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title: slant — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «slant» in the school dictionary: A slant is a line or surface that slopes, not straight up or flat. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# slant

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**Who acts:** slant, surface, particular way, Her, rain, you · **What happens:** be, slope, slant, mean, lean, see · **To what, where:** line, particular way, something, slant, slanted line, corner · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«slant» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [slant in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/slant.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A slant is a line or surface that slopes, not straight up or flat.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:slant:m1:1
# text = A slant is a line or surface that slopes, not straight up or flat.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	slant	slant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	slopes	slope	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
12	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	up	up	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a slant | a line or surface |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **slope** | present | surface |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To slant means to lean or slope.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:slant:m2:1
# text = To slant means to lean or slope.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	slant	slant	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	csubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	lean	lean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	slope	slope	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slant** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **lean** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **slope** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A slant is also a particular way of seeing or telling something, sometimes unfairly, like a story with a slant.

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:slant:m3:1
# text = A slant is also a particular way of seeing or telling something, sometimes unfairly, like a story with a slant.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	slant	slant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	seeing	see	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	conj	_	_
12	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	15	advmod	_	_
15	unfairly	unfairly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	like	like	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
20	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	slant	slant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a slant | a particular way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | gerund | a particular way *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like a story with a slant | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | a particular way *not said here* | something |  |  |  | unfairly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent something=Recipient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her handwriting slants to the right.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:slant:x1:1
# text = Her handwriting slants to the right.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	handwriting	handwriting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	slants	slant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slant** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  | to the right | nom slant «cognition transitive»: poss=agent to=obl |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The rain fell at a slant.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:slant:x2:1
# text = The rain fell at a slant.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	slant	slant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | the rain |  |  | a slant |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at slant=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The roof slants down to the garden.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:slant:x3:1
# text = The roof slants down to the garden.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	slants	slant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Draw a slanted line from corner to corner.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:slant:x4:1
# text = Draw a slanted line from corner to corner.
1	Draw	draw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	slanted	slanted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | imperative | you *not said here* | a slanted line |  | corner to corner |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent line=Theme from corner=Initial\_Location |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The sun's rays slanted through the window.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:slant:x5:1
# text = The sun's rays slanted through the window.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	rays	ray	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	slanted	slant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slant** | participle |  | the sun's rays *not said here* |  | the window |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through window=Location |
| 2 | **ray** |  | the sun |  |  |  |  |  | nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The article had a slant towards one team.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:slant:x6:1
# text = The article had a slant towards one team.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	article	article	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	slant	slant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the article | a slant |  |  |  | towards one team | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slant=Patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He gave the old story a fresh slant.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:slant:x7:1
# text = He gave the old story a fresh slant.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	slant	slant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | He | the old story |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent story=Recipient slant=Theme |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
So the drakling wriggled through the hole, and began to crawl faster and faster down the slanting shaft that leads to the fire in the middle of the earth.

<!-- fold The tree, 29 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:slant:x8:1
# text = So the drakling wriggled through the hole, and began to crawl faster and faster down the slanting shaft that leads to the fire in the middle of the earth.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	drakling	drakling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	wriggled	wriggle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	crawl	crawl	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	12	advmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	13	conj	_	_
16	down	down	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	slanting	slant	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	19	amod	_	_
19	shaft	shaft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
20	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj	_	_
21	leads	lead	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	acl:relcl	_	_
22	to	to	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wriggle** | participle |  | the drakling *not said here* |  | the hole |  |  | vn body\_internal\_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **begin** | past | the drakling |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **crawl** | to-infinitive | the drakling *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **slant** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **lead** | present | the slanting shaft |  |  | the middle of the earth |  | to the fire | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to fire=Patient |

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