undress

Who acts: state, Mum, We, doctor, She · What happens: take off, not mean, dress, get, undress, ask · To what, where: clothes, pyjamas, baby, changing room, him, He

«undress» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: undress in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To take off your clothes, or to take someone's clothes off (like a baby or doll).

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 take	mark
2	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 take	compound:prt
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 clothes	nmod:poss
5	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 take	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 take	punct
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 take	cc
8	to	to	PART	_	9 take	mark
9	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 take	conj
10	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 clothes	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 someone	case
12	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	9 take	obj
13	off	off	ADP	_	9 take	compound:prt
14	(	(	PUNCT	_	17 baby	punct
15	like	like	ADP	_	17 baby	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 baby	det
17	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 take	vocative
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 doll	cc
19	doll	doll	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 baby	conj
20	)	)	PUNCT	_	17 baby	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take off	to-infinitive		your clothes					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme
2	take off	to-infinitive		someone's clothes				a baby or doll vocative	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=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, formal or jokey — kept apart, not parsed.

«in a state of undress» means not fully dressed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 state	punct
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 state	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 state	det
4	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 means	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 undress	case
6	undress	undress	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 state	nmod
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 state	punct
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 means	advmod
10	fully	fully	ADV	_	11 dressed	advmod
11	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 means	xcomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not mean	present	a state of undress						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	dress not said to happen	participle	a state of undress not said here					fully property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Undress and get into your pyjamas.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Undress	undress	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 get	cc
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Undress	conj
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 pyjamas	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 pyjamas	nmod:poss
6	pyjamas	pyjama	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Undress	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	infinitive				your pyjamas			vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into pyjama=Destination

Example 2

Mum undressed the baby for the bath.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 undressed	nsubj
2	undressed	undress	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 baby	det
4	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 undressed	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 bath	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bath	det
7	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 undressed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 undressed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undress	past	Mum	the baby				for the bath	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient

Example 3

We undressed quickly in the changing room.

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 undressed	nsubj
2	undressed	undress	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	2 undressed	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 room	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 room	det
6	changing	changing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 room	compound
7	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 undressed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 undressed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undress	past	We			the changing room		quickly property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

The doctor asked him to undress to the waist.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 doctor	det
2	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asked	nsubj
3	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 asked	iobj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 undress	mark
6	undress	undress	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 asked	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 waist	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 waist	det
9	waist	waist	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 undress	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	the doctor		him = he				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	undress not said to happen	to-infinitive	the doctor not said here					to the waist	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

He got undressed and jumped into bed.

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	3 undressed	nsubj
2	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 undressed	aux:pass
3	undressed	undress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 jumped	cc
5	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 undressed	conj
6	into	into	ADP	_	7 bed	case
7	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 jumped	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 undressed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undress	past · passive		He					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	jump	past				bed			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into bed=Destination

Example 6

She answered the door in a state of undress.

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 answered	nsubj
2	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 door	det
4	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 answered	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 state	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 state	det
7	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 answered	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 undress	case
9	undress	undress	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 state	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 answered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	past	She	the door		a state of undress			vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent door=Eventuality

Example 7

She undressed herself and got into the water.

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 undressed	nsubj
2	undressed	undress	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 undressed	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 got	cc
5	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 undressed	conj
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 water	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 undressed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undress	past	She	herself = she					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Patient
2	get	past	She not said here			the water			vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into water=Destination

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