muck Who acts: Muck, Muck about/around, farmer, We, you, your · What happens: be, spread, mean, behave, muck up, spoil · To what, where: dirt mud, animal dung, fields, silly way, something, stable · Speech: someone speaks here
«muck» in the school 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: muck in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Muck is dirt, mud or something wet and dirty.
nsubj cop compound punct cc conj amod cc conj punct root Muck NOUN is AUX dirt NOUN , PUNCT mud NOUN or CCONJ something PRON wet ADJ and CCONJ dirty ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Muck muck NOUN Number=Sing 5 mud nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 mud cop 3 dirt dirt NOUN Number=Sing 5 mud compound 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 mud punct 5 mud mud NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 something cc 7 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 5 mud conj 8 wet wet ADJ Degree=Pos 7 something amod 9 and and CCONJ _ 10 dirty cc 10 dirty dirty ADJ Degree=Pos 8 wet conj 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 mud punct
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1 is a present Muck dirt mud tree rules
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 Muck is animal dung (poo), often spread on fields as manure.
The tree, 11 words nsubj cop compound punct appos punct punct advmod conj case obl case obl punct root Muck NOUN is AUX animal NOUN dung NOUN ( PUNCT poo NOUN ) PUNCT , PUNCT often ADV spread VERB on ADP fields NOUN as ADP manure NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Muck muck NOUN Number=Sing 4 dung nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 dung cop 3 animal animal NOUN Number=Sing 4 dung compound 4 dung dung NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 ( ( PUNCT _ 6 poo punct 6 poo poo NOUN Number=Sing 4 dung appos 7 ) ) PUNCT _ 6 poo punct 8 , , PUNCT _ 10 spread punct 9 often often ADV _ 10 spread advmod 10 spread spread VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 dung conj 11 on on ADP _ 12 fields case 12 fields field NOUN Number=Plur 10 spread obl 13 as as ADP _ 14 manure case 14 manure manure NOUN Number=Sing 10 spread obl 15 . . PUNCT _ 4 dung punct
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1 is a present Muck animal dung tree rules 2 spread participle Muck not said here fields as manure; often property vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on field=Location
Meaning 3 Usage: UK, informal — kept apart, not parsed.
Muck about/around means to behave in a silly way and waste time.
compound nsubj mark xcomp case det amod obl cc compound conj punct root Muck NOUN about/around NOUN means VERB to PART behave VERB in ADP a DET silly ADJ way NOUN and CCONJ waste NOUN time NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Muck muck NOUN Number=Sing 2 about/around compound 2 about/around about/around NOUN Number=Sing 3 means nsubj 3 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 behave mark 5 behave behave VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 means xcomp 6 in in ADP _ 9 way case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 way det 8 silly silly ADJ Degree=Pos 9 way amod 9 way way NOUN Number=Sing 5 behave obl 10 and and CCONJ _ 12 time cc 11 waste waste NOUN Number=Sing 12 time compound 12 time time NOUN Number=Sing 9 way conj 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 means punct
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1 mean present Muck about/around vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 behave not said to happen to-infinitive Muck about/around not said here a silly way and waste time vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
Meaning 4 Usage: UK, informal — kept apart, not parsed.
Muck up means to spoil or do something badly; muck in means to help with the work; muck out means to clean an animal's stable.
The tree, 26 words nsubj compound:prt mark xcomp cc conj obj advmod punct nsubj fixed parataxis mark xcomp case det obl punct nsubj compound:prt parataxis mark ccomp det nmod:poss case obj punct root Muck VERB up ADP means VERB to PART spoil VERB or CCONJ do VERB something PRON badly ADV ; PUNCT muck NOUN in ADP means VERB to PART help VERB with ADP the DET work NOUN ; PUNCT muck NOUN out ADP means VERB to PART clean VERB an DET animal NOUN 's PART stable NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Muck muck VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 means nsubj 2 up up ADP _ 1 Muck compound:prt 3 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 spoil mark 5 spoil spoil VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 means xcomp 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 do cc 7 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 spoil conj 8 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 7 do obj 9 badly badly ADV Degree=Pos 7 do advmod 10 ; ; PUNCT _ 13 means punct 11 muck muck NOUN Number=Sing 13 means nsubj 12 in in ADP _ 11 muck fixed 13 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 means parataxis 14 to to PART _ 15 help mark 15 help help VERB VerbForm=Inf 13 means xcomp 16 with with ADP _ 18 work case 17 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 18 work det 18 work work NOUN Number=Sing 15 help obl 19 ; ; PUNCT _ 22 means punct 20 muck muck NOUN Number=Sing 22 means nsubj 21 out out ADP _ 20 muck compound:prt 22 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 means parataxis 23 to to PART _ 24 clean mark 24 clean clean VERB VerbForm=Inf 22 means ccomp 25 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 26 animal det 26 animal animal NOUN Number=Sing 28 stable nmod:poss 27 's 's PART _ 26 animal case 28 stable stable NOUN Number=Sing 24 clean obj 29 . . PUNCT _ 3 means punct
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1 muck up infinitive tree rules 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 spoil not said to happen to-infinitive vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 4 do infinitive something badly property vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality 5 mean present muck vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 6 help not said to happen to-infinitive muck not said here with the work vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with work=Theme 7 mean present muck vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 8 clean not said to happen to-infinitive a animal's stable vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent stable=Patient
Example 1 Your trainers are covered in muck!
