twisty Who acts: Twisty, twisty story, road, water slide, book, Twisty paths · What happens: mean, have, describe, look, be, wound · To what, where: many surprising turns, looking smile, twisty plot, woods, twisty curls, me · Speech: someone speaks here
«twisty» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: twisty in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Twisty means full of twists and bends, like a twisty road or path.
The tree, 13 words nsubj xcomp case obl cc conj punct case det amod conj cc conj punct root Twisty ADJ means VERB full ADJ of ADP twists NOUN and CCONJ bends NOUN , PUNCT like ADP a DET twisty ADJ road NOUN or CCONJ path NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Twisty twisty ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 full full ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means xcomp 4 of of ADP _ 5 twists case 5 twists twist NOUN Number=Plur 3 full obl 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 bends cc 7 bends bend NOUN Number=Plur 5 twists conj 8 , , PUNCT _ 12 road punct 9 like like ADP _ 12 road case 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 road det 11 twisty twisty ADJ Degree=Pos 12 road amod 12 road road NOUN Number=Sing 5 twists conj 13 or or CCONJ _ 14 path cc 14 path path NOUN Number=Sing 12 road conj 15 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Twisty full property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
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 A twisty story or plot has many surprising turns.
det amod nsubj cc conj amod amod obj punct root A DET twisty ADJ story NOUN or CCONJ plot NOUN has VERB many ADJ surprising ADJ turns NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 story det 2 twisty twisty ADJ Degree=Pos 3 story amod 3 story story NOUN Number=Sing 6 has nsubj 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 plot cc 5 plot plot NOUN Number=Sing 3 story conj 6 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 9 turns amod 8 surprising surprising ADJ Degree=Pos 9 turns amod 9 turns turn NOUN Number=Plur 6 has obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 has punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present a twisty story or plot many surprising turns vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Patient
Meaning 3 Describing a crooked, sly or wicked-looking smile.
det compound punct conj cc conj punct amod obj punct root Describing VERB a DET crooked ADJ , PUNCT sly ADJ or CCONJ wicked ADJ - PUNCT looking VERB smile NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Describing describe VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 smile det 3 crooked crooked ADJ Degree=Pos 9 looking compound 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 sly punct 5 sly sly ADJ Degree=Pos 3 crooked conj 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 wicked cc 7 wicked wicked ADJ Degree=Pos 3 crooked conj 8 - - PUNCT _ 7 wicked punct 9 looking look VERB VerbForm=Ger 10 smile amod 10 smile smile NOUN Number=Sing 1 Describing obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 1 Describing punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 describe gerund a looking smile vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent smile=Theme 2 look gerund vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
Example 1 The road up the mountain is very twisty.
det nsubj case det nmod cop advmod punct root The DET road NOUN up ADP the DET mountain NOUN is AUX very ADV twisty ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 road det 2 road road NOUN Number=Sing 8 twisty nsubj 3 up up ADP _ 5 mountain case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 mountain det 5 mountain mountain NOUN Number=Sing 2 road nmod 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 twisty cop 7 very very ADV _ 8 twisty advmod 8 twisty twisty ADJ Degree=Pos root root 9 . . PUNCT _ 8 twisty punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present the road up the mountain twisty property tree rules
Example 2 Our water slide was long and twisty.
nmod:poss compound nsubj cop cc conj punct root Our PRON water NOUN slide NOUN was AUX long ADJ and CCONJ twisty ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 slide nmod:poss 2 water water NOUN Number=Sing 3 slide compound 3 slide slide NOUN Number=Sing 5 long nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 long cop 5 long long ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 twisty cc 7 twisty twisty ADJ Degree=Pos 5 long conj 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 long punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past Our water slide long property tree rules 2 be Our water slide not said here tree rules
Example 3 The book had a twisty plot with a surprise ending.
