The sand does distort the sheet a tiny bit, but this is not a distortion that we or the ant can measure.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	2:det	Discourse=causal-result:156->155:0|Entity=(194-abstract-new-cf2-4-disc(192-object-giv:act-cf3-2-coref
2	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	4:nsubj	Entity=192)
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	4:aux	_
4	distort	distort	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	0:root	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	6:det	Entity=(176-object-giv:act-cf4-2-coref
6	sheet	sheet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	4:obj	Entity=176)
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	9:det	_
8	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	9:amod	_
9	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:npmod	4:obl:npmod	Entity=194)|SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	16:punct	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	16:cc	Discourse=adversative-concession:157->156:0
12	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	nsubj	16:nsubj	Entity=(194-abstract-giv:act-cf2-1-coref)
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	16:cop	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	16:advmod	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	16:det	Entity=(195-abstract-new-cf6-2-sgl
16	distortion	distortion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	4:conj:but|23:obj	_
17	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	23	obj	16:ref	Discourse=elaboration-attribute:158->157:0
18	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	23:nsubj	Entity=(53-person-giv:act-cf1*-1-ana)
19	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	21:cc	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	21:det	Entity=(183-animal-giv:inact-cf5-2-coref
21	ant	ant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	18:conj:or|23:nsubj	Entity=183)
22	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	23:aux	_
23	measure	measure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	acl:relcl	16:acl:relcl	Entity=195)|SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	4:punct	_
