flattened

Who acts: storm, spirits, She, strong wind, cat, We · What happens: make, press, roll, squash, knock down, flatten · To what, where: trees, flat shape, spirits, dough, corn, ears · Speech: someone speaks here

«flattened» in the English dictionary: its 4 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: flattened in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

Made flat or flatter, for example by pressing, rolling or squashing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Made	xcomp
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 flatter	cc
4	flatter	flat	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 flat	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 example	punct
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 example	case
7	example	example	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Made	obl
8	by	by	SCONJ	_	9 pressing	mark
9	pressing	press	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Made	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 rolling	punct
11	rolling	roll	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 pressing	conj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 squashing	cc
13	squashing	squash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 pressing	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	make	participle	for example; flat property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent for example=Asset
2	press	gerund		vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
3	roll	gerund		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	squash	gerund		vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme

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.

Everyday, meaning 2

Knocked down to the ground: «the storm flattened the trees».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Knocked	knock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	down	down	ADP	_	1 Knocked	compound:prt
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 ground	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ground	det
5	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Knocked	obl
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 flattened	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 flattened	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 storm	det
9	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 flattened	nsubj
10	flattened	flatten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Knocked	parataxis
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 trees	det
12	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 flattened	obj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 flattened	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Knocked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock down	participle						to the ground	tree rules
2	flatten in a quote	past	the storm	the trees					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient

Everyday, meaning 3

Usage: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.

Having a flat shape: «a flattened ball».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 shape	det
3	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 shape	amod
4	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Having	obj
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Having	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 ball	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 ball	det
8	flattened	flatten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 ball	amod
9	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Having	obl
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 ball	punct
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Having	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	gerund		a flat shape				a flattened ball obl	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Patient
2	flatten in a quote	participle							vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Everyday, meaning 4

To flatten someone's spirits means to make them feel suddenly sad and discouraged.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 flatten	mark
2	flatten	flatten	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 means	csubj
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 spirits	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 someone	case
5	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 flatten	obj
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 make	mark
8	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 means	xcomp
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 make	obj
10	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 make	xcomp
11	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	12 sad	advmod
12	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 feel	xcomp
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 discouraged	cc
14	discouraged	discouraged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sad	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	flatten	to-infinitive		someone's spirits		vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spirit=Patient
2	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	make not said to happen	to-infinitive		spirits = spirit		tree rules
4	feel not said to happen	infinitive	spirits = spirit not said here		sad property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 1

She flattened the dough with a rolling pin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 flattened	nsubj
2	flattened	flatten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dough	det
4	dough	dough	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flattened	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 pin	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pin	det
7	rolling	roll	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 pin	amod
8	pin	pin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flattened	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 flattened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flatten	past	She	the dough				with a rolling pin	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent dough=Patient with pin=Instrument
2	roll	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

The strong wind flattened the corn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wind	det
2	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wind	amod
3	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flattened	nsubj
4	flattened	flatten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 corn	det
6	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flattened	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 flattened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flatten	past	the strong wind	the corn					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corn=Patient

Example 3

The cat flattened its ears because it was cross.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flattened	nsubj
3	flattened	flatten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 ears	nmod:poss
5	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 flattened	obj
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 cross	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 cross	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 cross	cop
9	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 flattened	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 flattened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flatten	past	the cat	cat's ears					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient
2	is	past	cat					cross property	tree rules

Example 4

The Earth is a little flattened at the top and bottom.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Earth	det
2	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 flattened	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 flattened	aux:pass
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 little	det
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 flattened	obl:unmarked
6	flattened	flatten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 top	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 top	det
9	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 flattened	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 bottom	cc
11	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 top	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 flattened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flatten	present · passive		the Earth		the top and bottom		a little obl:unmarked	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Example 5

We flattened the cardboard boxes for recycling.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 flattened	nsubj
2	flattened	flatten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boxes	det
4	cardboard	cardboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 boxes	compound
5	boxes	box	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 flattened	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 recycling	case
7	recycling	recycling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flattened	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 flattened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flatten	past	We	the cardboard boxes				for recycling	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Patient

Example 6

The grass was flattened where the tent had been.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 grass	det
2	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flattened	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 flattened	aux:pass
4	flattened	flatten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 been	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tent	det
7	tent	tent	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 been	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 been	aux
9	been	be	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 flattened	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 flattened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flatten	past · passive		the grass					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	be	past · perfect	the tent						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 7

When all were safely down they picked up the Scarecrow, whose body was quite flattened out, and patted his straw into shape again.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 down	advmod
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 down	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 down	cop
4	safely	safely	ADV	_	5 down	advmod
5	down	down	ADV	_	7 picked	advmod
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 picked	nsubj
7	picked	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 picked	compound:prt
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Scarecrow	det
10	Scarecrow	Scarecrow	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 flattened	nsubj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 flattened	punct
12	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	13 body	nmod:poss
13	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 flattened	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 flattened	aux:pass
15	quite	quite	ADV	_	16 flattened	advmod
16	flattened	flatten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 picked	conj
17	out	out	ADP	_	16 flattened	compound:prt
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 patted	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 patted	cc
20	patted	pat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 picked	conj
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 straw	nmod:poss
22	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 patted	obj
23	into	into	ADP	_	24 shape	case
24	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 patted	obl
25	again	again	ADV	_	20 patted	advmod
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 picked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	all				down, safely property	tree rules
2	pick up	past	they					vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	flatten out	past · passive		the Scarecrow			body nsubj	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
4	pat	past	they not said here	body's straw	shape	again		vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent straw=Experiencer

Example 8

And Samekh-Tzadi-Resh-Shin, between the teeth and tongue, lain down and flattened. [note 1: These last two words, שכובה ושטותה, are difficult to identify. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

Sentence 1: And Samekh-Tzadi-Resh-Shin, between the teeth and tongue, lain down and flattened.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	16 lain	cc
2	Samekh	Samekh	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 lain	nsubj
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 Tzadi	punct
4	Tzadi	Tzadi	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Samekh	flat
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 Resh	punct
6	Resh	Resh	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Samekh	conj
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 Shin	punct
8	Shin	Shin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Samekh	list
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 teeth	punct
10	between	between	ADP	_	12 teeth	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 teeth	det
12	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 Samekh	appos
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 tongue	cc
14	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 teeth	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 lain	punct
16	lain	lie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
17	down	down	ADP	_	16 lain	compound:prt
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 flattened	cc
19	flattened	flatten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 lain	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 lain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie down	participle	Samekh Shin and Resh						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	flatten	participle	Samekh Shin and Resh not said here						vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Sentence 2: [note 1: These last two words, שכובה ושטותה, are difficult to identify.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	[	[	PUNCT	_	2 note	punct
2	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 note	flat
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 words	punct
5	These	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	8 words	nsubj
6	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 words	amod
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 words	nummod
8	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 note	appos
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ושטותה	punct
10	שכובה	שכובה	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ושטותה	compound
11	ושטותה	ושטותה	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 words	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 difficult	punct
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 difficult	cop
14	difficult	difficult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 words	parataxis
15	to	to	PART	_	16 identify	mark
16	identify	identify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 difficult	xcomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 note	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	word		These	שכובה ושטותה conj	tree rules
2	is	present		difficult property	tree rules
3	identify	to-infinitive			vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Sentence 3: (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Sefer	punct
2	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Sefer	flat
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 translation	punct
5	Sefaria	Sefaria	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 translation	compound
6	community	community	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 translation	compound
7	translation	translation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Sefer	appos
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Sefer	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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📖 flattened

Everyday, meaning 1

Everyday, meaning 2

Everyday, meaning 3

Everyday, meaning 4

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