sweep Who acts: wave, She, sweep, person, you, flood · What happens: sweep, mean, clean, push away, move, sweep away · To what, where: floor, dirt, area, sandcastle, long curving way, arm · Speech: someone speaks here
«sweep» in the school dictionary: its 5 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: sweep in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To sweep means to clean a floor or path with a brush or broom, pushing dirt away.
The tree, 17 words mark csubj mark ccomp det obj cc conj case det nmod cc conj punct conj obj advmod punct root To PART sweep VERB means VERB to PART clean VERB a DET floor NOUN or CCONJ path NOUN with ADP a DET brush NOUN or CCONJ broom NOUN , PUNCT pushing VERB dirt NOUN away ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 sweep mark 2 sweep sweep VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 means csubj 3 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 clean mark 5 clean clean VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 means ccomp 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 floor det 7 floor floor NOUN Number=Sing 5 clean obj 8 or or CCONJ _ 9 path cc 9 path path NOUN Number=Sing 7 floor conj 10 with with ADP _ 12 brush case 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 brush det 12 brush brush NOUN Number=Sing 9 path nmod 13 or or CCONJ _ 14 broom cc 14 broom broom NOUN Number=Sing 12 brush conj 15 , , PUNCT _ 16 pushing punct 16 pushing push VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 means conj 17 dirt dirt NOUN Number=Sing 16 pushing obj 18 away away ADV _ 16 pushing advmod 19 . . PUNCT _ 3 means punct
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1 sweep to-infinitive vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 clean not said to happen to-infinitive a floor or path with a brush or broom vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent floor=Patient 4 push away gerund dirt away property vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dirt=Theme
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 sweep means to move quickly and with force over an area («The wave swept the sandcastle away»).
The tree, 18 words mark csubj mark xcomp advmod cc case obl case det obl punct punct det nsubj acl:relcl det obj advmod punct punct punct root To PART sweep VERB means VERB to PART move VERB quickly ADV and CCONJ with ADP force NOUN over ADP an DET area NOUN ( PUNCT « PUNCT The DET wave NOUN swept VERB the DET sandcastle NOUN away ADV » PUNCT ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 sweep mark 2 sweep sweep VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 means csubj 3 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 move mark 5 move move VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 means xcomp 6 quickly quickly ADV _ 5 move advmod 7 and and CCONJ _ 6 quickly cc 8 with with ADP _ 9 force case 9 force force NOUN Number=Sing 5 move obl 10 over over ADP _ 12 area case 11 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 area det 12 area area NOUN Number=Sing 5 move obl 13 ( ( PUNCT _ 17 swept punct 14 « « PUNCT _ 17 swept punct 15 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 wave det 16 wave wave NOUN Number=Sing 17 swept nsubj 17 swept sweep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 12 area acl:relcl 18 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 19 sandcastle det 19 sandcastle sandcastle NOUN Number=Sing 17 swept obj 20 away away ADV _ 17 swept advmod 21 » » PUNCT _ 17 swept punct 22 ) ) PUNCT _ 17 swept punct 23 . . PUNCT _ 3 means punct
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1 sweep to-infinitive vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 move not said to happen to-infinitive a area with force; quickly property vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme over area=Trajectory 4 sweep away in a quote past the wave the sandcastle away property vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sandcastle=Trajectory
Meaning 3 To sweep means to move in a long, smooth, curving way («She swept her arm across the table»).
The tree, 18 words mark csubj mark xcomp case det amod punct conj punct amod obl punct punct nsubj acl:relcl nmod:poss obj case det obl punct punct punct root To PART sweep VERB means VERB to PART move VERB in ADP a DET long ADJ , PUNCT smooth ADJ , PUNCT curving VERB way NOUN ( PUNCT « PUNCT She PRON swept VERB her PRON arm NOUN across ADP the DET table NOUN » PUNCT ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 sweep mark 2 sweep sweep VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 means csubj 3 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 move mark 5 move move VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 means xcomp 6 in in ADP _ 13 way case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 way det 8 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 13 way amod 9 , , PUNCT _ 10 smooth punct 10 smooth smooth ADJ Degree=Pos 8 long conj 11 , , PUNCT _ 12 curving punct 12 curving curve VERB VerbForm=Ger 13 way amod 13 way way NOUN Number=Sing 5 move obl 14 ( ( PUNCT _ 17 swept punct 15 « « PUNCT _ 17 swept punct 16 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 17 swept nsubj 17 swept sweep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 13 way acl:relcl 18 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 19 arm nmod:poss 19 arm arm NOUN Number=Sing 17 swept obj 20 across across ADP _ 22 table case 21 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 22 table det 22 table table NOUN Number=Sing 17 swept obl 23 » » PUNCT _ 17 swept punct 24 ) ) PUNCT _ 17 swept punct 25 . . PUNCT _ 3 means punct
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1 sweep to-infinitive vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 move not said to happen to-infinitive a long curving way vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in way=Trajectory 4 curve gerund vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material 5 sweep in a quote past She her arm the table vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent arm=Theme across table=Trajectory
Meaning 4 A sweep is a long, curving movement or a complete search of an area.
