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title: intertwine — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «intertwine» in the school dictionary: To twist or wind together so that the parts become mixed up and linked. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# intertwine

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**Who acts:** parts, fingers · **What happens:** twist, become, mix up, link, intertwine, hold · **To what, where:** two vines, tree, hands, Snakes, hair

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«intertwine» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: [intertwine in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/intertwine.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To twist or wind together so that the parts become mixed up and linked.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intertwine:m1:1
# text = To twist or wind together so that the parts become mixed up and linked.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	twist	twist	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	together	together	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	10	mark	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
11	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	xcomp	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	linked	link	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **twist** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **become** | present | the parts |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **mix up** | participle | the parts *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **link** | participle | the parts *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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}

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The two vines intertwined around the tree.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intertwine:x1:1
# text = The two vines intertwined around the tree.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	vines	vine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	intertwined	intertwine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	around	around	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **intertwine** | participle |  | the two vines *not said here* |  | the tree |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Their fingers intertwined as they held hands.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intertwine:x2:1
# text = Their fingers intertwined as they held hands.
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	intertwined	intertwine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **intertwine** | participle | Their fingers |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **hold** | past | fingers *= finger* | hands |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Snakes intertwined in her hair.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:intertwine:x3:1
# text = Snakes intertwined in her hair.
1	Snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	intertwined	intertwine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **intertwine** | participle |  | Snakes *not said here* |  | her hair |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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