding obj 15 out out ADP _ 17 reach case 16 of of ADP _ 17 reach case 17 reach reach NOUN Number=Sing 13 holding obl 18 . . PUNCT _ 1 Annoyed punct
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1 annoy past a animal purpose for example vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus animal=Experiencer 2 poke gerund animal vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme 3 hold gerund food reach vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent food=Theme out reach=Location
Meaning 3 Gently pulled apart or combed, as in teased hair or teased-out threads.
The tree, 13 words advmod advmod cc conj punct case case amod obl cc amod punct compound conj punct root Gently ADV pulled VERB apart ADV or CCONJ combed VERB , PUNCT as ADP in ADP teased VERB hair NOUN or CCONJ teased VERB - PUNCT out NOUN threads NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Gently gently ADV _ 2 pulled advmod 2 pulled pull VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 apart apart ADV _ 2 pulled advmod 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 combed cc 5 combed comb VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 pulled conj 6 , , PUNCT _ 10 hair punct 7 as as ADP _ 10 hair case 8 in in ADP _ 10 hair case 9 teased tease VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 10 hair amod 10 hair hair NOUN Number=Sing 2 pulled obl 11 or or CCONJ _ 15 threads cc 12 teased tease VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 15 threads amod 13 - - PUNCT _ 14 out punct 14 out out NOUN Number=Sing 12 teased compound 15 threads thread NOUN Number=Plur 10 hair conj 16 . . PUNCT _ 2 pulled punct
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1 pull apart past as teased hair or teased threads; apart, gently property vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 comb participle vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent 3 tease participle vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 4 tease participle vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Meaning 4 "Teased out" means slowly found or worked out: she teased out the answer.
The tree, 13 words punct nsubj compound:prt punct advmod ccomp cc conj compound:prt punct nsubj conj compound:prt det obj punct root " PUNCT Teased VERB out ADP " PUNCT means VERB slowly ADV found VERB or CCONJ worked VERB out ADP : PUNCT she PRON teased VERB out ADP the DET answer NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 2 Teased punct 2 Teased tease VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 means nsubj 3 out out ADP _ 2 Teased compound:prt 4 " " PUNCT _ 2 Teased punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 slowly slowly ADV _ 7 found advmod 7 found find VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 means ccomp 8 or or CCONJ _ 9 worked cc 9 worked work VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 7 found conj 10 out out ADP _ 9 worked compound:prt 11 : : PUNCT _ 13 teased punct 12 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 teased nsubj 13 teased tease VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 means conj 14 out out ADP _ 13 teased compound:prt 15 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 answer det 16 answer answer NOUN Number=Sing 13 teased obj 17 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct
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1 tease out in a quote participle vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 find participle slowly property vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent 4 work out participle vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent 5 tease out past she the answer vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Patient
Example 1 The older kids teased him about his glasses.
det amod nsubj obj case nmod:poss obl punct root The DET older ADJ kids NOUN teased VERB him PRON about ADP his PRON glasses NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 kids det 2 older old ADJ Degree=Cmp 3 kids amod 3 kids kid NOUN Number=Plur 4 teased nsubj 4 teased tease VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 teased obj 6 about about ADP _ 8 glasses case 7 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 glasses nmod:poss 8 glasses glass NOUN Number=Plur 4 teased obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 teased punct
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1 tease past the older kids him = he about his glasses vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
Example 2 She was only teasing — she said sorry when he looked upset.
nsubj aux advmod punct nsubj conj xcomp advmod nsubj advcl xcomp punct root She PRON was AUX only ADV teasing VERB — PUNCT she PRON said VERB sorry ADJ when ADV he PRON looked VERB upset 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 4 teasing nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 teasing aux 3 only only ADV _ 4 teasing advmod 4 teasing tease VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 — - PUNCT _ 7 said punct 6 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 said nsubj 7 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 teasing conj 8 sorry sorry ADJ Degree=Pos 7 said xcomp 9 when when ADV PronType=Int 11 looked advmod 10 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 looked nsubj 11 looked look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 said advcl 12 upset upset ADJ Degree=Pos 11 looked xcomp 13 . . PUNCT _ 4 teasing punct
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1 tease past · progressive She vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 say speech: apologize past she sorry property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 3 look past he upset property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Example 3 The dog bit the boy who had teased it.
