unbend

Who acts: you, strict teacher · What happens: unbend, be, straighten, relax, laugh, play · To what, where: bent thing, bow, joke, game

«unbend» 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: unbend in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To unbend a bent thing is to straighten it, as a bow is straightened after use.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 unbend	mark
2	unbend	unbend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 straighten	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 thing	det
4	bent	bent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thing	amod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 unbend	obj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 straighten	cop
7	to	to	PART	_	8 straighten	mark
8	straighten	straighten	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 straighten	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 straightened	punct
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 straightened	mark
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 bow	det
13	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 straightened	nsubj:pass
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 straightened	aux:pass
15	straightened	straighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 straighten	conj
16	after	after	ADP	_	17 use	case
17	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 straightened	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 straighten	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	unbend	to-infinitive	a bent thing			vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent thing=Patient
2	is	present			straighten property	tree rules
3	straighten	present · passive	a bow	after use		vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=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

To unbend is to stop being stiff or serious and relax.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 unbend	mark
2	unbend	unbend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 stop	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stop	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 stop	mark
5	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 stiff	cop
7	stiff	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stop	xcomp
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 serious	cc
9	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stiff	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 relax	cc
11	relax	relax	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 stop	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	unbend	to-infinitive		vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	is	present	stop property	tree rules
3	is	gerund	stiff property	tree rules
4	be			tree rules
5	relax	infinitive		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Example 1

Unbend your bow and rest.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Unbend	unbend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 bow	nmod:poss
3	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Unbend	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 rest	cc
5	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bow	conj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Unbend	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	unbend	imperative	you not said here	your bow and rest					vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bow=Patient

Example 2

The strict teacher unbent and laughed at the joke.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 teacher	det
2	strict	strict	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 teacher	amod
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 laughed	nsubj
4	unbent	unbent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 teacher	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 laughed	cc
6	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 joke	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 joke	det
9	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 laughed	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 laughed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	the strict teacher			the joke			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

After the long test we unbent by playing a game.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	4 test	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 test	det
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 test	amod
4	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 unbent	obl
5	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 unbent	nsubj
6	unbent	unbent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	by	by	SCONJ	_	8 playing	mark
8	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 unbent	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 game	det
10	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 playing	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 unbent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	gerund		a game					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme

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