unpick Who acts: I, you, Nan, 's, detective, It · What happens: unpick, be, take apart, understand, undo, sew · To what, where: problem, argument, it, seam, seam ripper, stitches · Speech: someone speaks here
«unpick» 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: unpick in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To unpick is to take out the stitches of sewing or knitting carefully, one by one.
The tree, 16 words mark conj cop mark compound:prt det obj case nmod cc conj advmod punct appos case nmod punct root To PART unpick VERB is AUX to PART take VERB out ADP the DET stitches NOUN of ADP sewing NOUN or CCONJ knitting NOUN carefully ADV , PUNCT one NUM by ADP one NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 unpick mark 2 unpick unpick VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 5 take conj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 take cop 4 to to PART _ 5 take mark 5 take take VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 6 out out ADP _ 5 take compound:prt 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 stitches det 8 stitches stitch NOUN Number=Plur 5 take obj 9 of of ADP _ 10 sewing case 10 sewing sewing NOUN Number=Sing 8 stitches nmod 11 or or CCONJ _ 12 knitting cc 12 knitting knitting NOUN _ 8 stitches conj 13 carefully carefully ADV _ 12 knitting advmod 14 , , PUNCT _ 15 one punct 15 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 8 stitches appos 16 by by ADP _ 17 one case 17 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 15 one nmod 18 . . PUNCT _ 5 take punct
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1 unpick to-infinitive tree rules 2 is present take property tree rules
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: figurative — kept apart, not parsed.
To take apart a problem, plan or argument carefully to understand it or undo it.
The tree, 15 words mark compound:prt det obj punct conj cc conj advmod mark advcl obj cc conj obj punct root To PART take VERB apart ADV a DET problem NOUN , PUNCT plan NOUN or CCONJ argument NOUN carefully ADV to PART understand VERB it PRON or CCONJ undo VERB it PRON . PUNCT 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 apart apart ADV _ 2 take compound:prt 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 problem det 5 problem problem NOUN Number=Sing 2 take obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 7 plan punct 7 plan plan NOUN Number=Sing 5 problem conj 8 or or CCONJ _ 9 argument cc 9 argument argument NOUN Number=Sing 5 problem conj 10 carefully carefully ADV _ 2 take advmod 11 to to PART _ 12 understand mark 12 understand understand VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 take advcl 13 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 understand obj 14 or or CCONJ _ 15 undo cc 15 undo undo VERB VerbForm=Inf 12 understand conj 16 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 15 undo obj 17 . . PUNCT _ 2 take punct
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1 take apart to-infinitive a problem and plan or argument carefully property vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent problem=Theme 2 understand to-infinitive argument vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus 3 undo infinitive argument vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
Example 1 I sewed it wrong, so I had to unpick the seam.
nsubj obj xcomp punct advmod nsubj conj mark xcomp det obj punct root I PRON sewed VERB it PRON wrong ADJ , PUNCT so ADV I PRON had VERB to PART unpick VERB the DET seam NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 sewed nsubj 2 sewed sew VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 sewed obj 4 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 2 sewed xcomp 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 had punct 6 so so ADV _ 8 had advmod 7 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 had nsubj 8 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 sewed conj 9 to to PART _ 10 unpick mark 10 unpick unpick VERB VerbForm=Inf 8 had xcomp 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 seam det 12 seam seam NOUN Number=Sing 10 unpick obj 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 sewed punct
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1 sew past I it wrong property vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product 2 have past I tree rules 3 unpick to-infinitive I not said here the seam tree rules
Example 2 Use the seam ripper to unpick the stitches.
