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title: tweak — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «tweak» in the school dictionary: To pinch and twist something quickly, such as a nose. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# tweak

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**Who acts:** you, They, I · **What happens:** pinch, twist, make, tweak, pass on · **To what, where:** something, small adjustment, nose, settings, screen, recipe

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«tweak» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [tweak in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tweak.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To pinch and twist something quickly, such as a nose.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tweak:m1:1
# text = To pinch and twist something quickly, such as a nose.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pinch	pinch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	twist	twist	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	11	case	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pinch** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **twist** | imperative | you *not said here* | something |  |  |  | such a nose; quickly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent something=Theme |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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To make a small adjustment to something.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tweak:m2:1
# text = To make a small adjustment to something.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	adjustment	adjustment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	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 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | a small adjustment |  |  |  | to something | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset adjustment=Product |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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They tweaked Peter's nose and passed on.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tweak:x1:1
# text = They tweaked Peter's nose and passed on.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tweaked	tweak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tweak** | past | They | Peter's nose |  |  |  |  | vn touch-20 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Experiencer |
| 2 | **pass on** | participle | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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I tweaked the settings on the screen.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tweak:x2:1
# text = I tweaked the settings on the screen.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tweaked	tweak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	settings	setting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	screen	screen	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 | **tweak** | past | I | the settings |  | the screen |  |  | vn touch-20 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent setting=Experiencer |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Tweak the recipe a little.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tweak:x3:1
# text = Tweak the recipe a little.
1	Tweak	tweak	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	recipe	recipe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tweak** | imperative | you *not said here* | the recipe |  |  |  | a little *obl:unmarked* | vn touch-20 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recipe=Experiencer |

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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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