det nsubj det obj nsubj:pass aux acl:relcl obj punct root The DET dog NOUN bit VERB the DET boy NOUN who PRON had AUX teased VERB it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 dog det 2 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 3 bit nsubj 3 bit bite VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 boy det 5 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 3 bit obj 6 who who PRON PronType=Rel 8 teased nsubj:pass 7 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 teased aux 8 teased tease VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 boy acl:relcl 9 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 teased obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 bit punct
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1 bite past the dog the boy vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Patient 2 tease past · perfect · passive the boy tree rules
Example 4 My brother teased me for being scared of spiders.
nmod:poss nsubj obj case cop advcl case obl punct root My PRON brother NOUN teased VERB me PRON for ADP being AUX scared ADJ of ADP spiders 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 brother nmod:poss 2 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 3 teased nsubj 3 teased tease VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 teased obj 5 for for ADP _ 7 scared case 6 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 7 scared cop 7 scared scared ADJ Degree=Pos 3 teased advcl 8 of of ADP _ 9 spiders case 9 spiders spider NOUN Number=Plur 7 scared obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 teased punct
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1 tease past My brother me vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient 2 is gerund My brother not said here of spiders; scared property tree rules
Example 5 Being teased every day made her sad, so she told her teacher.
aux:pass advcl det obl:unmarked obj xcomp punct advmod nsubj conj nmod:poss iobj punct root Being AUX teased VERB every DET day NOUN made VERB her PRON sad ADJ , PUNCT so ADV she PRON told VERB her PRON teacher NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 teased aux:pass 2 teased tease VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 made advcl 3 every every DET PronType=Tot 4 day det 4 day day NOUN Number=Sing 2 teased obl:unmarked 5 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 made obj 7 sad sad ADJ Degree=Pos 5 made xcomp 8 , , PUNCT _ 11 told punct 9 so so ADV _ 11 told advmod 10 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 told nsubj 11 told tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 made conj 12 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 13 teacher nmod:poss 13 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 11 told iobj 14 . . PUNCT _ 5 made punct
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1 tease gerund · passive day vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP» 2 make past her = she sad property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product 3 tell speech: assert past she her teacher vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient
Example 6 They teased each other in a friendly way and both laughed.
nsubj obj fixed case det amod obl cc nsubj conj punct root They PRON teased VERB each DET other ADJ in ADP a DET friendly ADJ way NOUN and CCONJ both DET laughed VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 teased nsubj 2 teased tease VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 each each DET ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp 2 teased obj 4 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 3 each fixed 5 in in ADP _ 8 way case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 way det 7 friendly friendly ADJ Degree=Pos 8 way amod 8 way way NOUN Number=Sing 2 teased obl 9 and and CCONJ _ 11 laughed cc 10 both both DET PronType=Tot 11 laughed nsubj 11 laughed laugh VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 teased conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 teased punct
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1 tease past They each a friendly way vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Patient 2 laugh past both vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 7 Grandma teased the knots out of my hair.
nsubj det obj case case nmod:poss obl punct root Grandma NOUN teased VERB the DET knots NOUN out ADP of ADP my PRON hair NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandma grandma NOUN Number=Sing 2 teased nsubj 2 teased tease VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 knots det 4 knots knot NOUN Number=Plur 2 teased obj 5 out out ADP _ 8 hair case 6 of of ADP _ 8 hair case 7 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 hair nmod:poss 8 hair hair NOUN Number=Sing 2 teased obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 teased punct
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1 tease past Grandma the knots my hair vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knot=Patient
Example 8 The detective teased out the truth bit by bit.
det acl compound:prt det compound obl:unmarked case obl punct root The DET detective NOUN teased VERB out ADP the DET truth NOUN bit NOUN by ADP bit NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 detective det 2 detective detective NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 teased tease VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 detective acl 4 out out ADP _ 3 teased compound:prt 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 bit det 6 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 7 bit compound 7 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing 3 teased obl:unmarked 8 by by ADP _ 9 bit case 9 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing 3 teased obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 detective punct
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1 tease out participle the detective not said here the truth bit by bit vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 9 The girls were delighted, and laughed and teased each other.
det nsubj cop punct cc parataxis cc conj obj fixed punct root The DET girls NOUN were AUX delighted ADJ , PUNCT and CCONJ laughed VERB and CCONJ teased VERB each DET other ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 girls det 2 girls girl NOUN Number=Plur 4 delighted nsubj 3 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 delighted cop 4 delighted delighted ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 laughed punct 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 laughed cc 7 laughed laugh VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 delighted parataxis 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 teased cc 9 teased tease VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 laughed conj 10 each each DET ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp 9 teased obj 11 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 10 each fixed 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 delighted punct
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1 is past the girls delighted property tree rules 2 laugh past vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 tease past each vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Patient
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