slacken Who acts: pace, rain, you, knot, we, runner · What happens: make, become, slacken, come, undo, go out · To what, where: something, rope, pace, finish line, effort, length · Speech: someone speaks here
«slacken» 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: slacken in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To make something less tight, or to become less tight: slacken a rope.
The tree, 13 words mark obj amod amod punct cc mark advcl advmod xcomp punct conj det obj punct root To PART make VERB something PRON less ADJ tight ADJ , PUNCT or CCONJ to PART become VERB less ADV tight ADJ : PUNCT slacken VERB a DET rope NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 make mark 2 make make VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 make obj 4 less less ADJ Degree=Cmp 5 tight amod 5 tight tight ADJ Degree=Pos 3 something amod 6 , , PUNCT _ 9 become punct 7 or or CCONJ _ 9 become cc 8 to to PART _ 9 become mark 9 become become VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 make advcl 10 less less ADV Degree=Cmp 11 tight advmod 11 tight tight ADJ Degree=Pos 9 become xcomp 12 : : PUNCT _ 13 slacken punct 13 slacken slacken VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 2 make conj 14 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 15 rope det 15 rope rope NOUN Number=Sing 13 slacken obj 16 . . PUNCT _ 2 make punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make to-infinitive something vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset something=Product 2 become to-infinitive tight property vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient 3 slacken infinitive a rope vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent rope=Patient
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 To become slower, weaker or less busy: the pace slackened, the rain slackened.
The tree, 13 words mark xcomp punct conj cc advmod conj punct det nsubj conj punct det nsubj conj punct root To PART become VERB slower ADJ , PUNCT weaker ADJ or CCONJ less ADV busy ADJ : PUNCT the DET pace NOUN slackened VERB , PUNCT the DET rain NOUN slackened VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 become mark 2 become become VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 slower slow ADJ Degree=Cmp 2 become xcomp 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 weaker punct 5 weaker weak ADJ Degree=Cmp 3 slower conj 6 or or CCONJ _ 8 busy cc 7 less less ADV Degree=Cmp 8 busy advmod 8 busy busy ADJ Degree=Pos 3 slower conj 9 : : PUNCT _ 12 slackened punct 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 pace det 11 pace pace NOUN Number=Sing 12 slackened nsubj 12 slackened slacken VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 slower conj 13 , , PUNCT _ 16 slackened punct 14 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 15 rain det 15 rain rain NOUN Number=Sing 16 slackened nsubj 16 slackened slacken VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 12 slackened conj 17 . . PUNCT _ 3 slower punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 become to-infinitive slow property vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient 2 slacken past the pace vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 3 slacken past the rain vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Example 1 Slacken the rope a little so the knot comes undone.
det obj det obl:unmarked mark det nsubj advcl xcomp punct root Slacken VERB the DET rope NOUN a DET little ADJ so SCONJ the DET knot NOUN comes VERB undone VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Slacken slacken VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 rope det 3 rope rope NOUN Number=Sing 1 Slacken obj 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 little det 5 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Slacken obl:unmarked 6 so so SCONJ _ 9 comes mark 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 knot det 8 knot knot NOUN Number=Sing 9 comes nsubj 9 comes come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Slacken advcl 10 undone undo VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 9 comes xcomp 11 . . PUNCT _ 1 Slacken punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 slacken imperative you not said here the rope a little obl:unmarked vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent rope=Patient 2 come present the knot tree rules 3 undo participle the knot not said here vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 2 The rain slackened and we went out to play.
det nsubj cc nsubj conj advmod mark xcomp punct root The DET rain NOUN slackened VERB and CCONJ we PRON went VERB out ADV to PART play VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 rain det 2 rain rain NOUN Number=Sing 3 slackened nsubj 3 slackened slacken VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 and and CCONJ _ 6 went cc 5 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 went nsubj 6 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 slackened conj 7 out out ADV _ 6 went advmod 8 to to PART _ 9 play mark 9 play play VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 went xcomp 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 slackened punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 slacken past the rain vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 go out past we out property tree rules 3 play to-infinitive we not said here vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 3 Near the finish line, the runner did not slacken his pace.
