wry

Who acts: wry smile, twisted smile, Wry humour, He, She, Pinocchio · What happens: be, show, mix, give, tell, make · To what, where: twisted smile, dislike, wry smile, he, wry face, bitter medicine · Speech: someone speaks here

«wry» 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: wry in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A wry smile or wry face is a twisted smile or face that shows dislike, doubt or mixed feelings.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 smile	det
2	wry	wry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 smile	amod
3	smile	smile	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 smile	nsubj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 face	cc
5	wry	wry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 face	amod
6	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smile	conj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 smile	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 smile	det
9	twisted	twisted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 smile	amod
10	smile	smile	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 face	cc
12	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 smile	conj
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 shows	nsubj
14	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 smile	acl:relcl
15	dislike	dislike	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 shows	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 doubt	punct
17	doubt	doubt	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 dislike	conj
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 feelings	cc
19	mixed	mix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 feelings	amod
20	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 dislike	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 smile	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	a wry smile or wry face	a twisted smile or face	tree rules
2	show	present	a twisted smile or face	dislike and doubt or mixed feelings	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dislike=Recipient
3	mix	participle			vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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

Wry humour is dry and a little mocking.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wry	wry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 humour	amod
2	humour	humour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dry	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dry	cop
4	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 mocking	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 mocking	det
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 mocking	amod
8	mocking	mocking	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dry	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 dry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Wry humour					dry property	tree rules

Example 1

He gave a wry smile when he was told the news.

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 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 smile	det
4	wry	wry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 smile	amod
5	smile	smile	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 told	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 told	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 told	aux:pass
9	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 gave	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 news	det
11	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 told	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	He	a wry smile					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smile=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	past · passive		he					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient news=Topic

Example 2

She made a wry face at the bitter medicine.

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 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 face	det
4	wry	wry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 face	amod
5	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 medicine	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 medicine	det
8	bitter	bitter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 medicine	amod
9	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	She	a wry face		the bitter medicine			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Product

Example 3

"Pinocchio made a wry face," the story says.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct
2	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 face	det
5	wry	wry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 face	amod
6	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 says	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 says	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 story	det
10	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 says	nsubj
11	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	parataxis
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make in a quote	past	Pinocchio	a wry face					tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	the story						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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.

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