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title: floodplain — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «floodplain» in the school dictionary: A floodplain is the flat land beside a river that gets covered with water when the river floods. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# floodplain

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**Who acts:** floodplain, river, farm, Floods, Building houses, you · **What happens:** be, cover, flood, lie, leave, label · **To what, where:** flat land, river, floodplain, rich soil, water, river diagram

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«floodplain» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: [floodplain in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/floodplain.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A floodplain is the flat land beside a river that gets covered with water when the river floods.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:floodplain:m1:1
# text = A floodplain is the flat land beside a river that gets covered with water when the river floods.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	floodplain	floodplain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
15	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	18	mark	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	floods	flood	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a floodplain | the flat land |  | a river |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cover** | present · passive |  | a river |  |  |  | with water | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with water=Theme |
| 3 | **flood** | present | the river |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The farm lies on the river's floodplain.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:floodplain:x1:1
# text = The farm lies on the river's floodplain.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	floodplain	floodplain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | present | the farm |  |  | the river's floodplain |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on floodplain=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Floods leave rich soil on the floodplain.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:floodplain:x2:1
# text = Floods leave rich soil on the floodplain.
1	Floods	flood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	leave	leave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	floodplain	floodplain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present | Floods | rich soil |  | the floodplain |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent soil=Theme on floodplain=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Building houses on a floodplain is risky.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:floodplain:x3:1
# text = Building houses on a floodplain is risky.
1	Building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	floodplain	floodplain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	risky	risky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Building houses on a floodplain |  |  |  |  | risky *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The floodplain was under water after the storm.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:floodplain:x4:1
# text = The floodplain was under water after the storm.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	floodplain	floodplain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the floodplain |  |  | water | after the storm |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Label the floodplain on your river diagram.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:floodplain:x5:1
# text = Label the floodplain on your river diagram.
1	Label	label	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	floodplain	floodplain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	diagram	diagram	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **label** | imperative | you *not said here* | the floodplain |  | your river diagram |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent floodplain=Destination |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cows graze on the floodplain in summer.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:floodplain:x6:1
# text = Cows graze on the floodplain in summer.
1	Cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	graze	graze	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	floodplain	floodplain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **graze** | present | Cows |  |  |  | summer | on the floodplain | vn dine-39.5 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on floodplain=Patient |

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