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title: tingle — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «tingle» in the school dictionary: When a part of your body tingles, you feel lots of tiny prickles in it, like pins and needles. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# tingle

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** part, you, tingle, foot, fingers, she · **What happens:** tingle, feel, mean, be, sit, warm · **To what, where:** lots, part, fear, light feeling, foot, it · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«tingle» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [tingle in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tingle.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
When a part of your body tingles, you feel lots of tiny prickles in it, like pins and needles.

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tingle:m1:1
# text = When a part of your body tingles, you feel lots of tiny prickles in it, like pins and needles.
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	tingles	tingle	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	prickles	prickle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	like	like	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	pins	pin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	needles	needle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tingle** | present | a part of your body |  |  |  |  |  | vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **feel** | present | you | lots of tiny prickles |  | part |  | like pins and needles | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent lot=Theme in it=Location |

<!-- .note -->
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 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To tingle with a feeling, such as excitement or fear, means to feel it strongly all over.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tingle:m2:1
# text = To tingle with a feeling, such as excitement or fear, means to feel it strongly all over.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	tingle	tingle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	csubj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	9	case	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	excitement	excitement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
13	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	strongly	strongly	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
18	all	all	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	over	over	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tingle** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with a feeling such excitement or fear | vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **feel** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | fear |  |  |  | over, strongly *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A tingle is that light prickly feeling.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tingle:m3:1
# text = A tingle is that light prickly feeling.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tingle	tingle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
6	prickly	prickly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
7	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a tingle | light feeling |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My foot tingled after I sat on it for too long.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tingle:x1:1
# text = My foot tingled after I sat on it for too long.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	tingled	tingle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
6	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	too	too	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tingle** | participle |  | My foot *not said here* |  |  | after I |  | vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **sit** | past | My foot |  |  | it |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on it=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her fingers tingled when she warmed them by the fire.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tingle:x2:1
# text = Her fingers tingled when she warmed them by the fire.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tingled	tingle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	warmed	warm	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tingle** | past | Her fingers |  |  |  |  |  | vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **warm** | past | she | fingers *= finger* |  |  |  | by the fire | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I tingled with excitement before the school play.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tingle:x3:1
# text = I tingled with excitement before the school play.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tingled	tingle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	excitement	excitement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tingle** | past | I |  |  |  | before the school play | with excitement | vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A tingle ran down his spine when he heard the creaky door.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tingle:x4:1
# text = A tingle ran down his spine when he heard the creaky door.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tingle	tingle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	spine	spine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	creaky	creaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run down** | past | a tingle | tingle's spine |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme spine=Trajectory |
| 2 | **hear** | past | tingle | the creaky door |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer door=Stimulus |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mint toothpaste makes my mouth tingle.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tingle:x5:1
# text = Mint toothpaste makes my mouth tingle.
1	Mint	mint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	toothpaste	toothpaste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	tingle	tingle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Mint toothpaste | my mouth tingle |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tingle=Product |
| 2 | **tingle** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom tingle «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The cold water made my skin tingle.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tingle:x6:1
# text = The cold water made my skin tingle.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	tingle	tingle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle | the cold water *not said here* | my skin tingle |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tingle=Product |
| 2 | **tingle** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom tingle «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
If your arm tingles for a long time, tell an adult.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tingle:x7:1
# text = If your arm tingles for a long time, tell an adult.
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tingles	tingle	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
10	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tingle** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | your arm |  |  |  | time |  | vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | a adult |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Then he began to feel a curious tingling sensation all over him.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tingle:x8:1
# text = Then he began to feel a curious tingling sensation all over him.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	curious	curious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	tingling	tingling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	sensation	sensation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	all	all	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	over	over	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin** | past | he |  |  |  | then |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **feel** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | a curious tingling sensation |  |  |  | over him *= he* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sensation=Theme over he=Location |

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