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title: thinned — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «thinned» in the school dictionary: Made thinner or less thick: «She thinned the paint with water». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# thinned

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**Who acts:** She, crowd, others, hair, Mum, fireworks · **What happens:** make, thin, become, take out, have, grow · **To what, where:** paint, young plants, room, gravy, carrot seedlings, space · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«thinned» 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: [thinned in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/thinned.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Made thinner or less thick: «She thinned the paint with water».

<!-- fold The tree, 11 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thinned:m1:1
# text = Made thinner or less thick: «She thinned the paint with water».
1	Made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	thinner	thin	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	xcomp	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	thinned	thin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | thin *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **thin** *in a quote* | past | She | the paint |  |  |  | with water | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent paint=Patient with water=Instrument |

<!-- .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 -->
Became less crowded or less dense: «The crowd thinned».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thinned:m2:1
# text = Became less crowded or less dense: «The crowd thinned».
1	Became	become	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
3	crowded	crowded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	dense	dense	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	thinned	thin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | crowded *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **thin** *in a quote* | past | the crowd |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: gardening — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Took out some young plants so the others have room to grow.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thinned:m3:1
# text = Took out some young plants so the others have room to grow.
1	Took	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
4	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
10	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take out** | participle |  | some young plants |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | present | the others | room |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Patient |
| 3 | **grow** | to-infinitive | the others *not said here* | room *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Meaning 4 {#m4}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: of hair — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Became thinner, with less hair: «His hair thinned as he got older».

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thinned:m4:1
# text = Became thinner, with less hair: «His hair thinned as he got older».
1	Became	become	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
2	thinner	thin	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	thinned	thin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
12	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	_
15	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | thin *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **thin** *in a quote* | participle | His hair |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **get** *in a quote* | past | hair |  |  |  |  | old *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mum thinned the gravy with a little water.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thinned:x1:1
# text = Mum thinned the gravy with a little water.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thinned	thin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gravy	gravy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thin** | past | Mum | the gravy |  |  |  | with a little water | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent gravy=Patient with water=Instrument |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The crowd thinned after the fireworks ended.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thinned:x2:1
# text = The crowd thinned after the fireworks ended.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	thinned	thin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fireworks	firework	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	ended	end	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thin** | past | the crowd |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **end** | past | the fireworks |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We thinned the carrot seedlings so they had space.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thinned:x3:1
# text = We thinned the carrot seedlings so they had space.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thinned	thin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	carrot	carrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	seedlings	seedling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thin** | past | We | the carrot seedlings |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent seedling=Patient |
| 2 | **have** | past | seedlings *= seedling* | space |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent space=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fog thinned and we could see the hills.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thinned:x4:1
# text = The fog thinned and we could see the hills.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fog	fog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	thinned	thin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thin** | past | the fog |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **see** | could | we | the hills |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hill=Stimulus |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grandad's hair has thinned over the years.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thinned:x5:1
# text = Grandad's hair has thinned over the years.
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	thinned	thin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thin** | present · perfect | Grandad's hair |  |  |  | year |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The teacher thinned the paint so it would spread easily.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thinned:x6:1
# text = The teacher thinned the paint so it would spread easily.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	thinned	thin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	spread	spread	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
10	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thin** | past | the teacher | the paint |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent paint=Patient |
| 2 | **spread** | would | teacher |  |  |  |  | easily *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
By evening, the traffic had thinned out.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:thinned:x7:1
# text = By evening, the traffic had thinned out.
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	traffic	traffic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	thinned	thin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thin out** | past · perfect | the traffic |  |  |  | evening |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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