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title: spillage — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «spillage» in the school dictionary: A spillage is an amount of liquid or other stuff that has spilled out by accident. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# spillage

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**Who acts:** spillage, accident, act, you, milk spillage, yellow sign · **What happens:** be, spill out, spill, tell, warn, kill · **To what, where:** amount, other stuff, act, oil spillage, teacher, hundreds · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A spillage is an amount of liquid or other stuff that has spilled out by accident.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spillage:m1:1
# text = A spillage is an amount of liquid or other stuff that has spilled out by accident.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spillage	spillage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	amount	amount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	spilled	spill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl:relcl	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 spillage | a amount or other stuff |  |  |  | of liquid | tree rules |
| 2 | **spill out** | present · perfect · passive | accident | other stuff |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Spillage is the act of spilling, as in "oil spillage".

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spillage:m2:1
# text = Spillage is the act of spilling, as in "oil spillage".
1	Spillage	Spillage	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	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	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	spilling	spill	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	spillage	spillage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Spillage | the act |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **spill** | gerund | the act *not said here* | oil spillage |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location spillage=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Please tell a teacher about any spillage in the lab.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spillage:x1:1
# text = Please tell a teacher about any spillage in the lab.
1	Please	please	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	spillage	spillage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lab	lab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | a teacher |  |  | about any spillage in the lab | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient about spillage=Topic |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
There was a milk spillage in the dinner hall.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spillage:x2:1
# text = There was a milk spillage in the dinner hall.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	spillage	spillage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | a milk spillage in the dinner hall |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A yellow sign warned of a spillage on the shop floor.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spillage:x3:1
# text = A yellow sign warned of a spillage on the shop floor.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	warned	warn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	spillage	spillage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | a yellow sign |  |  |  |  | of a spillage; on the shop floor | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent on floor=Topic |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The oil spillage killed hundreds of seabirds.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spillage:x4:1
# text = The oil spillage killed hundreds of seabirds.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	spillage	spillage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	seabirds	seabird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | past | the oil spillage | hundreds of seabirds |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hundred=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The cleaners mopped up the spillage straight away.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spillage:x5:1
# text = The cleaners mopped up the spillage straight away.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cleaners	cleaner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	mopped	mop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	spillage	spillage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mop up** | past | the cleaners | the spillage |  |  |  | away *property* | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent spillage=Initial\_Location |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The lorry crashed and caused a spillage of paint on the road.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:spillage:x6:1
# text = The lorry crashed and caused a spillage of paint on the road.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lorry	lorry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	crashed	crash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	spillage	spillage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crash** | past | the lorry |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **cause** | past | the lorry *not said here* | a spillage of paint |  | the road |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition spillage=Patient |

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