silt

Who acts: river, Silt, water, Farmers · What happens: carry, flow, leave, silt up, mean, become · To what, where: soil, bottom, silt, fields, harbour, crops · Speech: someone speaks here

«silt» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: silt in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Fine sand, mud and soil carried by flowing water and left at the bottom of rivers, lakes or harbours.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sand	amod
2	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 mud	punct
4	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sand	conj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 soil	cc
6	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sand	conj
7	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 soil	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 water	case
9	flowing	flow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 water	amod
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carried	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 left	cc
12	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 carried	conj
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 bottom	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 bottom	det
15	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 left	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 rivers	case
17	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 bottom	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 lakes	punct
19	lakes	lake	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 rivers	conj
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 harbours	cc
21	harbours	harbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 rivers	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sand	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	carry	participle	soil not said here		by flowing water	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	flow	gerund				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	leave	participle		the bottom of rivers and lakes or harbours		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at bottom=Location

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

Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

«Silt up» means to become blocked with silt.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Silt	punct
2	Silt	silt	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 means	nsubj
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 Silt	compound:prt
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Silt	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 become	mark
7	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 means	xcomp
8	blocked	block	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 become	xcomp
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 silt	case
10	silt	silt	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 blocked	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	silt up in a quote	infinitive		tree rules
2	mean	present		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	become not said to happen	to-infinitive		tree rules
4	block	participle	with silt	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with silt=Theme

Example 1

The river left silt on the fields after the flood.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 river	det
2	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 river	acl
4	silt	silt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 fields	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fields	det
7	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 left	obl
8	after	after	ADP	_	10 flood	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 flood	det
10	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 river	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	participle	the river not said here	silt		the fields	after the flood		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent silt=Theme on field=Location

Example 2

Silt makes the soil rich for farming.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Silt	silt	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 soil	det
4	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 makes	xcomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 farming	case
7	farming	farming	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rich	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Silt	the soil				rich property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset soil=Product

Example 3

The harbour silted up over time.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 harbour	det
2	harbour	harbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	silted	silt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 harbour	acl
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 silted	compound:prt
5	over	over	ADP	_	6 time	case
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 silted	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 harbour	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	silt up	participle		the harbour not said here			time		tree rules

Example 4

The water was brown with silt.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the water					with silt; brown property	tree rules

Example 5

Silt is finer than sand.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Silt	silt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 finer	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 finer	cop
3	finer	fine	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	than	than	ADP	_	5 sand	case
5	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 finer	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 finer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Silt					than sand; fine property	tree rules

Example 6

Farmers by the Nile used the silt to grow crops.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 used	nsubj
2	by	by	ADP	_	4 Nile	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Nile	det
4	Nile	Nile	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Farmers	nmod
5	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 silt	det
7	silt	silt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 used	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 grow	mark
9	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 silt	acl
10	crops	crop	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 grow	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	Farmers by the Nile	the silt					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent silt=Patient
2	grow	to-infinitive	Farmers by the Nile not said here	crops					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location crop=Theme

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