det nsubj det amod obj case det compound nmod punct root The DET book NOUN had VERB a DET twisty ADJ plot NOUN with ADP a DET surprise NOUN ending NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 book det 2 book book NOUN Number=Sing 3 had nsubj 3 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 plot det 5 twisty twisty ADJ Degree=Pos 6 plot amod 6 plot plot NOUN Number=Sing 3 had obj 7 with with ADP _ 10 ending case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 ending det 9 surprise surprise NOUN Number=Sing 10 ending compound 10 ending ending NOUN Number=Sing 6 plot nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 had punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have past the book a twisty plot with a surprise ending vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plot=Patient
Example 4 Twisty paths wound through the woods.
amod nsubj case det obl punct root Twisty ADJ paths NOUN wound VERB through ADP the DET woods NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Twisty twisty ADJ Degree=Pos 2 paths amod 2 paths path NOUN Number=Plur 3 wound nsubj 3 wound wound VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 through through ADP _ 6 woods case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 woods det 6 woods wood NOUN Number=Plur 3 wound obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 wound punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 wound present Twisty paths the woods vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
Example 5 She has twisty curls.
nsubj amod obj punct root She PRON has VERB twisty ADJ curls NOUN . 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 2 has nsubj 2 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 twisty twisty ADJ Degree=Pos 4 curls amod 4 curls curl NOUN Number=Plur 2 has obj 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 has punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present She twisty curls vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curl=Patient
Example 6 The twisty lane made me feel car-sick.
det amod nsubj obj xcomp compound punct xcomp punct root The DET twisty ADJ lane NOUN made VERB me PRON feel VERB car NOUN - PUNCT sick ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 lane det 2 twisty twisty ADJ Degree=Pos 3 lane amod 3 lane lane NOUN Number=Sing 4 made nsubj 4 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 4 made obj 6 feel feel VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 made xcomp 7 car car NOUN Number=Sing 9 sick compound 8 - - PUNCT _ 7 car punct 9 sick sick ADJ Degree=Pos 6 feel xcomp 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 made punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make past the twisty lane me tree rules 2 feel infinitive me not said here sick property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Example 7 “You are done for, indeed,” said Cuillen, and she smiled a hairy and twisty and fangy smile that almost finished Cona’n.
The tree, 21 words punct nsubj aux:pass ccomp obl punct advmod punct punct nsubj punct cc nsubj parataxis det amod cc conj cc conj obj obj advmod acl:relcl obj punct root “ PUNCT You PRON are AUX done VERB for ADP , PUNCT indeed ADV , PUNCT ” PUNCT said VERB Cuillen PROPN , PUNCT and CCONJ she PRON smiled VERB a DET hairy ADJ and CCONJ twisty ADJ and CCONJ fangy ADJ smile NOUN that PRON almost ADV finished VERB Cona’n PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 “ " PUNCT _ 4 done punct 2 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 done nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 done aux:pass 4 done do VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 10 said ccomp 5 for for ADP _ 4 done obl 6 , , PUNCT _ 4 done punct 7 indeed indeed ADV _ 4 done advmod 8 , , PUNCT _ 4 done punct 9 ” " PUNCT _ 4 done punct 10 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 11 Cuillen Cuillen PROPN Number=Sing 10 said nsubj 12 , , PUNCT _ 15 smiled punct 13 and and CCONJ _ 15 smiled cc 14 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 15 smiled nsubj 15 smiled smile VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 10 said parataxis 16 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 22 smile det 17 hairy hairy ADJ Degree=Pos 22 smile amod 18 and and CCONJ _ 19 twisty cc 19 twisty twisty ADJ Degree=Pos 17 hairy conj 20 and and CCONJ _ 21 fangy cc 21 fangy fangy ADJ Degree=Pos 17 hairy conj 22 smile smile NOUN Number=Sing 15 smiled obj 23 that that PRON PronType=Rel 25 finished obj 24 almost almost ADV _ 25 finished advmod 25 finished finish VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 22 smile acl:relcl 26 Cona’n Cona'n PROPN Number=Sing 25 finished obj 27 . . PUNCT _ 10 said punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do in a quote present · passive You indeed property vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality 2 say speech: assert past Cuillen vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 smile past Cuillen a hairy smile vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smile=Topic 4 finish past a hairy smile almost property tree rules
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.
← previous twistnext → twit↑ back to T in school dictionary This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/twisty/