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title: tide — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «tide» in the school dictionary: The regular rise and fall of the sea's level, usually twice a day, caused mainly by the pull of the Moon's gravity. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# tide

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** pull, level, strong feeling, opinion, something, we · **What happens:** cause, rise, pull, change, tide, tide over · **To what, where:** regular rise, gravity, someone, them, low tide, 's · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«tide» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: [tide in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tide.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The regular rise and fall of the sea's level, usually twice a day, caused mainly by the pull of the Moon's gravity.

<!-- fold The tree, 24 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tide:m1:1
# text = The regular rise and fall of the sea's level, usually twice a day, caused mainly by the pull of the Moon's gravity.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	regular	regular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rise	rise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	level	level	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	15	advmod	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
18	mainly	mainly	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
19	by	by	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	pull	pull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	's	's	PART	POS	_	24	case	_	_
26	gravity	gravity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | participle · passive | the pull of the Moon's gravity | the regular rise of the sea's level and fall and a day |  |  |  | mainly *property* | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient |
| 2 | **rise** |  | the sea's level |  |  |  |  |  | nom rise «event intransitive»: of=agent |
| 3 | **pull** |  |  | the Moon's gravity |  |  |  |  | nom pull «act transitive»: of=patient |

<!-- .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 -->
A strong feeling or trend that changes, as in a tide of opinion.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tide:m2:1
# text = A strong feeling or trend that changes, as in a tide of opinion.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	trend	trend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	opinion	opinion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present | a strong feeling or trend |  |  |  |  | as a tide of opinion | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **tide** |  | opinion |  |  |  |  |  | nom tide «event intransitive»: of=agent |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Tide someone over" means to help them for a short time until something better comes: a snack to tide you over until dinner.

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tide:m3:1
# text = "Tide someone over" means to help them for a short time until something better comes: a snack to tide you over until dinner.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Tide	tide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	csubj	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
15	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	17	nsubj	_	_
16	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	15	amod	_	_
17	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	snack	snack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
23	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	over	over	ADP	RP	_	22	compound	_	_
25	until	until	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tide over** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | someone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **help** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | them *= they* |  |  | time |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary |
| 4 | **come** | present | something |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
At low tide we looked for crabs in the rock pools.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tide:x1:1
# text = At low tide we looked for crabs in the rock pools.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	crabs	crab	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	pools	pool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | we |  |  | low tide |  | for crabs; in the rock pools | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent at tide=Location for crab=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The tide is coming in, so let's move our towels.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tide:x2:1
# text = The tide is coming in, so let's move our towels.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	towels	towel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come in** | present · progressive | the tide |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **let** | infinitive |  | 's |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **move** | infinitive | 's *not said here* | our towels |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent towel=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Check the tide times before walking round the cliffs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tide:x3:1
# text = Check the tide times before walking round the cliffs.
1	Check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
7	round	round	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **walk** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  | the cliffs |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round cliff=Trajectory |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Moon's pull causes the tides.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tide:x4:1
# text = The Moon's pull causes the tides.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	pull	pull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tides	tide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | the Moon's pull | the tides |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition tide=Patient |
| 2 | **pull** |  | the Moon |  |  |  |  |  | nom pull «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
There are about two high tides every day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tide:x5:1
# text = There are about two high tides every day.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tides	tide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be about** | present | two high tides |  |  | there | day |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
At high tide the sand castle washed away.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tide:x6:1
# text = At high tide the sand castle washed away.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	washed	wash	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash away** | participle |  | the sand castle *not said here* |  |  |  | away *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Have an apple to tide you over until lunch.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tide:x7:1
# text = Have an apple to tide you over until lunch.
1	Have	have	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
8	until	until	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have over** | imperative | you *not said here* | a apple and tide |  |  | until lunch |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Patient |
| 2 | **tide** |  | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The team's goal turned the tide of the match.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tide:x8:1
# text = The team's goal turned the tide of the match.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	goal	goal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | the team's goal | the tide of the match |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tide=Theme |
| 2 | **tide** |  | the match |  |  |  |  |  | nom tide «event intransitive»: of=agent |

## Example 9 {#x9}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
But the tide came in, just as it always did.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tide:x9:1
# text = But the tide came in, just as it always did.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	11	advmod	_	_
11	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come in** | past | the tide |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past | tide |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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