twine

Who acts: Twine, Ivy, Snakes, you · What happens: twine, wrap, coil, be, use, tie · To what, where: wind, something, thin strong string, old garden wall, hair, parcel

«twine» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: twine in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To twine is to wind or wrap something around something else, or to coil round and round.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 twine	mark
2	twine	twine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 coil	advcl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 to	cop
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 wind	case
5	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 twine	obl
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 wrap	cc
7	wrap	wrap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 twine	conj
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 wrap	obj
9	around	around	ADP	_	10 something	case
10	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 wrap	obl
11	else	else	ADV	_	10 something	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 coil	punct
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 coil	cc
14	to	to	PART	_	15 coil	mark
15	coil	coil	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	round	round	ADV	_	15 coil	advmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 round	cc
18	round	round	ADV	_	16 round	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 coil	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	twine	to-infinitive		wind		vn coil-9.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to wind=Destination
2	wrap	infinitive	something	something		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent something=Theme around something=Destination
3	coil	to-infinitive			round property	vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: 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.

Meaning 2

Usage: noun — kept apart, not parsed.

Twine is thin, strong string used for tying parcels.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Twine	twine	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 string	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 string	cop
3	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 string	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 string	punct
5	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 string	amod
6	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 string	acl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 parcels	case
9	tying	tie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 parcels	amod
10	parcels	parcel	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 used	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 string	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Twine	thin strong string		tree rules
2	use	participle		thin strong string not said here	for tying parcels	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	tie	gerund				vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Example 1

Twine the rope around his neck.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Twine	twine	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rope	det
3	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Twine	appos
4	around	around	ADP	_	6 neck	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 neck	nmod:poss
6	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rope	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Twine	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 2

Ivy twines up the old garden wall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ivy	Ivy	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 twines	nsubj
2	twines	twine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 twines	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wall	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wall	amod
6	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wall	compound
7	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 twines	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 twines	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	twine up	present	Ivy	the old garden wall					vn coil-9.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wall=Theme

Example 3

Snakes twined in her hair.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 twined	nsubj
2	twined	twine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 hair	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 hair	nmod:poss
5	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 twined	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 twined	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	twine	past	Snakes			her hair			vn coil-9.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme

Example 4

Tie the parcel with a piece of twine.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tie	tie	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 parcel	det
3	parcel	parcel	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tie	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 piece	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 piece	det
6	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tie	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 twine	case
8	twine	twine	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 piece	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Tie	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	imperative	you not said here	the parcel				with a piece of twine	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent parcel=Patient with piece=Co-Patient

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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