writhed
Who acts: caterpillar, She · What happens: writhe, mean, turn, wriggle, get · To what, where: body, dragon, pebbles, chair · Speech: someone speaks here
«writhed» 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: writhed in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Writhed means twisted and turned the body, in pain or in a struggle.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Writhed | writhe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | twisted | twisted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 turned | cc |
| 5 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 means | conj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 body | det |
| 7 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 turned | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 pain | punct |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 pain | case |
| 10 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 turned | obl |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 struggle | cc |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 struggle | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 struggle | det |
| 14 | struggle | struggle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 pain | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | writhe | participle | vn body_internal_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | twisted property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | turn | past | the body | in pain or a struggle | 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
Writhed can mean wriggled hard to get free.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Writhed | writhe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 mean | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 mean | aux |
| 3 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | wriggled | wriggle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 mean | ccomp |
| 5 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 wriggled | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 get | mark |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 wriggled | advcl |
| 8 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 get | xcomp |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | writhe | participle | vn body_internal_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | mean | can | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | wriggle | participle | hard property | vn body_internal_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | get | to-infinitive | free property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Example 1
The caterpillar writhed free of its shell.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 caterpillar | det |
| 2 | caterpillar | caterpillar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 writhed | nsubj |
| 3 | writhed | writhe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 writhed | xcomp |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 shell | case |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 shell | nmod:poss |
| 7 | shell | shell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 free | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 writhed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | writhe | past | the caterpillar | free property | vn body_internal_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Example 2
The dragon writhed on the pebbles.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dragon | det |
| 2 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | writhed | writhe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 dragon | acl |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 pebbles | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 pebbles | det |
| 6 | pebbles | pebble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 writhed | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 dragon | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | writhe | participle | the dragon not said here | the pebbles | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on pebble=Location |
Example 3
She writhed in her chair with embarrassment.
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 writhed | nsubj |
| 2 | writhed | writhe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 chair | case |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 chair | nmod:poss |
| 5 | chair | chair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 writhed | obl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 embarrassment | case |
| 7 | embarrassment | embarrassment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 chair | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 writhed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | writhe | past | She | her chair with embarrassment | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in chair=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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