tethered

Who acts: animal, He, rope, reindeer · What happens: tether, be, move, untie, stay · To what, where: animal, short way, goat, rope, horse

«tethered» 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: tethered in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To tether an animal is to tie it with a rope or chain to a post or tree, so it can move only a short way.

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 tether	mark
2	tether	tether	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 tie	advcl
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 animal	det
4	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tether	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 tie	cop
6	to	to	PART	_	7 tie	mark
7	tie	tie	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 tie	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 rope	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 rope	det
11	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tie	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 chain	cc
13	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rope	conj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 post	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 post	det
16	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tie	obl
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 tree	cc
18	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 post	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 move	punct
20	so	so	ADV	_	23 move	advmod
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 move	nsubj
22	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 move	aux
23	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 tie	conj
24	only	only	ADV	_	27 way	advmod
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 way	det
26	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 way	amod
27	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 move	obl
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 tie	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	tether	to-infinitive		a animal		vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Patient
2	is	present			with a rope or chain; to a post or tree; tie property	tree rules
3	move	can	animal	a short way		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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

The goat was tethered to a tree.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 goat	det
2	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tethered	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tethered	aux:pass
4	tethered	tether	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 tree	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tree	det
7	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tethered	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tethered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tether	past · passive		the goat				to a tree	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to tree=Co-Patient

Example 2

He untied the rope that tethered the horse.

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 untied	nsubj
2	untied	untie	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 untied	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 tethered	nsubj
6	tethered	tether	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 rope	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 horse	det
8	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tethered	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 untied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	untie	past	He	the rope					vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Patient
2	tether	past	the rope	the horse					vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient

Example 3

The reindeer stayed tethered by the door.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 reindeer	det
2	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stayed	nsubj
3	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	tethered	tether	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 stayed	xcomp
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 door	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 door	det
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tethered	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stayed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	the reindeer						tree rules
2	tether	participle	the reindeer not said here					by the door	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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