untangled

Who acts: She, rope, I, youngest girl, hair, We · What happens: take, twist, make, work out, untangle, run · To what, where: knots, something, kite string, shoelaces, puzzle, last

«untangled» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: untangled in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

Took the knots or twists out of something.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 knots	det
3	knots	knot	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Took	obj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 twists	cc
5	twists	twist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Took	conj
6	out	out	ADP	_	8 something	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 something	case
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 twists	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past		the knots					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knot=Theme
2	twist	present				something			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme out something=Trajectory

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: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.

Free of knots; straight and tidy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 knots	case
3	knots	knot	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Free	obl
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 tidy	punct
5	straight	straight	ADV	_	7 tidy	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 tidy	cc
7	tidy	tidy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Free	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Free	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 3

Usage: of a problem — kept apart, not parsed.

Made clear; worked out.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 worked	advcl
2	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Made	xcomp
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Made	punct
4	worked	work	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 worked	compound:prt
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 worked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle						clear property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	work out	participle							vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent

Example 1

She untangled the kite string before running.

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 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	5 string	det
4	kite	kite	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 string	compound
5	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 untangled	obj
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 running	mark
7	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 untangled	advcl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 untangled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	untangle	past	She	the kite string					tree rules
2	run	gerund	She not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

Once untangled, the rope was ten metres long.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 untangled	advmod
2	untangled	untangle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 long	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rope	det
5	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 long	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 long	cop
7	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 metres	nummod
8	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 long	obl:unmarked
9	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 untangled	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 untangled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	untangle	participle						once property	tree rules
2	is	past	the rope					ten metres obl:unmarked; long property	tree rules

Example 3

I untangled my brother's shoelaces.

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 untangled	nsubj
2	untangled	untangle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 brother	nmod:poss
4	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shoelaces	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 brother	case
6	shoelaces	shoelace	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 untangled	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 untangled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	untangle	past	I	my brother's shoelaces					tree rules

Example 4

The puzzle was finally untangled by the youngest girl.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 puzzle	det
2	puzzle	puzzle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 untangled	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 untangled	aux:pass
4	finally	finally	ADV	_	5 untangled	advmod
5	untangled	untangle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 girl	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 girl	det
8	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 girl	amod
9	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 untangled	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 untangled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	untangle	past · passive	the youngest girl	the puzzle				finally property	tree rules

Example 5

Her hair, untangled at last, shone in the sun.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 hair	nmod:poss
2	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 untangled	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 untangled	punct
4	untangled	untangle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 last	case
6	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 untangled	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 shone	punct
8	shone	shine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 untangled	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 sun.	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sun.	det
11	sun.	sun.	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shone	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	untangle	participle	Her hair			last			tree rules
2	shine	participle	Her hair not said here			the sun.			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sun.=Location

Example 6

We untangled the mess of cables behind the TV.

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 untangled	nsubj
2	untangled	untangle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mess	det
4	mess	mess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 untangled	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 cables	case
6	cables	cable	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 mess	nmod
7	behind	behind	ADP	_	9 TV	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 TV	det
9	TV	TV	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cables	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 untangled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	untangle	past	We	the mess of cables behind the TV					tree rules
2	mess			cables behind the TV					nom mess «state transitive»: of=patient

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