det compound obj mark advcl det obj punct root Use VERB the DET seam NOUN ripper NOUN to PART unpick VERB the DET stitches NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Use use VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 ripper det 3 seam seam NOUN Number=Sing 4 ripper compound 4 ripper ripper NOUN Number=Sing 1 Use obj 5 to to PART _ 6 unpick mark 6 unpick unpick VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Use advcl 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 stitches det 8 stitches stitch NOUN Number=Plur 6 unpick obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 1 Use punct
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1 use imperative you not said here the seam ripper vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ripper=Patient 2 unpick to-infinitive you not said here the stitches tree rules
Example 3 Nan unpicked the old jumper to reuse the wool.
nsubj det amod obj mark advcl det obj punct root Nan PROPN unpicked VERB the DET old ADJ jumper NOUN to PART reuse VERB the DET wool NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nan Nan PROPN Number=Sing 2 unpicked nsubj 2 unpicked unpick VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 jumper det 4 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 5 jumper amod 5 jumper jumper NOUN Number=Sing 2 unpicked obj 6 to to PART _ 7 reuse mark 7 reuse reuse VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 unpicked advcl 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 wool det 9 wool wool NOUN Number=Sing 7 reuse obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 unpicked punct
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1 unpick past Nan the old jumper tree rules 2 reuse to-infinitive Nan not said here the wool vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wool=Asset
Example 4 Let's unpick this word problem step by step.
obj xcomp det compound compound obj case obl punct root Let VERB 's PRON unpick VERB this DET word NOUN problem NOUN step NOUN by ADP step NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Let let VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 's we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 1 Let obj 3 unpick unpick VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Let xcomp 4 this this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 7 step det 5 word word NOUN Number=Sing 6 problem compound 6 problem problem NOUN Number=Sing 7 step compound 7 step step NOUN Number=Sing 3 unpick obj 8 by by ADP _ 9 step case 9 step step NOUN Number=Sing 3 unpick obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 1 Let punct
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1 let imperative you not said here 's tree rules 2 unpick infinitive 's not said here this problem step by step tree rules
Example 5 The detective unpicked the story bit by bit.
det nsubj det compound obj case nmod punct root The DET detective NOUN unpicked VERB the DET story NOUN bit NOUN by ADP bit NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 detective det 2 detective detective NOUN Number=Sing 3 unpicked nsubj 3 unpicked unpick VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 bit det 5 story story NOUN Number=Sing 6 bit compound 6 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing 3 unpicked obj 7 by by ADP _ 8 bit case 8 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing 6 bit nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 unpicked punct
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1 unpick past the detective the story bit by bit tree rules
Example 6 It took an hour to unpick the knots.
nsubj det obj mark advcl det obj punct root It PRON took VERB an DET hour NOUN to PART unpick VERB the DET knots NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 took nsubj 2 took take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 hour det 4 hour hour NOUN Number=Sing 2 took obj 5 to to PART _ 6 unpick mark 6 unpick unpick VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 took advcl 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 knots det 8 knots knot NOUN Number=Plur 6 unpick obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 took punct
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1 take past It hour vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 unpick to-infinitive the knots tree rules
Example 7 "All the embroidery is unpicked," said the Princess, sighing.
punct det:predet det nsubj:pass aux:pass ccomp punct punct det nsubj punct advcl punct root " PUNCT All DET the DET embroidery NOUN is AUX unpicked VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT said VERB the DET Princess PROPN , PUNCT sighing VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 6 unpicked punct 2 All all DET PronType=Tot 4 embroidery det:predet 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 embroidery det 4 embroidery embroidery NOUN Number=Sing 6 unpicked nsubj:pass 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 unpicked aux:pass 6 unpicked unpick VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 9 said ccomp 7 , , PUNCT _ 6 unpicked punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 6 unpicked punct 9 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 Princess det 11 Princess Princess PROPN Number=Sing 9 said nsubj 12 , , PUNCT _ 13 sighing punct 13 sighing sigh VERB VerbForm=Ger 9 said advcl 14 . . PUNCT _ 9 said punct
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1 unpick in a quote present · passive all embroidery tree rules 2 say speech: assert past the Princess vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 sigh gerund the Princess not said here vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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