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title: entwine — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «entwine» in the school dictionary: To entwine things is to twist or wind them together so that they are joined or tangled. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# entwine

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**Who acts:** Ivy, two girls, Roses · **What happens:** entwine, be, join, tangle · **To what, where:** things, itself, old gate, fingers, garden wall, branches

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To entwine things is to twist or wind them together so that they are joined or tangled.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:entwine:m1:1
# text = To entwine things is to twist or wind them together so that they are joined or tangled.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	entwine	entwine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
3	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	twist	twist	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	together	together	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
11	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	15	mark	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	joined	join	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	tangled	tangle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **entwine** | to-infinitive |  | things |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | together, twist *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **join** | present · passive |  | things *= thing* |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 4 | **tangle** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 -->
Ivy entwined itself around the old gate.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:entwine:x1:1
# text = Ivy entwined itself around the old gate.
1	Ivy	Ivy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	entwined	entwine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	around	around	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **entwine** | past | Ivy | itself *= it* |  | the old gate |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The two girls entwined their fingers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:entwine:x2:1
# text = The two girls entwined their fingers.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	entwined	entwine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **entwine** | past | the two girls | girls's fingers |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Roses entwined the garden wall.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:entwine:x3:1
# text = Roses entwined the garden wall.
1	Roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	entwined	entwine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **entwine** | past | Roses | the garden wall |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The branches were entwined above the path.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:entwine:x4:1
# text = The branches were entwined above the path.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	entwined	entwine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	above	above	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **entwine** | past · passive |  | the branches |  | the path |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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**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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