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slug

Who acts: small soft slimy animal, verb, slug, Hedgehogs, Slugs, you · What happens: live, eat, swallow, amount, hit, leave · To what, where: damp places, plants, small amount, drink, someone, shiny slime trail

«slug» in the school dictionary: its 4 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: slug in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A small, soft, slimy animal like a snail but with no shell, that lives in damp places and eats plants.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 animal	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 animal	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 small	punct
4	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 animal	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 soft	punct
6	slimy	slimy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 animal	amod
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 lives	nsubj
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 snail	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 snail	det
10	snail	snail	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 animal	nmod
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 shell	cc
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 shell	case
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 shell	det
14	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 snail	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 lives	punct
16	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 lives	nsubj
17	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 places	case
19	damp	damp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 places	amod
20	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 lives	obl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 eats	cc
22	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 lives	conj
23	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 eats	obj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 lives	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	a small soft slimy animal like a snail but no shell			damp places			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location
2	eat	present	a small soft slimy animal like a snail but no shell not said here	plants					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=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

A small amount of a drink swallowed quickly (informal).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 amount	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 amount	amod
3	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 drink	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 drink	det
6	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 amount	nmod
7	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 amount	acl
8	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	7 swallowed	advmod
9	(	(	PUNCT	_	10 informal	punct
10	informal	informal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 swallowed	parataxis
11	)	)	PUNCT	_	10 informal	punct
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 amount	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swallow	participle		a small amount of a drink not said here				quickly property	vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	amount			a drink					nom amount «possession transitive»: of=patient

Meaning 3

Informal: a bullet, or a fake coin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Informal	informal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bullet	amod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 bullet	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bullet	det
4	bullet	bullet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 coin	punct
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 coin	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 coin	det
8	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 coin	amod
9	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bullet	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 bullet	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 4

As a verb (informal), to hit someone hard.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADP	_	3 verb	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 verb	det
3	verb	verb	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hit	nsubj
4	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 informal	punct
5	informal	informal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 verb	amod
6	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 informal	punct
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hit	punct
8	to	to	PART	_	9 hit	mark
9	hit	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 hit	obj
11	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hit	xcomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 hit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	to-infinitive	a verb	someone				hard property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme someone=Co-Theme

Example 1

A slug left a shiny slime trail on the path.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 slug	det
2	slug	slug	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	nsubj
3	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 trail	det
5	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 trail	amod
6	slime	slime	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trail	compound
7	trail	trail	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 path	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 path	det
10	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 left	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	a slug	a shiny slime trail		the path			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent trail=Theme on path=Location

Example 2

Slugs have eaten holes in our lettuces.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Slugs	slug	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 eaten	nsubj:pass
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 eaten	aux
3	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 eaten	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 lettuces	case
6	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 lettuces	nmod:poss
7	lettuces	lettuce	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 holes	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 eaten	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present · perfect · passive		Slugs					tree rules

Example 3

A slug is like a snail without a shell.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 slug	det
2	slug	slug	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 snail	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 snail	cop
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 snail	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 snail	det
6	snail	snail	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	without	without	ADP	_	9 shell	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 shell	det
9	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 snail	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 snail	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a slug					like a snail; without a shell	tree rules

Example 4

Hedgehogs love to eat slugs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 love	nsubj
2	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 eat	mark
4	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 love	xcomp
5	slugs	slug	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 eat	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 love	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	Hedgehogs						vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	eat not said to happen	to-infinitive	Hedgehogs not said here	slugs					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slug=Patient

Example 5

Slugs come out after rain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Slugs	slug	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 come	nsubj
2	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADV	_	2 come	advmod
4	after	after	ADP	_	5 rain	case
5	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 come	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come out	present	Slugs				after rain	out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient

Example 6

Wash your hands after you touch a slug.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wash	wash	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 hands	nmod:poss
3	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Wash	obj
4	after	after	SCONJ	_	6 touch	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 touch	nsubj
6	touch	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wash	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 slug	det
8	slug	slug	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 touch	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Wash	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	imperative	you not said here	your hands					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient
2	touch	present	you	a slug					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme slug=Co-Theme

Example 7

Keep slug pellets away from pets.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	slug	slug	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pellets	compound
3	pellets	pellet	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Keep	obj
4	away	away	ADV	_	1 Keep	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 pets	case
6	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 away	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	slug pellets				away property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pellet=Theme

Example 8

We found a fat orange slug under the log.

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 found	nsubj
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 slug	det
4	fat	fat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 slug	amod
5	orange	orange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 slug	amod
6	slug	slug	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obj
7	under	under	ADP	_	9 log	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 log	det
9	log	log	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slug	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	We	a fat orange slug		the log			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slug=Topic

Example 9

Just look! that rose is all slug-eaten, and this one is stunted!

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Just	just	ADV	_	2 look	advmod
2	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 look	punct
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 rose	det
5	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 look	obj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 all	cop
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 rose	nmod
8	slug	slug	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 eaten	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 slug	punct
10	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 all	acl:relcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 stunted	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 stunted	cc
13	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 one	det
14	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 stunted	nsubj:pass
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 stunted	aux:pass
16	stunted	stunt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 all	conj
17	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	imperative	you not said here	that rose all					vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rose=Attribute
2	eat	participle							vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	stunt	present · passive		this one					tree rules

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