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writhe

Who acts: writhe, He · What happens: writhe, be, turn, mean, wriggle, get · To what, where: body, worm, hook, pain, snake, dry stones

«writhe» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: writhe in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To writhe is to twist and turn the body, often in pain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 writhe	mark
2	writhe	writhe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 twist	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 twist	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 twist	mark
5	twist	twist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 turn	cc
7	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 twist	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 body	det
9	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 turn	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 pain	punct
11	often	often	ADV	_	13 pain	advmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 pain	case
13	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 turn	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 twist	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	writhe	to-infinitive							vn body_internal_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present						twist property	tree rules
3	turn	infinitive		the body				in pain	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent body=Patient in pain=Topic

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 writhe can mean to wriggle hard to get free of a hold.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 writhe	mark
2	writhe	writhe	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mean	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 wriggle	mark
6	wriggle	wriggle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 mean	xcomp
7	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wriggle	xcomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 get	mark
9	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 hard	xcomp
10	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 get	xcomp
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 hold	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 hold	det
13	hold	hold	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 free	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	can	writhe						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	wriggle not said to happen	to-infinitive	writhe not said here					hard property	vn body_internal_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	get	to-infinitive	writhe not said here					free property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Example 1

The worm writhed on the hook.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 worm	det
2	worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	writhed	writhe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 worm	acl
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 hook	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hook	det
6	hook	hook	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 writhed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 worm	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	writhe	participle		the worm not said here		the hook			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on hook=Location

Example 2

He writhed in pain on the floor.

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 writhed	nsubj
2	writhed	writhe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 pain	case
4	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 writhed	obl
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 floor	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 floor	det
7	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 writhed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 writhed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	writhe	past	He			pain		on the floor	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pain=Location

Example 3

The snake writhed on the dry stones.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 snake	det
2	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	writhed	writhe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 snake	acl
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 stones	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stones	det
6	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stones	amod
7	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 writhed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 snake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	writhe	participle		the snake not said here		the dry stones			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on stone=Location

Example 4

Nothing for maths.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 maths	case
3	maths	math	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Nothing	nmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct

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

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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