turbid

Who acts: Turbid water, liquid, river, We, pond water, Fish · What happens: be, have, stir up, describe, test, find · To what, where: mud, other bits, liquid, confused thoughts, it, turbid water

«turbid» 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: turbid in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Turbid water or liquid is cloudy or muddy because it has mud, sand or other bits stirred up in it.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turbid	turbid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 water	amod
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cloudy	nsubj
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 liquid	cc
4	liquid	liquid	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 water	conj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cloudy	cop
6	cloudy	cloudy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 muddy	cc
8	muddy	muddy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cloudy	conj
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 has	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 has	nsubj
11	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cloudy	advcl
12	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 has	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 sand	punct
14	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 mud	conj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 bits	cc
16	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 bits	amod
17	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 mud	conj
18	stirred	stir	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 bits	acl
19	up	up	ADP	_	18 stirred	compound:prt
20	in	in	ADP	_	21 it	case
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 stirred	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 cloudy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	Turbid water or liquid			cloudy property	tree rules
2	be		Turbid water or liquid not said here				tree rules
3	have	present	liquid	mud and sand or other bits			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mud=Patient
4	stir up	participle		other bits not said here	liquid		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition

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: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

Turbid can also describe confused or unclear thoughts or writing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turbid	turbid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 describe	advcl
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 describe	aux
3	also	also	ADV	_	4 describe	advmod
4	describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	confused	confused	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 thoughts	amod
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 unclear	cc
7	unclear	unclear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 confused	conj
8	thoughts	thought	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 describe	obj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 writing	cc
10	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 thoughts	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	can		confused thoughts or writing					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent thought=Theme

Example 1

After the storm the river was turbid and brown.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	3 storm	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 storm	det
3	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 turbid	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 river	det
5	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 turbid	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 turbid	cop
7	turbid	turbid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 brown	cc
9	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 turbid	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 turbid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the river				after the storm	turbid property	tree rules
2	be		the river not said here						tree rules

Example 2

We tested whether the pond water was clear or turbid.

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 tested	nsubj
2	tested	test	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	8 clear	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 water	det
5	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 water	compound
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 clear	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 clear	cop
8	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 tested	ccomp
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 turbid	cc
10	turbid	turbid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 clear	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tested	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	test	past	We		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the pond water	clear property	tree rules
3	be		the pond water not said here		tree rules

Example 3

Fish find it hard to see in turbid water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 find	nsubj
2	find	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 find	obj
4	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 find	xcomp
5	to	to	PART	_	6 see	mark
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 hard	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 water	case
8	turbid	turbid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 water	amod
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 find	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present	Fish	it				hard property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	see	to-infinitive				turbid water			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Example 4

The turbid water slowly cleared as the mud settled.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 water	det
2	turbid	turbid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 water	amod
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cleared	nsubj
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	5 cleared	advmod
5	cleared	clear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 settled	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mud	det
8	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 settled	nsubj
9	settled	settle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 cleared	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 cleared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clear	past	the turbid water					slowly property	vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source
2	settle	past	the mud						vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

Filtering made the turbid sample clear.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Filtering	filtering	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sample	det
4	turbid	turbid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sample	amod
5	sample	sample	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj
6	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 made	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	Filtering	the turbid sample				clear property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sample=Product

Example 6

The essay was turbid and hard to follow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 essay	det
2	essay	essay	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turbid	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 turbid	cop
4	turbid	turbid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 hard	cc
6	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 turbid	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 follow	mark
8	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 hard	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 turbid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	the essay	turbid property	tree rules
2	be		the essay not said here		tree rules
3	follow	to-infinitive	the essay not said here		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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