twiddle

Who acts: you, He, We, bus, She, Toad · What happens: twist, turn, play, think, twiddle, sit · To what, where: knob, hair, thumbs, nothing, station, pencil

«twiddle» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: twiddle in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To twist, turn or play with something with your fingers, often without thinking: twiddle a knob, twiddle your hair.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 twist	mark
2	twist	twist	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 turn	punct
4	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 twist	conj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 play	cc
6	play	play	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 twist	conj
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 something	case
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 play	obl
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 fingers	case
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 fingers	nmod:poss
11	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 play	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 thinking	punct
13	often	often	ADV	_	15 thinking	advmod
14	without	without	SCONJ	_	15 thinking	mark
15	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 play	advcl
16	:	:	PUNCT	_	17 twiddle	punct
17	twiddle	twiddle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 twist	conj
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 knob	det
19	knob	knob	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 twiddle	obj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 twiddle	punct
21	twiddle	twiddle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	17 twiddle	conj
22	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 hair	nmod:poss
23	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 twiddle	obj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 twist	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	twist	to-infinitive			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	turn	infinitive			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	play	infinitive		with something; with your fingers	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with something=Theme
4	think speech: other	gerund		often property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	twiddle	infinitive	a knob		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knob=Patient
6	twiddle	infinitive	your hair		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient

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

Usage: phrase — kept apart, not parsed.

«twiddle your thumbs» = to sit doing nothing, waiting, bored.

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 twiddle	punct
2	twiddle	twiddle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 thumbs	nmod:poss
4	thumbs	thumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 twiddle	obj
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 twiddle	punct
6	=	=	SYM	_	8 sit	punct
7	to	to	PART	_	8 sit	mark
8	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 twiddle	conj
9	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 sit	xcomp
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 doing	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 waiting	punct
12	waiting	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 doing	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 bored	punct
14	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 waiting	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 twiddle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	twiddle in a quote	imperative	you not said here	your thumbs	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thumb=Patient
2	sit	to-infinitive	you not said here		tree rules
3	do	gerund	you not said here	nothing	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality
4	wait	gerund	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

Stop twiddling your hair!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	twiddling	twiddle	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stop	xcomp
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hair	nmod:poss
4	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 twiddling	obj
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	twiddle	gerund	you not said here	your hair					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient

Example 2

He twiddled the knob to find the station.

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 twiddled	nsubj
2	twiddled	twiddle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 knob	det
4	knob	knob	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 twiddled	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 find	mark
6	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 twiddled	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 station	det
8	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 find	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 twiddled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	twiddle	past	He	the knob					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knob=Patient
2	find	to-infinitive	He not said here	the station					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent station=Topic

Example 3

We sat twiddling our thumbs while the bus was late.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	twiddling	twiddle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sat	advcl
4	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 thumbs	nmod:poss
5	thumbs	thumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 twiddling	obj
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 late	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bus	det
8	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 late	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 late	cop
10	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 twiddling	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	sit	past	We			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	twiddle	gerund	We not said here	our thumbs		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thumb=Patient
3	is	past	the bus		late property	tree rules

Example 4

She twiddled her pencil during the test.

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 twiddled	nsubj
2	twiddled	twiddle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 pencil	nmod:poss
4	pencil	pencil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 twiddled	obj
5	during	during	ADP	_	7 test	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 test	det
7	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 twiddled	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 twiddled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	twiddle	past	She	her pencil			during the test		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pencil=Patient

Example 5

Toad twiddled his thumbs, bored with the river.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 twiddled	nsubj
2	twiddled	twiddle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 thumbs	nmod:poss
4	thumbs	thumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 twiddled	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bored	punct
6	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 thumbs	amod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 river	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bored	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 twiddled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	twiddle	past	Toad	Toad's thumbs					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thumb=Patient

Example 6

Twiddle the dial to set the oven.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Twiddle	twiddle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dial	det
3	dial	dial	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Twiddle	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 set	mark
5	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Twiddle	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 oven	det
7	oven	oven	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 set	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Twiddle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	twiddle	imperative	you not said here	the dial					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dial=Patient
2	set	to-infinitive	you not said here	the oven					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient oven=Result

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