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title: slop — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «slop» in the school dictionary: To slop means to spill liquid over the edge of a container, often messily. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# slop

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**Who acts:** Slop food, Slops, Slip, you, water, farmer · **What happens:** slop, mean, spill, be, feed, slap · **To what, where:** liquid, edge, Slop food, waste food, slip, sunscreen · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«slop» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [slop in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/slop.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To slop means to spill liquid over the edge of a container, often messily.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:slop:m1:1
# text = To slop means to spill liquid over the edge of a container, often messily.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	slop	slop	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	spill	spill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	container	container	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	often	often	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	messily	messily	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slop** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **spill** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | liquid |  | the edge of a container |  | messily *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location liquid=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 -->
Slop is food that is watery and unpleasant.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:slop:m2:1
# text = Slop is food that is watery and unpleasant.
1	Slop	slop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	watery	watery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	unpleasant	unpleasant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Slop food |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | Slop food |  |  |  |  | watery *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | Slop food *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Slops are waste food or dirty water, sometimes fed to pigs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:slop:m3:1
# text = Slops are waste food or dirty water, sometimes fed to pigs.
1	Slops	slop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	waste	waste	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	10	advmod	_	_
10	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Slops | waste food or dirty water |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **feed** | participle |  | waste food or dirty water *not said here* |  |  |  | sometimes *property* | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |

## Meaning 4 {#m4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In Australia and New Zealand «Slip, Slop, Slap» means slip on a shirt, slop on sunscreen, slap on a hat.

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:slop:m4:1
# text = In Australia and New Zealand «Slip, Slop, Slap» means slip on a shirt, slop on sunscreen, slap on a hat.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
5	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Slip	slip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	Slop	slop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	Slap	slap	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
13	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	slip	slip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	shirt	shirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	slop	slop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	conj	_	_
20	on	on	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	sunscreen	sunscreen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	slap	slap	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	conj	_	_
24	on	on	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slop** *in a quote* | infinitive | Slip *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |
| 2 | **slap** *in a quote* | infinitive | Slip *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **mean** | present | Slip | slip |  |  |  | in Australia and New Zealand | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot slip=Theme in australia=Attribute |
| 4 | **slop** | infinitive | Slip *not said here* |  |  | sunscreen |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |
| 5 | **slap** | infinitive | Slip *not said here* |  |  | a hat |  |  | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Don't slop your soup on the table.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:slop:x1:1
# text = Don't slop your soup on the table.
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	slop	slop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	table	table	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 | **not** **slop** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | your soup |  | the table |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location soup=Source |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The water slopped over the side of the bucket.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:slop:x2:1
# text = The water slopped over the side of the bucket.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	slopped	slop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bucket	bucket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slop** | past | the water |  |  | the side of the bucket |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over side=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Slip, Slop, Slap before you go out in the sun!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:slop:x3:1
# text = Slip, Slop, Slap before you go out in the sun!
1	Slip	slip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Slop	slop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	Slap	slap	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
9	out	out	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slop** | infinitive | Slip |  |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |
| 2 | **slap** | infinitive | Slip *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **go out** | present | you |  |  | the sun |  | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The farmer fed slops to the pigs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:slop:x4:1
# text = The farmer fed slops to the pigs.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fed	feed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	slops	slop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | past | the farmer | slops | the pigs |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent slop=Theme to pig=Recipient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The school lunch looked like grey slop.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:slop:x5:1
# text = The school lunch looked like grey slop.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	slop	slop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | the school lunch |  |  |  |  | like grey slop | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Carry the paint carefully so it doesn't slop.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:slop:x6:1
# text = Carry the paint carefully so it doesn't slop.
1	Carry	carry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	slop	slop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | imperative | you *not said here* | the paint |  |  |  | carefully *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paint=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **slop** | present · do-support | paint |  |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tea slopped into the saucer.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:slop:x7:1
# text = Tea slopped into the saucer.
1	Tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	slopped	slop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	saucer	saucer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slop** | past | Tea |  |  | the saucer |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into saucer=Location |

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