thinner

Who acts: crowd, air, slice, ice, you, sheet · What happens: have, slice, grow, be, use, make · To what, where: smaller distance, one side, bread, high mountain, thinner liquid, brushes

«thinner» 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: thinner in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Less thick: having a smaller distance from one side to the other, like a thinner slice of bread or a thinner book.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 thick	advmod
2	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 having	punct
4	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 thick	conj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 distance	det
6	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 distance	amod
7	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 having	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 side	case
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 side	nummod
10	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 distance	nmod
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 other	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 other	det
13	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 having	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 slice	punct
15	like	like	ADP	_	18 slice	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 slice	det
17	thinner	thin	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	18 slice	amod
18	slice	slice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 having	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 bread	case
20	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 slice	nmod
21	or	or	CCONJ	_	24 book	cc
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 book	det
23	thinner	thin	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	24 book	amod
24	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 slice	conj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 thick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	gerund		a smaller distance		one side		to the other; like a thinner slice of bread or a thinner book	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent distance=Patient
2	slice			bread					nom slice «possession transitive»: of=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

Less fat: a person or animal with less fat on the body.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 fat	amod
2	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fat	conj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 animal	cc
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	conj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 fat	case
9	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 fat	amod
10	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nmod
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 body	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 body	det
13	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fat	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 fat	punct

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

Meaning 3

Runnier and more watery, like thinner soup or thinner paint.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Runnier	Runnier	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 watery	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 watery	cc
3	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 watery	advmod
4	watery	watery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 soup	punct
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 soup	case
7	thinner	thin	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 soup	amod
8	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 watery	obl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 paint	cc
10	thinner	thin	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 paint	amod
11	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 soup	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 watery	punct

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

Meaning 4

Less crowded or full, as in the crowd grew thinner, or the air is thinner on a high mountain.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 crowded	advmod
2	crowded	crowded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 grew	advcl
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 full	cc
4	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 crowded	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 grew	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 grew	mark
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 crowd	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 crowd	det
9	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 grew	nsubj
10	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	thinner	thin	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 grew	xcomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 thinner	punct
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 thinner	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 air	det
15	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 thinner	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 thinner	cop
17	thinner	thin	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 grew	parataxis
18	on	on	ADP	_	21 mountain	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 mountain	det
20	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 mountain	amod
21	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 thinner	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	the crowd					thin property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	the air			a high mountain		thin property	tree rules

Meaning 5

As a noun, thinner is a liquid used to make paint runnier or to clean brushes.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADP	_	3 noun	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 noun	det
3	noun	noun	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 liquid	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 noun	punct
5	thinner	thin	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 liquid	amod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 liquid	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 liquid	det
8	liquid	liquid	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 liquid	acl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 make	mark
11	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 used	advcl
12	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 runnier	obl:unmarked
13	runnier	runny	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 make	xcomp
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 clean	cc
15	to	to	PART	_	16 clean	mark
16	clean	clean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 runnier	conj
17	brushes	brush	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 clean	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 liquid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a thinner liquid	as a noun	tree rules
2	use	participle	a thinner liquid not said here		vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	make	to-infinitive		runny property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
4	clean	to-infinitive	brushes		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent brush=Patient

Example 1

This slice of cake is thinner than that one.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 slice	det
2	slice	slice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thinner	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 cake	case
4	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slice	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 thinner	cop
6	thinner	thin	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
7	than	than	ADP	_	9 one	case
8	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 one	det
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thinner	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 thinner	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	this slice of cake					than that one; thin property	tree rules
2	slice			cake					nom slice «possession transitive»: of=patient

Example 2

The ice is thinner near the middle of the pond, so stay off it.

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 ice	det
2	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thinner	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 thinner	cop
4	thinner	thin	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	near	near	ADP	_	7 middle	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 middle	det
7	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thinner	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 pond	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pond	det
10	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 middle	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 stay	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	13 stay	advmod
13	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 thinner	conj
14	off	off	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 stay	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 thinner	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the ice			the middle of the pond		thin property	tree rules
2	stay	infinitive	the ice not said here					off ice	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

Add a little milk to make the batter thinner.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 milk	det
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 milk	amod
4	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Add	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 make	mark
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Add	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 batter	det
8	batter	batter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 make	obj
9	thinner	thin	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 make	xcomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Add	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	a little milk					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Patient
2	make	to-infinitive	you not said here	the batter				thin property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset batter=Product

Example 4

The air is thinner at the top of the mountain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 air	det
2	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thinner	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 thinner	cop
4	thinner	thin	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 top	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 top	det
7	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thinner	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 mountain	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mountain	det
10	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 top	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 thinner	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the air			the top of the mountain		thin property	tree rules

Example 5

After the race, the crowd grew thinner.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	3 race	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 race	det
3	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 grew	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 race	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 crowd	det
6	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 grew	nsubj
7	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	thinner	thin	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 grew	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	the crowd				after the race	thin property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 6

A sheet of paper is thinner than a piece of card.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sheet	det
2	sheet	sheet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thinner	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 paper	case
4	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sheet	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 thinner	cop
6	thinner	thin	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
7	than	than	ADP	_	9 piece	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 piece	det
9	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thinner	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 card	case
11	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 piece	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 thinner	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a sheet of paper					than a piece of card; thin property	tree rules

Example 7

Dad cleaned his brushes with paint thinner in the garage.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cleaned	nsubj
2	cleaned	clean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 brushes	nmod:poss
4	brushes	brush	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cleaned	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 paint	case
6	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cleaned	obl
7	thinner	thin	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 cleaned	advcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 garage	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 garage	det
10	garage	garage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thinner	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cleaned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clean	past	Dad	Dad's brushes				with paint	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent brush=Patient with paint=Instrument

Example 8

The old dog looks thinner since he has been ill.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dog	amod
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 looks	nsubj
4	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	thinner	thin	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 looks	xcomp
6	since	since	SCONJ	_	10 ill	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 ill	nsubj
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 ill	aux
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 ill	cop
10	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thinner	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 looks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	the old dog					thin property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	is	present · perfect	dog					ill property	tree rules

Example 9

Luckily, just at that place the trees grew thinner, and he could see a small farmhouse a little way off.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Luckily	luckily	ADV	_	6 place	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 place	punct
3	just	just	ADV	_	6 place	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 place	case
5	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 place	det
6	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 grew	nsubj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 trees	det
8	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 grew	nsubj
9	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	thinner	thin	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 grew	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 see	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 see	cc
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 see	nsubj
14	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 see	aux
15	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 grew	conj
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 farmhouse	det
17	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 farmhouse	amod
18	farmhouse	farmhouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 see	obj
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 way	det
20	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 way	amod
21	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 see	obl:unmarked
22	off	off	ADV	_	21 way	advmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	that place					thin property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	could	place	a small farmhouse				a little way obl:unmarked	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer farmhouse=Stimulus

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