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title: bottleneck — mysticism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «bottleneck» in the mysticism dictionary: The narrow neck of a bottle. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# bottleneck

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** everything, Six days, seventh, layers, you, bottleneck · **What happens:** have, pass, point, be, widen, note · **To what, where:** small space, road, stages, bottleneck, 08, 13 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«bottleneck» in the mysticism dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: [bottleneck in the mysticism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/mysticism/w/bottleneck.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The narrow neck of a bottle.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:mysticism:bottleneck:m1:1
# text = The narrow neck of a bottle.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The narrowest point of a road, a process or a network, where everything has to pass through a small space.

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:mysticism:bottleneck:m2:1
# text = The narrowest point of a road, a process or a network, where everything has to pass through a small space.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	narrowest	narrow	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	process	process	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	network	network	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	16	advmod	_	_
15	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	16	nsubj	_	_
16	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	_
19	through	through	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | everything |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | everything *not said here* |  |  | a small space |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through space=Location |
| 3 | **point** |  |  | a road |  |  |  |  | nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Six days are the stages, and the seventh is the bottleneck. (note 05)

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* Six days are the stages, and the seventh is the bottleneck.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:mysticism:bottleneck:x1:1
# text = Six days are the stages, and the seventh is the bottleneck.
1	Six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stages	stage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	seventh	seventh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bottleneck	bottleneck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Six days | the stages and the bottleneck |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the seventh | the bottleneck |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* (note 05)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:mysticism:bottleneck:x1:2
# text = (note 05)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	05	05	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The layers widen, narrow to a bottleneck, and widen again. (note 08)

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* The layers widen, narrow to a bottleneck, and widen again.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:mysticism:bottleneck:x2:1
# text = The layers widen, narrow to a bottleneck, and widen again.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	layers	layer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	widen	widen	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bottleneck	bottleneck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	widen	widen	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	again	again	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **widen** | present | the layers |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **widen** | present | the layers *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* (note 08)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:mysticism:bottleneck:x2:2
# text = (note 08)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	note	note	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	08	08	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **note** | imperative | you *not said here* | 08 |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent 08=Topic |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bottleneck is prime. (note 13)

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* The bottleneck is prime.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:mysticism:bottleneck:x3:1
# text = The bottleneck is prime.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bottleneck	bottleneck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	prime	prime	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the bottleneck |  |  |  |  | prime *property* | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* (note 13)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:mysticism:bottleneck:x3:2
# text = (note 13)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	note	note	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	13	13	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **note** | imperative | you *not said here* | 13 |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent 13=Topic |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That is the shape of an autoencoder: layers widen, narrow to a bottleneck, widen again; the seventh day is the latent space, where the whole of creation fits into one thought, and Mova does the same in miniature, text into a graph and back. (lesson 020)

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* That is the shape of an autoencoder: layers widen, narrow to a bottleneck, widen again; the seventh day is the latent space, where the whole of creation fits into one thought, and Mova does the same in miniature, text into a graph and back.

<!-- fold The tree, 44 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:mysticism:bottleneck:x4:1
# text = That is the shape of an autoencoder: layers widen, narrow to a bottleneck, widen again; the seventh day is the latent space, where the whole of creation fits into one thought, and Mova does the same in miniature, text into a graph and back.
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	autoencoder	autoencoder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	layers	layer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	widen	widen	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	advcl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	bottleneck	bottleneck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	widen	widen	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
18	again	again	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	seventh	seventh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
23	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	latent	latent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
28	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	30	advmod	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	creation	creation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
33	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
34	into	into	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	36	nummod	_	_
36	thought	thought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
39	Mova	Mova	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	nsubj	_	_
40	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	33	conj	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	obj	_	_
43	in	in	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	miniature	miniature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
46	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	conj	_	_
47	into	into	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	graph	graph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
51	back	back	ADV	RB	_	49	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | That | the shape |  |  |  | of a autoencoder | tree rules |
| 2 | **widen** | present | layers |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **widen** | present | layers *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **is a** | present | the seventh day | the latent space |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **fit** | present | the latent space |  |  | one thought |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into thought=Destination |
| 6 | **do** | present | Mova | the same |  | miniature and text |  | into a graph | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Eventuality |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* (lesson 020)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:mysticism:bottleneck:x4:2
# text = (lesson 020)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	020	020	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The note says this is the shape of an autoencoder: the layers widen, narrow to a bottleneck, and widen again. (lesson 020)

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* The note says this is the shape of an autoencoder: the layers widen, narrow to a bottleneck, and widen again.

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:mysticism:bottleneck:x5:1
# text = The note says this is the shape of an autoencoder: the layers widen, narrow to a bottleneck, and widen again.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	autoencoder	autoencoder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	layers	layer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	widen	widen	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	advcl	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	bottleneck	bottleneck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	widen	widen	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
23	again	again	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the note |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | this | the shape |  |  |  | of a autoencoder | tree rules |
| 3 | **widen** | present | the layers |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **widen** | present | the layers *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* (lesson 020)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:mysticism:bottleneck:x5:2
# text = (lesson 020)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	020	020	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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