slump

Who acts: you, slump, business, someone, Mia, Grandad · What happens: slump, be, fall down, mean, fall, do · To what, where: time, sudden fall, numbers, grass, armchair, desk · Speech: someone speaks here

«slump» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: slump in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To slump is to sit or fall down heavily because you are tired, ill or sad.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 slump	mark
2	slump	slump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 sit	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sit	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 sit	mark
5	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 fall	cc
7	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 sit	conj
8	down	down	ADP	_	7 fall	compound:prt
9	heavily	heavily	ADV	_	7 fall	advmod
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 tired	mark
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 tired	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 tired	cop
13	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fall	advcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 ill	punct
15	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 tired	conj
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 sad	cc
17	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 tired	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	slump	to-infinitive			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present		sit property	tree rules
3	fall down	infinitive		heavily property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is	present	you	tired property	tree rules
5	be		you not said here		tree rules
6	be		you not said here		tree rules

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 slump also means to fall suddenly by a large amount, like prices or sales.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 slump	mark
2	slump	slump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 means	csubj
3	also	also	ADV	_	2 slump	advmod
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 fall	mark
6	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 means	xcomp
7	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	6 fall	advmod
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 amount	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 amount	det
10	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 amount	amod
11	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fall	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 prices	punct
13	like	like	ADP	_	14 prices	case
14	prices	price	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 amount	appos
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 sales	cc
16	sales	sale	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 prices	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	slump	to-infinitive		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	fall not said to happen	to-infinitive	by a large amount; suddenly property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by amount=Location

Meaning 3

A slump is a time when business, trade or a team does badly (money, sport).

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 slump	det
2	slump	slump	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 time	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 time	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 time	det
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	13 does	mark
7	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 does	nsubj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 trade	punct
9	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 business	conj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 team	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 team	det
12	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 business	conj
13	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 time	advcl
14	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 does	advmod
15	(	(	PUNCT	_	16 money	punct
16	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 time	parataxis
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 sport	punct
18	sport	sport	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 money	conj
19	)	)	PUNCT	_	16 money	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 time	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a slump	a time					tree rules
2	do	present	business and trade or a team					badly property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Meaning 4

A slump is also a sudden fall in numbers or in how well someone is doing.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 slump	det
2	slump	slump	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fall	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fall	cop
4	also	also	ADV	_	7 fall	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fall	det
6	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fall	amod
7	fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 numbers	case
9	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fall	nmod
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 doing	cc
11	in	in	SCONJ	_	16 doing	mark
12	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	13 well	advmod
13	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 doing	advmod
14	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	16 doing	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 doing	aux
16	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 numbers	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 fall	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a slump	a sudden fall		numbers			tree rules
2	do	present · progressive	someone					well property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

After the long race, Mia slumped onto the grass.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	4 race	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 race	det
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 race	amod
4	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 slumped	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 race	punct
6	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 slumped	nsubj
7	slumped	slump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	onto	onto	ADP	_	10 grass	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 grass	det
10	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 slumped	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 slumped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slump	past	Mia			the grass	after the long race		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

Grandad slumped in his armchair and fell asleep.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 slumped	nsubj
2	slumped	slump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 armchair	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 armchair	nmod:poss
5	armchair	armchair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slumped	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 fell	cc
7	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 slumped	conj
8	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fell	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 slumped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slump	past	Grandad			Grandad's armchair			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in armchair=Location
2	fall	past	Grandad not said here					asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

The boy slumped over his desk, too tired to finish.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slumped	nsubj
3	slumped	slump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 desk	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 desk	nmod:poss
6	desk	desk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slumped	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 tired	punct
8	too	too	ADV	_	9 tired	advmod
9	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 slumped	parataxis
10	to	to	PART	_	11 finish	mark
11	finish	finish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 tired	xcomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 slumped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slump	past	the boy			boy's desk			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over desk=Location
2	finish	to-infinitive	the boy not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Example 4

Sales of ice cream slump in winter.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sales	sale	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 slump	case
3	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cream	compound
4	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 slump	compound
5	slump	slump	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sales	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 winter	case
7	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 slump	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Sales	punct

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

Example 5

The team is in a slump and has lost five games in a row.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 team	det
2	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slump	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 slump	cop
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 slump	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 slump	det
6	slump	slump	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 lost	cc
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 lost	aux
9	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 slump	conj
10	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 games	nummod
11	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 lost	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 row	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 row	det
14	row	row	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lost	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 slump	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the team			a slump			tree rules
2	lose	present · perfect	the team not said here	five games		a row			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality

Example 6

During the slump, many shops in town closed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	During	during	ADP	_	3 slump	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 slump	det
3	slump	slump	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 closed	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 slump	punct
5	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shops	amod
6	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 closed	nsubj:pass
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 town	case
8	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shops	nmod
9	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 closed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	participle · passive		many shops in town			during the slump		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Example 7

House prices slumped last year.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	House	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prices	compound
2	prices	price	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 slumped	nsubj
3	slumped	slump	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 year	amod
5	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slumped	obl:unmarked
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 slumped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slump	participle	House prices				year		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 8

Sit up straight and don't slump at the table!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Sit	compound:prt
3	straight	straight	ADV	_	1 Sit	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 slump	cc
5	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 slump	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 slump	advmod
7	slump	slump	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Sit	conj
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 table	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 table	det
10	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 slump	obl
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Sit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit up	imperative	you not said here					straight property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not slump	infinitive · do-support	you not said here			the table			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at table=Location

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