slack Who acts: Slack, business, That, Slacks, rope, you · What happens: mean, not pull, be, slack, slack off, cut · To what, where: slack, someone, casual trousers, washing line, homework, her · Speech: someone speaks here
«slack» in the school dictionary: its 7 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: slack in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Slack means loose, not pulled tight: a slack rope.
nsubj xcomp punct advmod conj advmod punct det amod parataxis punct root Slack NOUN means VERB loose ADJ , PUNCT not PART pulled VERB tight ADV : PUNCT a DET slack ADJ rope NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Slack slack NOUN Number=Sing 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 loose loose ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means xcomp 4 , , PUNCT _ 6 pulled punct 5 not not PART Polarity=Neg 6 pulled advmod 6 pulled pull VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 loose conj 7 tight tight ADV _ 6 pulled advmod 8 : : PUNCT _ 11 rope punct 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 rope det 10 slack slack ADJ Degree=Pos 11 rope amod 11 rope rope NOUN Number=Sing 2 means parataxis 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Slack loose property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 not pull participle Slack not said here tight property vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: 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.
Meaning 2 Slack means not busy: business is slack in winter.
nsubj advmod xcomp punct nsubj cop conj case obl punct root Slack NOUN means VERB not PART busy ADJ : PUNCT business NOUN is AUX slack ADJ in ADP winter NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Slack slack NOUN Number=Sing 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 not not PART Polarity=Neg 4 busy advmod 4 busy busy ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means xcomp 5 : : PUNCT _ 8 slack punct 6 business business NOUN Number=Sing 8 slack nsubj 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 slack cop 8 slack slack ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means conj 9 in in ADP _ 10 winter case 10 winter winter NOUN Number=Sing 8 slack obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Slack busy property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 is present business winter slack property tree rules
Meaning 3 Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.
Slack means lazy or careless: slack work.
nsubj xcomp cc conj punct amod parataxis punct root Slack NOUN means VERB lazy ADJ or CCONJ careless ADJ : PUNCT slack ADJ work NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Slack slack NOUN Number=Sing 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 lazy lazy ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means xcomp 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 careless cc 5 careless careless ADJ Degree=Pos 3 lazy conj 6 : : PUNCT _ 8 work punct 7 slack slack ADJ Degree=Pos 8 work amod 8 work work NOUN Number=Sing 2 means parataxis 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Slack lazy property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Meaning 4 To slack or slack off is to work less hard than you should.
mark advcl cc conj compound:prt cop mark advmod advmod mark nsubj advcl punct root To PART slack VERB or CCONJ slack VERB off ADP is AUX to PART work VERB less ADV hard ADV than SCONJ you PRON should AUX . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 slack mark 2 slack slack VERB VerbForm=Inf 8 work advcl 3 or or CCONJ _ 4 slack cc 4 slack slack VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 slack conj 5 off off ADP _ 4 slack compound:prt 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 work cop 7 to to PART _ 8 work mark 8 work work VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 9 less less ADV Degree=Cmp 10 hard advmod 10 hard hard ADV Degree=Pos 8 work advmod 11 than than SCONJ _ 13 should mark 12 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 13 should nsubj 13 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 10 hard advcl 14 . . PUNCT _ 8 work punct
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1 slack to-infinitive vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 slack off infinitive vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 3 is present hard, work property tree rules
Meaning 5 Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.
"Cut someone some slack" means be less strict and more forgiving with them.
The tree, 13 words punct nsubj obj det obj punct cop advmod ccomp cc advmod conj case obl punct root " PUNCT Cut VERB someone PRON some DET slack NOUN " PUNCT means VERB be AUX less ADV strict ADJ and CCONJ more ADV forgiving VERB with ADP them PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 2 Cut punct 2 Cut cut VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 7 means nsubj 3 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 Cut obj 4 some some DET PronType=Ind 5 slack det 5 slack slack NOUN Number=Sing 2 Cut obj 6 " " PUNCT _ 2 Cut punct 7 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 10 strict cop 9 less less ADV Degree=Cmp 10 strict advmod 10 strict strict ADJ Degree=Pos 7 means ccomp 11 and and CCONJ _ 13 forgiving cc 12 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 13 forgiving advmod 13 forgiving forgive VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 10 strict conj 14 with with ADP _ 15 them case 15 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 forgiving obl 16 . . PUNCT _ 7 means punct
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1 cut in a quote infinitive some slack someone vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset someone=Beneficiary slack=Product 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 3 is infinitive less, strict property tree rules 4 forgive gerund with them = they vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Meaning 6 Usage: UK slang — kept apart, not parsed.
