wrestle

Who acts: He, Mum, Wrestling, I · What happens: fight, hold, push, try, get, struggle · To what, where: someone, them, wrestle, two brothers, grass, huge suitcase

«wrestle» 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: wrestle in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To fight by holding and pushing someone, trying to get them to the ground, as a sport or in play.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 fight	mark
2	fight	fight	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	SCONJ	_	4 holding	mark
4	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 fight	advcl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 pushing	cc
6	pushing	push	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 holding	conj
7	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 pushing	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 trying	punct
9	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 holding	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 get	mark
11	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 trying	xcomp
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 get	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 ground	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 ground	det
15	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 get	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 sport	punct
17	as	as	ADP	_	19 sport	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 sport	det
19	sport	sport	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 get	parataxis
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	22 play	cc
21	in	in	ADP	_	22 play	case
22	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sport	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 fight	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fight	to-infinitive			vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hold	gerund			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	push	gerund	someone		vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme
4	try	gerund			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
5	get not said to happen	to-infinitive	them = they	to the ground	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

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 struggle hard with a problem or a difficult object: wrestle with homework.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 struggle	mark
2	struggle	struggle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 struggle	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 problem	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 problem	det
6	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struggle	obl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 object	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 object	det
9	difficult	difficult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 object	amod
10	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 problem	conj
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 wrestle	punct
12	wrestle	wrestle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struggle	obl
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 homework	case
14	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wrestle	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 struggle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	struggle	to-infinitive		wrestle with homework				with a problem or a difficult object; hard property	vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with problem=Co-Agent

Example 1

The two brothers wrestled on the grass.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 brothers	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 brothers	nummod
3	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	wrestled	wrestle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 brothers	acl
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 grass	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 grass	det
7	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wrestled	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 brothers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrestle	participle		the two brothers not said here		the grass			vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

He wrestled with the tricky fraction problem for ages.

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	2 wrestled	nsubj
2	wrestled	wrestle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	7 problem	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 problem	det
5	tricky	tricky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 problem	amod
6	fraction	fraction	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 problem	compound
7	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrestled	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 ages	case
9	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 problem	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wrestled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrestle	past	He					with the tricky fraction problem for ages	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with problem=Co-Agent

Example 3

Mum wrestled the huge suitcase onto the train.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrestled	nsubj
2	wrestled	wrestle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 suitcase	det
4	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 suitcase	amod
5	suitcase	suitcase	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrestled	obj
6	onto	onto	ADP	_	8 train	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 train	det
8	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrestled	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wrestled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrestle	past	Mum	the huge suitcase		the train			vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suitcase=Co-Agent

Example 4

Wrestling is an old Olympic sport.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrestling	wrestling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sport	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sport	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sport	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sport	amod
5	Olympic	olympic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sport	amod
6	sport	sport	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 sport	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Wrestling	a old Olympic sport					tree rules

Example 5

The puppy wrestled with the rope toy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 puppy	det
2	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	wrestled	wrestle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 puppy	acl
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 toy	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 toy	det
6	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 toy	compound
7	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrestled	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 puppy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrestle	participle		the puppy not said here				with the rope toy	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with toy=Co-Agent

Example 6

I wrestled with the choice between the two books.

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 wrestled	nsubj
2	wrestled	wrestle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 choice	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 choice	det
5	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrestled	obl
6	between	between	ADP	_	9 books	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 books	det
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 books	nummod
9	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wrestled	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wrestled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrestle	past	I					with the choice; between the two books	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with choice=Co-Agent

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