sluice

Who acts: gate, mill stream, farmer, They, miller, Engineers · What happens: control, flow, call, wash, pour, rush out · To what, where: much water, river, sluice gate, something, sluice, water · Speech: someone speaks here

«sluice» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: sluice in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A gate or channel that controls how much water flows in a river, canal or mill stream (also called a sluice gate).

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 gate	det
2	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 flows	nsubj
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 channel	cc
4	channel	channel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gate	conj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 controls	nsubj
6	controls	control	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 gate	acl:relcl
7	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 much	advmod
8	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 water	amod
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 controls	obj
10	flows	flow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 river	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 river	det
13	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 flows	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 canal	punct
15	canal	canal	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 river	conj
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 stream	cc
17	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 stream	compound
18	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 river	conj
19	(	(	PUNCT	_	21 called	punct
20	also	also	ADV	_	21 called	advmod
21	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 stream	acl
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 gate	det
23	sluice	sluice	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 gate	compound
24	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 called	xcomp
25	)	)	PUNCT	_	21 called	punct
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 flows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	control	present	a gate or channel	much water		vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
2	flow	present	a gate or channel		a river and canal or mill stream	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in river=Location
3	call	participle	mill stream not said here	a sluice gate		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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.

To wash something with lots of water: sluice down the yard.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 wash	mark
2	wash	wash	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 wash	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 lots	case
5	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wash	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 water	case
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lots	nmod
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 sluice	punct
9	sluice	sluice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wash	obl
10	down	down	ADP	_	12 yard	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 yard	det
12	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wash	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wash	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	to-infinitive		something				with lots of water; down the yard; sluice obl	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent something=Patient with lot=Instrument

Meaning 3

Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

Of water: to pour or rush out.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Of	of	ADP	_	2 water	case
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pour	obl
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 pour	punct
4	to	to	PART	_	5 pour	mark
5	pour	pour	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 rush	cc
7	rush	rush	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 pour	conj
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 rush	compound:prt
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 pour	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	to-infinitive						of water	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme of water=Location
2	rush out	infinitive							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

The farmer opened the sluice to let water into the field.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 opened	nsubj
3	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sluice	det
5	sluice	sluice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 opened	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 let	mark
7	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 sluice	acl
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 let	obj
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 field	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 field	det
11	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 let	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 opened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	past	the farmer	the sluice					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sluice=Theme
2	let	to-infinitive	the farmer not said here	water		the field			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

Example 2

Water rushed through the sluice gate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	rushed	rush	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Water	acl
3	through	through	ADP	_	6 gate	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gate	det
5	sluice	sluice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gate	compound
6	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rushed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Water	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rush	participle		Water not said here		the sluice gate			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through gate=Trajectory

Example 3

They sluiced down the muddy yard with a hose.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sluiced	nsubj
2	sluiced	sluice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 sluiced	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 yard	det
5	muddy	muddy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 yard	amod
6	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sluiced	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 hose	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 hose	det
9	hose	hose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sluiced	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sluiced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sluice down	past	They	the muddy yard				with a hose	tree rules

Example 4

Rain sluiced down the windows.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	sluiced	sluice	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Rain	acl
3	down	down	ADP	_	5 windows	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 windows	det
5	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sluiced	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Rain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sluice	participle		Rain not said here				down the windows	tree rules

Example 5

The miller closed the sluice to stop the wheel.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 miller	det
2	miller	miller	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 closed	nsubj
3	closed	close	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sluice	det
5	sluice	sluice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 closed	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 stop	mark
7	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 sluice	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wheel	det
9	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stop	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 closed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	past	the miller	the sluice					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sluice=Patient
2	stop	to-infinitive	the miller not said here	the wheel					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality wheel=Eventuality

Example 6

Engineers built sluices to stop the town flooding.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Engineers	engineer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 built	nsubj
2	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sluices	sluice	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 built	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 stop	mark
5	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 built	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 flooding	det
7	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 flooding	compound
8	flooding	flooding	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stop	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 built	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	Engineers	sluices					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sluice=Product
2	stop	to-infinitive	Engineers not said here	the town flooding					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality flooding=Eventuality

Example 7

Rikki-tikki tingled all over with rage and hatred at this, and then Nag’s head came through the sluice, and his five feet of cold body followed it.

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rikki	Rikki	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 tikki	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 tikki	punct
3	tikki	tikki	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 came	nsubj
4	tingled	tingle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 tikki	acl
5	all	all	ADV	_	6 over	advmod
6	over	over	ADV	_	4 tingled	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 rage	case
8	rage	rage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tingled	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hatred	cc
10	hatred	hatred	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rage	conj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 this	case
12	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 rage	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 came	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 came	cc
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 came	advmod
16	Nag	Nag	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 head	nmod:poss
17	’s	's	PART	_	16 Nag	case
18	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 came	nsubj
19	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
20	through	through	ADP	_	22 sluice	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 sluice	det
22	sluice	sluice	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 came	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 feet	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 feet	cc
25	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 feet	nmod:poss
26	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	27 feet	nummod
27	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 followed	nsubj
28	of	of	ADP	_	30 body	case
29	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 body	amod
30	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 feet	nmod
31	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 came	parataxis
32	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 followed	obj
33	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tingle	participle		Rikki tikki not said here			with rage at this and hatred; over property	vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	come	past	Rikki tikki		the sluice	then		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through sluice=Initial_Location
3	follow	past	head's five feet of cold body	tikki				vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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