smuggle

Who acts: Smugglers, It, He, They, Customs officers, man · What happens: take, avoid, not allow, sneak, use, hide · To what, where: goods, country, laws, something, place, sweets

«smuggle» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: smuggle in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To take goods or people secretly and illegally into or out of a country, avoiding laws or taxes.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 take	mark
2	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 take	obj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 people	cc
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 goods	conj
6	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	2 take	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 illegally	cc
8	illegally	illegally	ADV	_	6 secretly	conj
9	into	into	ADP	_	14 country	case
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 country	cc
11	out	out	ADP	_	14 country	case
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 country	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 country	det
14	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 take	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 avoiding	punct
16	avoiding	avoid	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 take	advcl
17	laws	law	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 avoiding	obj
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 taxes	cc
19	taxes	tax	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 laws	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	to-infinitive		goods or people		a country		secretly property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent goods=Theme into country=Destination
2	avoid	gerund		laws or taxes					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent law=Location

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: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

To take something secretly into or out of a place where it is not allowed: sneaking sweets into a cinema.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 take	mark
2	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 take	obj
4	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	2 take	advmod
5	into	into	ADP	_	10 place	case
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 place	cc
7	out	out	ADP	_	10 place	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 place	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 place	det
10	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 take	obl
11	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	15 allowed	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 allowed	nsubj:pass
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 allowed	aux:pass
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 allowed	advmod
15	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 place	acl:relcl
16	:	:	PUNCT	_	17 sneaking	punct
17	sneaking	sneak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 take	advcl
18	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 sneaking	obj
19	into	into	ADP	_	21 cinema	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 cinema	det
21	cinema	cinema	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sneaking	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	take	to-infinitive	something	a place	secretly property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent something=Theme into place=Destination
2	not allow	present · passive	place			vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary
3	sneak	gerund	sweets	a cinema		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent sweet=Theme into cinema=Trajectory

Example 1

Smugglers used caves to hide barrels of brandy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Smugglers	smuggler	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	caves	cave	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 used	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 hide	mark
5	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 used	advcl
6	barrels	barrel	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hide	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 brandy	case
8	brandy	brandy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 barrels	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	Smugglers	caves					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cave=Patient
2	hide	to-infinitive	Smugglers not said here	barrels of brandy					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent barrel=Patient

Example 2

It is a crime to smuggle animals across borders.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 crime	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 crime	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 crime	det
4	crime	crime	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 smuggle	mark
6	smuggle	smuggle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 crime	acl
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 smuggle	obj
8	across	across	ADP	_	9 borders	case
9	borders	border	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 smuggle	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 crime	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a crime					tree rules
2	smuggle	to-infinitive		animals		borders			vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme

Example 3

He smuggled a torch into bed to read his book.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 smuggled	nsubj
2	smuggled	smuggle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 torch	det
4	torch	torch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 smuggled	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 bed	case
6	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 smuggled	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 read	mark
8	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 smuggled	advcl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 book	nmod:poss
10	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 read	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 smuggled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smuggle	past	He	a torch		bed			vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent torch=Theme
2	read	to-infinitive	He not said here	his book					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic

Example 4

They tried to smuggle the puppy into the house.

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 tried	nsubj
2	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 smuggle	mark
4	smuggle	smuggle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tried	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 puppy	det
6	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 smuggle	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 house	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 house	det
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 smuggle	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	They						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	smuggle not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here	the puppy		the house			vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puppy=Theme

Example 5

Customs officers caught a man smuggling fake watches.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Customs	custom	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 officers	compound
2	officers	officer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caught	nsubj
3	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 man	det
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caught	obj
6	smuggling	smuggle	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 man	acl
7	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 watches	amod
8	watches	watch	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 smuggling	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 caught	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past	Customs officers	a man					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme
2	smuggle	gerund	a man not said here	fake watches					vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watch=Theme

Example 6

We smuggled a cake into the classroom for the teacher's surprise party.

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 smuggled	nsubj
2	smuggled	smuggle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cake	det
4	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 smuggled	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 classroom	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 classroom	det
7	classroom	classroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 smuggled	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	13 party	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 teacher	det
10	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 party	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 teacher	case
12	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 party	compound
13	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 smuggled	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 smuggled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smuggle	past	We	a cake		the classroom		for the teacher's surprise party	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent cake=Theme for party=Beneficiary

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