The tree, 14 words det nsubj cop det amod punct amod cc det amod conj case det nmod punct root A DET sweep NOUN is AUX a DET long ADJ , PUNCT curving VERB movement NOUN or CCONJ a DET complete ADJ search NOUN of ADP an DET area NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 sweep det 2 sweep sweep NOUN Number=Sing 8 movement nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 movement cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 movement det 5 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 8 movement amod 6 , , PUNCT _ 7 curving punct 7 curving curve VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 movement amod 8 movement movement NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 or or CCONJ _ 12 search cc 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 search det 11 complete complete ADJ Degree=Pos 12 search amod 12 search search NOUN Number=Sing 8 movement conj 13 of of ADP _ 15 area case 14 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 15 area det 15 area area NOUN Number=Sing 12 search nmod 16 . . PUNCT _ 8 movement punct
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1 curve gerund vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material 2 is a present a sweep a long curving movement or a complete search of a area tree rules 3 search a area nom search «act transitive»: of=patient
Meaning 5 A sweep (chimney sweep) is a person who cleans chimneys.
det nsubj punct compound appos punct cop det nsubj acl:relcl obj punct root A DET sweep NOUN ( PUNCT chimney NOUN sweep NOUN ) PUNCT is AUX a DET person NOUN who PRON cleans VERB chimneys NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 sweep det 2 sweep sweep NOUN Number=Sing 9 person nsubj 3 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 sweep punct 4 chimney chimney NOUN Number=Sing 5 sweep compound 5 sweep sweep NOUN Number=Sing 2 sweep appos 6 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 sweep punct 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 person cop 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 person det 9 person person NOUN Number=Sing root root 10 who who PRON PronType=Rel 11 cleans nsubj 11 cleans clean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 person acl:relcl 12 chimneys chimney NOUN Number=Plur 11 cleans obj 13 . . PUNCT _ 9 person punct
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1 is a present a sweep a person tree rules 2 clean present a person chimneys vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent chimney=Patient
Example 1 Please sweep the kitchen floor.
discourse det compound obj punct root Please INTJ sweep VERB the DET kitchen NOUN floor NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Please please INTJ _ 2 sweep discourse 2 sweep sweep VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 floor det 4 kitchen kitchen NOUN Number=Sing 5 floor compound 5 floor floor NOUN Number=Sing 2 sweep obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 sweep punct
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1 sweep imperative you not said here the kitchen floor vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme floor=Trajectory
Example 2 Sweep up the broken glass carefully.
compound:prt det amod obj advmod punct root Sweep VERB up ADP the DET broken VERB glass NOUN carefully ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sweep sweep VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 up up ADP _ 1 Sweep compound:prt 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 glass det 4 broken break VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 glass amod 5 glass glass NOUN Number=Sing 1 Sweep obj 6 carefully carefully ADV _ 1 Sweep advmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 1 Sweep punct
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1 sweep up imperative you not said here the broken glass carefully property vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme glass=Trajectory 2 break participle vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
Example 3 The flood swept the car away.
det nsubj det obj advmod punct root The DET flood NOUN swept VERB the DET car NOUN away ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 flood det 2 flood flood NOUN Number=Sing 3 swept nsubj 3 swept sweep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 car det 5 car car NOUN Number=Sing 3 swept obj 6 away away ADV _ 3 swept advmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 swept punct
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1 sweep away past the flood the car away property vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme car=Trajectory
Example 4 A big wave swept over the rocks.