"That's slack" can mean unfair or mean.
punct nsubj cop nsubj punct aux xcomp cc conj punct root " PUNCT That PRON 's AUX slack ADJ " PUNCT can AUX mean VERB unfair ADJ or CCONJ mean ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 4 slack punct 2 That that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 4 slack nsubj 3 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 slack cop 4 slack slack ADJ Degree=Pos 7 mean nsubj 5 " " PUNCT _ 4 slack punct 6 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 mean aux 7 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 8 unfair unfair ADJ Degree=Pos 7 mean xcomp 9 or or CCONJ _ 10 mean cc 10 mean mean ADJ Degree=Pos 8 unfair conj 11 . . PUNCT _ 7 mean punct
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1 is in a quote present That slack property tree rules 2 mean can slack unfair property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Meaning 7 Slacks are casual trousers.
nsubj cop amod punct root Slacks NOUN are AUX casual ADJ trousers NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Slacks slack NOUN Number=Plur 4 trousers nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 trousers cop 3 casual casual ADJ Degree=Pos 4 trousers amod 4 trousers trousers NOUN Number=Plur root root 5 . . PUNCT _ 4 trousers punct
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1 is a present Slacks casual trousers tree rules
Example 1 The rope went slack when he let go.
det nsubj xcomp advmod nsubj advcl xcomp punct root The DET rope NOUN went VERB slack ADJ when ADV he PRON let VERB go VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 rope det 2 rope rope NOUN Number=Sing 3 went nsubj 3 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 slack slack ADJ Degree=Pos 3 went xcomp 5 when when ADV PronType=Int 7 let advmod 6 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 let nsubj 7 let let VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 went advcl 8 go go VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 let xcomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 went punct
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1 go past the rope slack property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 let past rope tree rules 3 go infinitive rope not said here vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 2 Pull the washing line tight so it isn't slack.
det compound obj advmod advmod nsubj cop advmod advcl punct root Pull VERB the DET washing NOUN line NOUN tight ADV so ADV it PRON is AUX n't PART slack ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Pull pull VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 line det 3 washing washing NOUN Number=Sing 4 line compound 4 line line NOUN Number=Sing 1 Pull obj 5 tight tight ADV _ 1 Pull advmod 6 so so ADV _ 10 slack advmod 7 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 slack nsubj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 slack cop 9 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 10 slack advmod 10 slack slack ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Pull advcl 11 . . PUNCT _ 1 Pull punct
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1 pull imperative you not said here the washing line tight property vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Theme 2 not is present line slack property tree rules
Example 3 Business at the ice-cream van is slack in winter.
nsubj case det compound punct compound nmod cop case obl punct root Business NOUN at ADP the DET ice NOUN - PUNCT cream NOUN van NOUN is AUX slack ADJ in ADP winter NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Business business NOUN Number=Sing 9 slack nsubj 2 at at ADP _ 7 van case 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 van det 4 ice ice NOUN Number=Sing 6 cream compound 5 - - PUNCT _ 4 ice punct 6 cream cream NOUN Number=Sing 7 van compound 7 van van NOUN Number=Sing 1 Business nmod 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 slack cop 9 slack slack ADJ Degree=Pos root root 10 in in ADP _ 11 winter case 11 winter winter NOUN Number=Sing 9 slack obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 9 slack punct
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1 is present Business at the cream van winter slack property tree rules
Example 4 Stop slacking and finish your homework!
xcomp cc conj nmod:poss obj punct root Stop VERB slacking VERB and CCONJ finish VERB your PRON homework 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 slacking slack VERB VerbForm=Ger 1 Stop xcomp 3 and and CCONJ _ 4 finish cc 4 finish finish VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Stop conj 5 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 homework nmod:poss 6 homework homework NOUN Number=Sing 4 finish obj 7 ! ! 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 slack gerund you not said here vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 3 finish infinitive you not said here your homework vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality homework=Eventuality
Example 5 Cut her some slack — she's had a hard week.
obj det obj punct nsubj aux parataxis det amod obj punct root Cut VERB her PRON some DET slack NOUN — PUNCT she PRON 's AUX had VERB a DET hard ADJ week NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cut cut VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Cut obj 3 some some DET PronType=Ind 4 slack det 4 slack slack NOUN Number=Sing 1 Cut obj 5 — - PUNCT _ 8 had punct 6 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 had nsubj 7 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 had aux 8 had have VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 1 Cut parataxis 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 week det 10 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 11 week amod 11 week week NOUN Number=Sing 8 had obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 1 Cut punct
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1 cut imperative you not said here some slack her = she vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset she=Beneficiary slack=Product 2 have present · passive she week vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 6 (UK slang) "You ate all the sweets? That's slack!"
