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title: wrangling — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «wrangling» in the school dictionary: Noisy and long argument between people, or the act of arguing in this way. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# wrangling

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**Who acts:** act, wrangling, Their · **What happens:** argue, go on, wake, wrangle, get · **To what, where:** way, whole house, them

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Noisy and long argument between people, or the act of arguing in this way.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wrangling:m1:1
# text = Noisy and long argument between people, or the act of arguing in this way.
1	Noisy	noisy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	argument	argument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
11	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	arguing	argue	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	det	_	_
15	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | gerund | the act *not said here* |  |  | this way |  |  | 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 wrangling went on until night.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wrangling:x1:1
# text = The wrangling went on until night.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wrangling	wrangling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	until	until	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | past | the wrangling |  |  |  | night |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Their wrangling woke the whole house.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wrangling:x2:1
# text = Their wrangling woke the whole house.
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	wrangling	wrangling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	woke	wake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wake** | past | Their wrangling | the whole house |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent house=Patient |
| 2 | **wrangle** |  | Their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom wrangling «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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All that wrangling got them nowhere.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:wrangling:x3:1
# text = All that wrangling got them nowhere.
1	All	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	3	det:predet	_	_
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	wrangling	wrangling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	nowhere	nowhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | all wrangling | them *= they* |  |  |  | nowhere *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

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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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