det amod acl case det obl punct root A DET big ADJ wave NOUN swept VERB over ADP the DET rocks NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 wave det 2 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 3 wave amod 3 wave wave NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 swept sweep VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 wave acl 5 over over ADP _ 7 rocks case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 rocks det 7 rocks rock NOUN Number=Plur 4 swept obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 wave punct
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1 sweep participle a big wave not said here the rocks vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over rock=Trajectory
Example 5 The police made a sweep of the park.
det nsubj det obj case det nmod punct root The DET police NOUN made VERB a DET sweep NOUN of ADP the DET park NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 police det 2 police police NOUN Number=Plur 3 made nsubj 3 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 sweep det 5 sweep sweep NOUN Number=Sing 3 made obj 6 of of ADP _ 8 park case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 park det 8 park park NOUN Number=Sing 5 sweep nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 made punct
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1 make past the police a sweep of the park vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sweep=Product
Example 6 Our team made a clean sweep, winning every race.
nmod:poss nsubj det amod obj punct advcl det obj punct root Our PRON team NOUN made VERB a DET clean ADJ sweep NOUN , PUNCT winning VERB every DET race NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 team nmod:poss 2 team team NOUN Number=Sing 3 made nsubj 3 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 sweep det 5 clean clean ADJ Degree=Pos 6 sweep amod 6 sweep sweep NOUN Number=Sing 3 made obj 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 winning punct 8 winning win VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 made advcl 9 every every DET PronType=Tot 10 race det 10 race race NOUN Number=Sing 8 winning obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 made punct
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1 make past Our team a clean sweep vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sweep=Product 2 win gerund Our team not said here every race vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality
Example 7 Long ago, children worked as chimney sweeps.
advmod advmod punct nsubj case compound obl punct root Long ADV ago ADV , PUNCT children NOUN worked VERB as ADP chimney NOUN sweeps NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Long long ADV Degree=Pos 2 ago advmod 2 ago ago ADV _ 5 worked advmod 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 ago punct 4 children child NOUN Number=Plur 5 worked nsubj 5 worked work VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 as as ADP _ 8 sweeps case 7 chimney chimney NOUN Number=Sing 8 sweeps compound 8 sweeps sweep NOUN Number=Plur 5 worked obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 worked punct
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1 work past children as chimney sweeps; ago property vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.attribute PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent as sweep=Attribute
Example 8 Don't sweep your problems under the carpet; talk about them.
aux advmod nmod:poss obj case det obl punct conj case obl punct root Do AUX n't PART sweep VERB your PRON problems NOUN under ADP the DET carpet NOUN ; PUNCT talk VERB about ADP them PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Do do AUX Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 sweep aux 2 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 3 sweep advmod 3 sweep sweep VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 4 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 problems nmod:poss 5 problems problem NOUN Number=Plur 3 sweep obj 6 under under ADP _ 8 carpet case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 carpet det 8 carpet carpet NOUN Number=Sing 3 sweep obl 9 ; ; PUNCT _ 10 talk punct 10 talk talk VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 sweep conj 11 about about ADP _ 12 them case 12 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 talk obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 sweep punct
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1 not sweep imperative · do-support you not said here your problems the carpet vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent problem=Theme under carpet=Trajectory 2 talk infinitive you not said here about problems = problem vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about they=Topic
Example 9 He drew the great clean-sweeping sword, and he neared the giant.
The tree, 12 words nsubj det amod amod punct amod obj punct cc nsubj conj det obj punct root He PRON drew VERB the DET great ADJ clean ADJ - PUNCT sweeping ADJ sword NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ he PRON neared VERB the DET giant NOUN . PUNCT 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 drew nsubj 2 drew draw VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 sword det 4 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 8 sword amod 5 clean clean ADJ Degree=Pos 7 sweeping amod 6 - - PUNCT _ 5 clean punct 7 sweeping sweeping ADJ Degree=Pos 8 sword amod 8 sword sword NOUN Number=Sing 2 drew obj 9 , , PUNCT _ 12 neared punct 10 and and CCONJ _ 12 neared cc 11 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 neared nsubj 12 neared near VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 drew conj 13 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 giant det 14 giant giant NOUN Number=Sing 12 neared obj 15 . . PUNCT _ 2 drew punct
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1 draw past He the great sweeping sword vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme 2 near past he the giant tree rules
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