wrangle

Who acts: you, They · What happens: argue, not agree, wrangle, own, not wrangle, take · To what, where: two boys, boat, turns

«wrangle» 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: wrangle in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To argue noisily and for a long time, often about something small, and not agree.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 argue	mark
2	argue	argue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 agree	advcl
3	noisily	noisily	ADV	_	2 argue	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 time	cc
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 time	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 time	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 time	amod
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 noisily	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 something	punct
10	often	often	ADV	_	12 something	advmod
11	about	about	ADP	_	12 something	case
12	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 argue	conj
13	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 something	amod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 agree	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 agree	cc
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 agree	advmod
17	agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 agree	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	argue speech: disagree	to-infinitive	you not said here					noisily property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not agree speech: agree	imperative	you not said here						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

The two boys wrangled over the last cake.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boys	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 boys	nummod
3	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	wrangled	wrangle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 boys	acl
5	over	over	ADP	_	8 cake	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cake	det
7	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cake	amod
8	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wrangled	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 boys	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrangle	participle		the two boys not said here				over the last cake	vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.theme NP S_ING»: agent=Agent over cake=Theme

Example 2

They wrangled all afternoon about who owned the boat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wrangled	nsubj
2	wrangled	wrangle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 afternoon	det
4	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrangled	obl:unmarked
5	about	about	SCONJ	_	7 owned	mark
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 owned	nsubj
7	owned	own	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wrangled	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 boat	det
9	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 owned	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wrangled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrangle	past	They				afternoon		vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	own	past		the boat					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot boat=Theme

Example 3

Do not wrangle; take turns instead.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 wrangle	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 wrangle	advmod
3	wrangle	wrangle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 take	punct
5	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 wrangle	conj
6	turns	turn	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 take	obj
7	instead	instead	ADV	_	5 take	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wrangle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not wrangle	imperative · do-support	you not said here						vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	take	infinitive	you not said here	turns				instead property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme

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