unclasp

Who acts: hook, She, Lionel, He · What happens: unclasp, be, fasten, let, go, hold · To what, where: something, necklace, book, fingers

«unclasp» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: unclasp in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To unclasp is to open a clasp, catch or hook that fastens something, or to let go of something held tightly.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 unclasp	mark
2	unclasp	unclasp	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 open	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 open	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 open	mark
5	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 clasp	det
7	clasp	clasp	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 open	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 catch	punct
9	catch	catch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 clasp	conj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 hook	cc
11	hook	hook	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 clasp	conj
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 fastens	nsubj
13	fastens	fasten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 hook	acl:relcl
14	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 fastens	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 let	punct
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 let	cc
17	to	to	PART	_	18 let	mark
18	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 open	conj
19	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 let	xcomp
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 something	case
21	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	19 go	obl
22	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 something	acl
23	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	22 held	advmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 open	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	unclasp	to-infinitive				vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	is	present			open property	tree rules
3	fasten	present	hook	something		vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient
4	let	to-infinitive				tree rules
5	go	infinitive			of something	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of something=Initial_Location
6	hold	participle			tightly property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: 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.

Example 1

She unclasped her necklace.

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 unclasped	nsubj
2	unclasped	unclasp	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 necklace	nmod:poss
4	necklace	necklace	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 unclasped	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 unclasped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	unclasp	past	She	her necklace					vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent necklace=Patient

Example 2

Lionel unclasped the book and laid it open.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lionel	Lionel	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 unclasped	nsubj
2	unclasped	unclasp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 book	det
4	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 unclasped	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 laid	cc
6	laid	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 unclasped	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 laid	obj
8	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 laid	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 unclasped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	unclasp	past	Lionel	the book					vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Patient
2	lay	past	Lionel not said here	book				open property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result

Example 3

He clasped and unclasped his fingers while he waited.

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 clasped	nsubj
2	clasped	clasp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 unclasped	cc
4	unclasped	unclasp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 clasped	conj
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 fingers	nmod:poss
6	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 unclasped	obj
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 waited	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 waited	nsubj
9	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 unclasped	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 clasped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	clasp	past	He		vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	unclasp	past	He not said here	his fingers	vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Patient
3	wait	past	he		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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