nmod:poss nsubj:pass aux:pass case obl punct root Your PRON trainers NOUN are AUX covered VERB in ADP muck NOUN ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 trainers nmod:poss 2 trainers trainer NOUN Number=Plur 4 covered nsubj:pass 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 covered aux:pass 4 covered cover VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 in in ADP _ 6 muck case 6 muck muck NOUN Number=Sing 4 covered obl 7 ! ! PUNCT _ 4 covered punct
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1 cover present · passive Your trainers in muck vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in muck=Theme
Example 2 The farmer spread muck on the field.
det nsubj obj case det obl punct root The DET farmer NOUN spread VERB muck NOUN on ADP the DET field NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 farmer det 2 farmer farmer NOUN Number=Sing 3 spread nsubj 3 spread spread VERB Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 muck muck NOUN Number=Sing 3 spread obj 5 on on ADP _ 7 field case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 field det 7 field field NOUN Number=Sing 3 spread obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 spread punct
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1 spread past the farmer muck the field vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent muck=Theme on field=Destination
Example 3 We took turns to muck out the stables.
nsubj obj mark advcl compound:prt det obj punct root We PRON took VERB turns NOUN to PART muck VERB out ADP the DET stables NOUN . PUNCT 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 took nsubj 2 took take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 turns turn NOUN Number=Plur 2 took obj 4 to to PART _ 5 muck mark 5 muck muck VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 took advcl 6 out out ADP _ 5 muck compound:prt 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 stables det 8 stables stable NOUN Number=Plur 5 muck obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 took punct
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1 take past We turns vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme 2 muck out to-infinitive We not said here the stables tree rules
Example 4 Stop mucking about and finish your work.
xcomp advmod cc conj nmod:poss obj punct root Stop VERB mucking VERB about ADV and CCONJ finish VERB your PRON work NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Stop stop VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 mucking muck VERB VerbForm=Ger 1 Stop xcomp 3 about about ADV _ 2 mucking advmod 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 finish cc 5 finish finish VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Stop conj 6 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 work nmod:poss 7 work work NOUN Number=Sing 5 finish obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 1 Stop punct
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1 stop imperative you not said here vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality 2 muck about gerund you not said here about property tree rules 3 finish infinitive you not said here your work vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality work=Eventuality 4 work your nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 5 I mucked up my spelling test.
nsubj compound:prt nmod:poss compound obj punct root I PRON mucked VERB up ADP my PRON spelling NOUN test NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 mucked nsubj 2 mucked muck VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 up up ADP _ 2 mucked compound:prt 4 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 test nmod:poss 5 spelling spelling NOUN Number=Sing 6 test compound 6 test test NOUN Number=Sing 2 mucked obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 mucked punct
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1 muck up past I my spelling test tree rules 2 test my nom test «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
Example 6 Everyone mucked in to tidy the hall after the party.
nsubj compound:prt mark advcl det obj case det obl punct root Everyone PRON mucked VERB in ADP to PART tidy VERB the DET hall NOUN after ADP the DET party NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 2 mucked nsubj 2 mucked muck VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 in in ADP _ 2 mucked compound:prt 4 to to PART _ 5 tidy mark 5 tidy tidy VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 mucked advcl 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 hall det 7 hall hall NOUN Number=Sing 5 tidy obj 8 after after ADP _ 10 party case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 party det 10 party party NOUN Number=Sing 5 tidy obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 mucked punct
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1 muck in past Everyone tree rules 2 tidy to-infinitive Everyone not said here the hall after the party tree rules
Example 7 Wipe the muck off the window.
det obj case det obl punct root Wipe VERB the DET muck NOUN off ADP the DET window NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Wipe wipe VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 muck det 3 muck muck NOUN Number=Sing 1 Wipe obj 4 off off ADP _ 6 window case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 window det 6 window window NOUN Number=Sing 1 Wipe obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 1 Wipe punct
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1 wipe imperative you not said here the muck the window vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent muck=Theme off window=Trajectory
Example 8 There you will find a sorry colt rolling in the muck.
expl nsubj aux det amod obj acl case det obl punct root There PRON you PRON will AUX find VERB a DET sorry ADJ colt NOUN rolling VERB in ADP the DET muck NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 There there PRON PronType=Dem 4 find expl 2 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 find nsubj 3 will will AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 find aux 4 find find VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 colt det 6 sorry sorry ADJ Degree=Pos 7 colt amod 7 colt colt NOUN Number=Sing 4 find obj 8 rolling roll VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 colt acl 9 in in ADP _ 11 muck case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 muck det 11 muck muck NOUN Number=Sing 8 rolling obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 find punct
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1 find future you a sorry colt there vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colt=Topic 2 roll gerund a sorry colt not said here the muck vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in muck=Trajectory
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