untying
Who acts: string, She, He, Mum · What happens: undo, come, untie · To what, where: knot, ribbon, shoes, sack
«untying» 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: untying in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To undo a knot, rope or string so that it comes loose.
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 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 knot | det |
| 4 | knot | knot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 undo | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 rope | punct |
| 6 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 knot | conj |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 string | cc |
| 8 | string | string | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 knot | conj |
| 9 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 12 comes | mark |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 so | fixed |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 comes | nsubj |
| 12 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 undo | advcl |
| 13 | loose | loose | ADV | _ | 12 comes | advmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 undo | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | undo | to-infinitive | a knot and rope or string | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knot=Patient | |||||
| 2 | come | present | string | loose property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
She was untying the ribbon.
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 | 3 untying | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 untying | aux |
| 3 | untying | untie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 ribbon | det |
| 5 | ribbon | ribbon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 untying | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 untying | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | untie | past · progressive | She | the ribbon | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ribbon=Patient |
Example 2
He is untying his shoes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 untying | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 untying | aux |
| 3 | untying | untie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 shoes | nmod:poss |
| 5 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 untying | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 untying | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | untie | present · progressive | He | his shoes | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Patient |
Example 3
Mum was untying the sack of apples.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 untying | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 untying | aux |
| 3 | untying | untie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sack | det |
| 5 | sack | sack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 untying | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 apples | case |
| 7 | apples | apple | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sack | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 untying | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | untie | past · progressive | Mum | the sack of apples | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sack=Patient |
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