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title: wrangle — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «wrangle» in the school dictionary: To argue noisily and for a long time, often about something small, and not agree. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# wrangle

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**Who acts:** you, They · **What happens:** argue, not agree, wrangle, own, not wrangle, take · **To what, where:** two boys, boat, turns

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To argue noisily and for a long time, often about something small, and not agree.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wrangle:m1:1
# text = To argue noisily and for a long time, often about something small, and not agree.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	argue	argue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	advcl	_	_
3	noisily	noisily	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
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	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	often	often	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	conj	_	_
13	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	agree	agree	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | noisily *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **agree** *speech: agree* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «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}

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The two boys wrangled over the last cake.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wrangle:x1:1
# text = The two boys wrangled over the last cake.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	wrangled	wrangle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wrangle** | participle |  | the two boys *not said here* |  |  |  | over the last cake | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.theme NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent over cake=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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They wrangled all afternoon about who owned the boat.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wrangle:x2:1
# text = They wrangled all afternoon about who owned the boat.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wrangled	wrangle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	owned	own	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wrangle** | past | They |  |  |  | afternoon |  | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **own** | past |  | the boat |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot boat=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Do not wrangle; take turns instead.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wrangle:x3:1
# text = Do not wrangle; take turns instead.
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	wrangle	wrangle	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	turns	turn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **wrangle** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **take** | infinitive | you *not said here* | turns |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme |

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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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