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title: silt — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «silt» in the school dictionary: Fine sand, mud and soil carried by flowing water and left at the bottom of rivers, lakes or harbours. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# silt

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**Who acts:** river, Silt, water, Farmers · **What happens:** carry, flow, leave, silt up, mean, become · **To what, where:** soil, bottom, silt, fields, harbour, crops · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fine sand, mud and soil carried by flowing water and left at the bottom of rivers, lakes or harbours.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:silt:m1:1
# text = Fine sand, mud and soil carried by flowing water and left at the bottom of rivers, lakes or harbours.
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	flowing	flow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	amod	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	lakes	lake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	_
20	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	harbours	harbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | participle |  | soil *not said here* |  |  |  | by flowing water | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **flow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **leave** | participle |  |  |  | the bottom of rivers and lakes or harbours |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at bottom=Location |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Silt up» means to become blocked with silt.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:silt:m2:1
# text = «Silt up» means to become blocked with silt.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Silt	silt	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	nsubj	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	blocked	block	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	xcomp	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	silt	silt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **silt up** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **become** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **block** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with silt | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with silt=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The river left silt on the fields after the flood.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:silt:x1:1
# text = The river left silt on the fields after the flood.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	silt	silt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | participle | the river *not said here* | silt |  | the fields | after the flood |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent silt=Theme on field=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Silt makes the soil rich for farming.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:silt:x2:1
# text = Silt makes the soil rich for farming.
1	Silt	silt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	farming	farming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	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 | **make** | present | Silt | the soil |  |  |  | rich *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset soil=Product |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The harbour silted up over time.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:silt:x3:1
# text = The harbour silted up over time.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	harbour	harbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	silted	silt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **silt up** | participle |  | the harbour *not said here* |  |  | time |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The water was brown with silt.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:silt:x4:1
# text = The water was brown with silt.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	silt	silt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the water |  |  |  |  | with silt; brown *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Silt is finer than sand.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:silt:x5:1
# text = Silt is finer than sand.
1	Silt	silt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	finer	fine	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Silt |  |  |  |  | than sand; fine *property* | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Farmers by the Nile used the silt to grow crops.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:silt:x6:1
# text = Farmers by the Nile used the silt to grow crops.
1	Farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Nile	Nile	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	silt	silt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	crops	crop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | Farmers by the Nile | the silt |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent silt=Patient |
| 2 | **grow** | to-infinitive | Farmers by the Nile *not said here* | crops |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location crop=Theme |

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