Sentence 1: (UK slang) "You ate all the sweets?
punct compound ccomp punct punct nsubj det:predet det obj punct root ( PUNCT UK PROPN slang NOUN ) PUNCT " PUNCT You PRON ate VERB all DET the DET sweets NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 3 slang punct 2 UK UK PROPN Number=Sing 3 slang compound 3 slang slang NOUN Number=Sing 7 ate ccomp 4 ) ) PUNCT _ 3 slang punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 7 ate punct 6 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 7 ate nsubj 7 ate eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 all all DET PronType=Tot 10 sweets det:predet 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 sweets det 10 sweets sweet NOUN Number=Plur 7 ate obj 11 ? ? PUNCT _ 7 ate punct
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1 eat in a quote past You all sweets vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Patient
Sentence 2: That's slack!"
det cop punct punct root That DET 's AUX slack NOUN ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 3 slack det 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 slack cop 3 slack slack NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 ! ! PUNCT _ 3 slack punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 3 slack punct
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1 is a present that slack tree rules
Example 7 Dad wore smart slacks to the party.
nsubj amod obj case det obl punct root Dad NOUN wore VERB smart ADJ slacks NOUN to ADP the DET party NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 2 wore nsubj 2 wore wear VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 smart smart ADJ Degree=Pos 4 slacks amod 4 slacks slack NOUN Number=Plur 2 wore obj 5 to to ADP _ 7 party case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 party det 7 party party NOUN Number=Sing 2 wore obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 wore punct
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1 wear past Dad smart slacks to the party vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent slack=Source
Example 8 The coach told us not to slack off in training.
det nsubj iobj advmod mark xcomp compound:prt case obl punct root The DET coach NOUN told VERB us PRON not PART to PART slack VERB off ADP in ADP training NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 coach det 2 coach coach NOUN Number=Sing 3 told nsubj 3 told tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 told iobj 5 not not PART Polarity=Neg 7 slack advmod 6 to to PART _ 7 slack mark 7 slack slack VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 told xcomp 8 off off ADP _ 7 slack compound:prt 9 in in ADP _ 10 training case 10 training training NOUN Number=Sing 7 slack obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 told punct
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1 tell speech: assert past the coach us vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent we=Recipient clause=Topic 2 not slack off not said to happen to-infinitive the coach not said here training vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Example 9 Fear fell llke night around the Fianna, and they stood with slack knees and hanging hands waiting for death.
The tree, 19 words nsubj amod obl:unmarked case det obl punct cc nsubj conj case compound obl cc conj obj acl case obl punct root Fear NOUN fell VERB llke ADJ night NOUN around ADP the DET Fianna PROPN , PUNCT and CCONJ they PRON stood VERB with ADP slack NOUN knees NOUN and CCONJ hanging VERB hands NOUN waiting VERB for ADP death NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fear fear NOUN Number=Sing 2 fell nsubj 2 fell fall VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 llke llke ADJ Degree=Pos 4 night amod 4 night night NOUN Number=Sing 2 fell obl:unmarked 5 around around ADP _ 7 Fianna case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 Fianna det 7 Fianna Fianna PROPN Number=Sing 2 fell obl 8 , , PUNCT _ 11 stood punct 9 and and CCONJ _ 11 stood cc 10 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 stood nsubj 11 stood stand VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 fell conj 12 with with ADP _ 14 knees case 13 slack slack NOUN Number=Sing 14 knees compound 14 knees knee NOUN Number=Plur 11 stood obl 15 and and CCONJ _ 16 hanging cc 16 hanging hang VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 11 stood conj 17 hands hand NOUN Number=Plur 16 hanging obj 18 waiting wait VERB VerbForm=Ger 17 hands acl 19 for for ADP _ 20 death case 20 death death NOUN Number=Sing 18 waiting obl 21 . . PUNCT _ 2 fell punct
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1 fall past Fear the Fianna night vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme around fianna=Location 2 stand past they with slack knees vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 hang gerund they not said here hands vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient 4 wait gerund hands not said here for death vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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