Assertion: root | /r/CapableOf | take water
Facets:
value: actively
type: MANNER
value: in the uppermost meter of soil
type: LOCATION
value: from the soil
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Plants need their roots especially for three reasons: The roots take water and nutrients, a sort of food, from the soil.
text: These roots not only take in water and nutrients from the soil, but they also help to support the long branches of the banyan tree.
text: Only finer roots (known as feeder roots) actively take up water and minerals, generally in the uppermost meter of soil.