case det compound obl punct det nsubj aux advmod nmod:poss obj punct root Near ADP the DET finish NOUN line NOUN , PUNCT the DET runner NOUN did AUX not PART slacken VERB his PRON pace NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Near near ADP _ 4 line case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 line det 3 finish finish NOUN Number=Sing 4 line compound 4 line line NOUN Number=Sing 10 slacken obl 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 line punct 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 runner det 7 runner runner NOUN Number=Sing 10 slacken nsubj 8 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 10 slacken aux 9 not not PART Polarity=Neg 10 slacken advmod 10 slacken slacken VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 11 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 12 pace nmod:poss 12 pace pace NOUN Number=Sing 10 slacken obj 13 . . PUNCT _ 10 slacken punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not slacken past · do-support the runner runner's pace the finish line vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pace=Patient
Example 4 The sail slackened when the wind dropped.
det nsubj advmod det nsubj advcl punct root The DET sail NOUN slackened VERB when ADV the DET wind NOUN dropped VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 sail det 2 sail sail NOUN Number=Sing 3 slackened nsubj 3 slackened slacken VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 when when ADV PronType=Int 7 dropped advmod 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 wind det 6 wind wind NOUN Number=Sing 7 dropped nsubj 7 dropped drop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 slackened advcl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 slackened punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 slacken past the sail vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 drop past the wind vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
Example 5 Traffic slackens after rush hour.
nsubj mark ccomp obj punct root Traffic NOUN slackens VERB after SCONJ rush VERB hour NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Traffic traffic NOUN Number=Sing 2 slackens nsubj 2 slackens slacken VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 after after SCONJ _ 4 rush mark 4 rush rush VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 slackens ccomp 5 hour hour NOUN Number=Sing 4 rush obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 slackens punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 slacken present Traffic tree rules 2 rush present Traffic not said here hour vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 6 Don't slacken your effort before the test.
aux advmod nmod:poss obj case det obl punct root Do AUX n't PART slacken VERB your PRON effort NOUN before ADP the DET test NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Do do AUX Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 slacken aux 2 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 3 slacken advmod 3 slacken slacken VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 4 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 effort nmod:poss 5 effort effort NOUN Number=Sing 3 slacken obj 6 before before ADP _ 8 test case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 test det 8 test test NOUN Number=Sing 3 slacken obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 slacken punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not slacken imperative · do-support you not said here your effort before the test vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent effort=Patient
Example 7 At length the horse slackened its pace. ‘Look and see who is behind you,’ it said; and the young man looked.
Sentence 1: At length the horse slackened its pace.
case obl det nsubj nmod:poss obj punct root At ADP length NOUN the DET horse NOUN slackened VERB its PRON pace NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 At at ADP _ 2 length case 2 length length NOUN Number=Sing 5 slackened obl 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 horse det 4 horse horse NOUN Number=Sing 5 slackened nsubj 5 slackened slacken VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 pace nmod:poss 7 pace pace NOUN Number=Sing 5 slackened obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 slackened punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 slacken past the horse horse's pace length vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pace=Patient
Sentence 2: ‘Look and see who is behind you,’ it said; and the young man looked.
The tree, 14 words punct ccomp cc conj nsubj cop case ccomp punct punct nsubj punct cc det amod nsubj conj punct root ‘ PUNCT Look VERB and CCONJ see VERB who PRON is AUX behind ADP you PRON , PUNCT ’ PUNCT it PRON said VERB ; PUNCT and CCONJ the DET young ADJ man NOUN looked VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ‘ ' PUNCT _ 2 Look punct 2 Look look VERB VerbForm=Inf 12 said ccomp 3 and and CCONJ _ 4 see cc 4 see see VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 Look conj 5 who who PRON PronType=Rel 8 you nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 you cop 7 behind behind ADP _ 8 you case 8 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 see ccomp 9 , , PUNCT _ 2 Look punct 10 ’ ' PUNCT _ 2 Look punct 11 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 said nsubj 12 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 13 ; ; PUNCT _ 18 looked punct 14 and and CCONJ _ 18 looked cc 15 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 17 man det 16 young young ADJ Degree=Pos 17 man amod 17 man man NOUN Number=Sing 18 looked nsubj 18 looked look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 12 said conj 19 . . PUNCT _ 12 said punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 look infinitive vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus 2 see infinitive vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer 3 is present behind you tree rules 4 say speech: assert past horse vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 5 look past the young man vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
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