unstrung
Who acts: it, prince, archer, she · What happens: unstring, be, mean, feel · To what, where: bow, fire
«unstrung» 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: unstrung in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To unstring a bow is to take its string off, so that it is no longer ready to fire.
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 unstring | mark |
| 2 | unstring | unstring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 take | advcl |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bow | det |
| 4 | bow | bow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 unstring | obj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 take | cop |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 take | mark |
| 7 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 string | nmod:poss |
| 9 | string | string | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 take | obj |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 take | compound:prt |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 ready | punct |
| 12 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 18 ready | mark |
| 13 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 so | fixed |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 ready | nsubj |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 ready | cop |
| 16 | no | no | ADV | _ | 17 longer | advmod |
| 17 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 18 ready | advmod |
| 18 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 take | advcl |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 fire | mark |
| 20 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 ready | xcomp |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 take | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | unstring | to-infinitive | a bow | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | present | take property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | is | present | it | fire | long, ready 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
In talk, unstrung means very nervous or upset.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 talk | case |
| 2 | talk | talk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 talk | punct |
| 4 | unstrung | unstring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 means | nsubj |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 nervous | advmod |
| 7 | nervous | nervous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 means | ccomp |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 upset | cc |
| 9 | upset | upset | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 nervous | conj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | unstring | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | in talk | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in talk=Attribute |
Example 1
The prince unstrung his bow.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 prince | det |
| 2 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 unstrung | nsubj |
| 3 | unstrung | unstring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 bow | nmod:poss |
| 5 | bow | bow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 unstrung | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 unstrung | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | unstring | past | the prince | prince's bow | tree rules |
Example 2
The archer unstrung his bow after the hunt.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 archer | det |
| 2 | archer | archer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 unstrung | nsubj |
| 3 | unstrung | unstring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 bow | nmod:poss |
| 5 | bow | bow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 unstrung | obj |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 hunt | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hunt | det |
| 8 | hunt | hunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 unstrung | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 unstrung | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | unstring | past | the archer | archer's bow | after the hunt | tree rules |
Example 3
After the bad news, she felt unstrung.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | after | ADP | _ | 4 news | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 news | det |
| 3 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 news | amod |
| 4 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 felt | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 news | punct |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 felt | nsubj |
| 7 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | unstrung | unstring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 felt | xcomp |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 felt | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | past | she | after the bad news | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | unstring | participle | she not said here | tree rules |
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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