mud

Who acts: Mud, someone, football pitch, car, Pigs, you · What happens: be, mean, say, make, look, throw · To what, where: things, someone, mud, muddy boots, mud pies, garden · Speech: someone speaks here

«mud» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: mud in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Mud is wet, soft, sticky earth.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wet	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wet	cop
3	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 soft	punct
5	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wet	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 earth	punct
7	sticky	sticky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 earth	amod
8	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wet	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Mud					wet property	tree rules
2	be		Mud not said here						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

Mud can mean things said to make someone look bad, as in "throw mud" (informal).

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mean	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 mean	aux
3	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 mean	obj
5	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 things	acl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 make	mark
7	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 said	advcl
8	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 make	obj
9	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 make	xcomp
10	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 look	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 throw	punct
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 throw	mark
13	in	in	ADP	_	12 as	fixed
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 throw	punct
15	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 look	conj
16	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 throw	obj
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 throw	punct
18	(	(	PUNCT	_	19 informal	punct
19	informal	informal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 throw	parataxis
20	)	)	PUNCT	_	19 informal	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	can	Mud	things		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic
2	say speech: assert	participle		things not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	make	to-infinitive		someone		tree rules
4	look	infinitive	someone not said here		bad property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
5	throw in a quote	infinitive	someone not said here	mud		tree rules

Example 1

The football pitch was full of mud.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pitch	det
2	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pitch	compound
3	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 full	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 full	cop
5	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 mud	case
7	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 full	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 full	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the football pitch					of mud; full property	tree rules

Example 2

The car got stuck in the mud.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 car	det
2	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	nsubj
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 got	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 mud	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mud	det
7	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stuck	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the car					stuck property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Example 3

Pigs roll in mud to cool down.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 roll	nsubj
2	roll	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 mud	case
4	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 roll	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 cool	mark
6	cool	cool	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 roll	advcl
7	down	down	ADP	_	6 cool	compound:prt
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 roll	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll	present	Pigs			mud			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mud=Trajectory
2	cool down	to-infinitive	Pigs not said here						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 4

Take off your muddy boots!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	off	off	ADP	_	1 Take	compound:prt
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 boots	nmod:poss
4	muddy	muddy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 boots	amod
5	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Take	obj
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take off	imperative	you not said here	your muddy boots					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boot=Theme

Example 5

We made mud pies in the garden.

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 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pies	compound
4	pies	pie	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 made	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 garden	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 garden	det
7	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	We	mud pies		the garden			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pie=Product

Example 6

Your explanation is as clear as mud.

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 explanation	nmod:poss
2	explanation	explanation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 clear	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 clear	cop
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 clear	advmod
5	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	7 mud	case
7	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 clear	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 clear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Your explanation					as mud; clear property	tree rules
2	explain		Your						nom explanation «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 7

Why, there is mud all over his face and paws!’

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 is	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct
3	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	4 is	expl
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 face	cop
5	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 is	nsubj
6	all	all	ADV	_	9 face	advmod
7	over	over	ADP	_	9 face	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 face	nmod:poss
9	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 paws	cc
11	paws	paw	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 face	conj
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	9 face	punct
13	’	'	PUNCT	_	9 face	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present				mud's face and paws		all property	tree rules

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