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untangle

Who acts: Mum, It, you, me, detective, 's · What happens: undo, make, untangle, take, help, let · To what, where: knots, string, confusing problem, hair, ages, fairy lights

«untangle» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: untangle in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To undo knots or twists in string, hair, wires and so on.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 undo	mark
2	undo	undo	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	knots	knot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 undo	obj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 twists	cc
5	twists	twist	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 knots	conj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 string	case
7	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 undo	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hair	punct
9	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 string	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 wires	punct
11	wires	wire	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 string	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 on	cc
13	so	so	ADV	_	14 on	advmod
14	on	on	ADV	_	2 undo	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 undo	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undo	to-infinitive		knots or twists		string and hair and wires			vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knot=Patient

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

To make a confusing problem or story clear.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 problem	det
4	confusing	confusing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 problem	amod
5	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 story	cc
7	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 problem	conj
8	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 make	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		a confusing problem or story				clear property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset problem=Product

Example 1

Mum untangled the knots in my hair.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 untangled	nsubj
2	untangled	untangle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 knots	det
4	knots	knot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 untangled	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 hair	case
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hair	nmod:poss
7	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 untangled	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 untangled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	untangle	past	Mum	the knots		my hair			tree rules

Example 2

It took ages to untangle the fairy lights.

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	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 took	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 untangle	mark
5	untangle	untangle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 took	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lights	det
7	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lights	compound
8	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 untangle	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	It	ages					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent age=Theme
2	untangle	to-infinitive		the fairy lights					tree rules

Example 3

Can you help me untangle my headphones?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 help	aux
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 help	nsubj
3	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 help	obj
5	untangle	untangle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 help	xcomp
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 headphones	nmod:poss
7	headphones	headphone	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 untangle	obj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	can	you	me					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	untangle	infinitive	me not said here	my headphones					tree rules

Example 4

The detective untangled the mystery at last.

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	root	root
3	untangled	untangle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 detective	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mystery	det
5	mystery	mystery	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 untangled	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 last	case
7	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 untangled	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 detective	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	untangle	participle	the detective not said here	the mystery		last			tree rules

Example 5

Let's untangle this word problem by writing what we know.

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	untangle	untangle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
4	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 word	det
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 problem	compound
6	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 untangle	obj
7	by	by	SCONJ	_	8 writing	mark
8	writing	write	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 untangle	advcl
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 writing	obj
10	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 know	nsubj
11	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 what	acl:relcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	's					tree rules
2	untangle	infinitive	's not said here	word problem					tree rules
3	write	gerund	's not said here						vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme
4	know	present	we						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Example 6

The fisherman untangled his line.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fisherman	det
2	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 untangled	nsubj
3	untangled	untangle	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 line	nmod:poss
5	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 untangled	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 untangled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	untangle	past	the fisherman	fisherman's line					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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