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title: disentangle — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «disentangle» in the school dictionary: To disentangle is to untangle things that have become knotted or caught up together, so that they lie free and straight. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# disentangle

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**Who acts:** things, It, you, farmer, She · **What happens:** disentangle, be, become, knot, catch up, lie · **To what, where:** me, knotted kite string, necklaces, fox, wool

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«disentangle» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: [disentangle in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/disentangle.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To disentangle is to untangle things that have become knotted or caught up together, so that they lie free and straight.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disentangle:m1:1
# text = To disentangle is to untangle things that have become knotted or caught up together, so that they lie free and straight.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	disentangle	disentangle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	untangle	untangle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	become	become	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	knotted	knot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	xcomp	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	conj	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	together	together	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	19	mark	_	_
17	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	fixed	_	_
18	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	lie	lie	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
20	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	xcomp	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	straight	straight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disentangle** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn separate-23.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | untangle *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **become** | present · perfect | things |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **knot** | participle | things *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **catch up** | participle | things *not said here* |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **lie** | present | things *= thing* |  |  |  |  | free *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It took me ten minutes to disentangle the knotted kite string.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disentangle:x1:1
# text = It took me ten minutes to disentangle the knotted kite string.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	disentangle	disentangle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	knotted	knot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
10	kite	kite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | It |  | me |  | minute |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination |
| 2 | **disentangle** | to-infinitive |  | the knotted kite string |  |  |  |  | vn separate-23.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Patient |
| 3 | **knot** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Can you disentangle these necklaces?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disentangle:x2:1
# text = Can you disentangle these necklaces?
1	Can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	disentangle	disentangle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	necklaces	necklace	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disentangle** | can | you | this necklaces |  |  |  |  | vn separate-23.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent necklace=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The farmer disentangled the fox from the net.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disentangle:x3:1
# text = The farmer disentangled the fox from the net.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	disentangled	disentangle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	net	net	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disentangle** | participle | the farmer *not said here* | the fox |  |  |  | from the net | vn separate-23.1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent fox=Patient from net=Co-Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She tried to disentangle the wool.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:disentangle:x4:1
# text = She tried to disentangle the wool.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	disentangle	disentangle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wool	wool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **disentangle** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | the wool |  |  |  |  | vn separate-23.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wool=Patient |

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