tweak
Who acts: you, They, I · What happens: pinch, twist, make, tweak, pass on · To what, where: something, small adjustment, nose, settings, screen, recipe
«tweak» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: tweak in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To pinch and twist something quickly, such as a nose.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 pinch | mark |
| 2 | pinch | pinch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 twist | advcl |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 twist | cc |
| 4 | twist | twist | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 twist | obj |
| 6 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 4 twist | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 nose | punct |
| 8 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 11 nose | case |
| 9 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 such | fixed |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 nose | det |
| 11 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 twist | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 twist | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pinch | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | twist | imperative | you not said here | something | such a nose; quickly property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent something=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.
Meaning 2
To make a small adjustment to something.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 make | mark |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 adjustment | det |
| 4 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 adjustment | amod |
| 5 | adjustment | adjustment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 make | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 something | case |
| 7 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 make | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 make | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | to-infinitive | a small adjustment | to something | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset adjustment=Product |
Example 1
They tweaked Peter's nose and passed on.
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 tweaked | nsubj |
| 2 | tweaked | tweak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Peter | Peter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 nose | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Peter | case |
| 5 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 tweaked | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 passed | cc |
| 7 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 tweaked | conj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 passed | compound:prt |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 tweaked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tweak | past | They | Peter's nose | vn touch-20 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | pass on | participle | They not said here | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
I tweaked the settings on the screen.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 tweaked | nsubj |
| 2 | tweaked | tweak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 settings | det |
| 4 | settings | setting | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 tweaked | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 screen | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 screen | det |
| 7 | screen | screen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 tweaked | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 tweaked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tweak | past | I | the settings | the screen | vn touch-20 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent setting=Experiencer |
Example 3
Tweak the recipe a little.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tweak | tweak | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 recipe | det |
| 3 | recipe | recipe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tweak | obj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 little | det |
| 5 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Tweak | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Tweak | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tweak | imperative | you not said here | the recipe | a little obl:unmarked | vn touch-20 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recipe=Experiencer |
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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