unharness

Who acts: harness, farmer, we, cart, boy · What happens: take, rest, graze, unharness, stand · To what, where: harness, horse, ponies, donkey

«unharness» 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: unharness in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To take the harness off an animal, such as a horse, so it can rest or graze.

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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 harness	det
4	harness	harness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 take	obj
5	off	off	ADP	_	7 animal	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 animal	det
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 take	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 horse	punct
9	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	12 horse	case
10	as	as	ADP	_	9 such	fixed
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 horse	det
12	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 animal	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 rest	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	17 rest	advmod
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 rest	nsubj
16	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 rest	aux
17	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 take	conj
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 graze	cc
19	graze	graze	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	17 rest	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	take	to-infinitive		the harness	off a animal and a horse	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent harness=Theme off animal=Initial_Location
2	rest	can	harness			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	graze	infinitive	harness not said here			vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: 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.

Example 1

The farmer unharnessed the horse at dusk.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unharnessed	nsubj
3	unharnessed	unharness	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 horse	det
5	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unharnessed	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 dusk	case
7	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unharnessed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 unharnessed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	unharness	past	the farmer	the horse			dusk		tree rules

Example 2

After the long ride, we unharnessed the ponies.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	4 ride	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ride	det
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ride	amod
4	ride	ride	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 unharnessed	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 ride	punct
6	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 unharnessed	nsubj
7	unharnessed	unharness	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ponies	det
9	ponies	pony	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 unharnessed	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 unharnessed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	unharness	past	we	the ponies			after the long ride		tree rules

Example 3

The cart stood still while the boy unharnessed the donkey.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cart	det
2	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stood	nsubj
3	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	still	still	ADV	_	3 stood	advmod
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 unharnessed	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 boy	det
7	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 unharnessed	nsubj
8	unharnessed	unharness	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 stood	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 donkey	det
10	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 unharnessed	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	the cart				still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	unharness	past	the boy	the donkey					tree rules

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