acre

Who acts: acre, unit, big farm field, Acres, farmer plants, Tom · What happens: be, measure, mean, corn, give, plow · To what, where: unit, size, many acres, lot, 12 acres, 30 bushels

«acre» in the English dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 11 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: acre in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

An acre is a unit for measuring the size of a piece of land. A big farm field can be many acres.

Sentence 1: An acre is a unit for measuring the size of a piece of land.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 acre	det
2	acre	acre	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 unit	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 unit	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 unit	det
5	unit	unit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	SCONJ	_	7 measuring	mark
7	measuring	measure	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 unit	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 size	det
9	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 measuring	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 piece	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 piece	det
12	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 size	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 land	case
14	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 piece	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 unit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a acre	a unit					tree rules
2	measure	gerund	a unit not said here	the size of a piece of land					vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme size=Value

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.

Sentence 2: A big farm field can be many acres.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 field	det
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 field	amod
3	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 field	compound
4	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 acres	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 acres	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 acres	cop
7	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 acres	amod
8	acres	acre	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 acres	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	can	a big farm field	many acres					tree rules

Everyday, meaning 2

Acres can mean a lot of land: «acres of forest».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Acres	acre	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 mean	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 mean	aux
3	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lot	det
5	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mean	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 land	case
7	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lot	nmod
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 acres	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 acres	punct
10	acres	acre	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lot	appos
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 forest	case
12	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 acres	nmod
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 acres	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	can	Acres	a lot of land					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Topic

Example 1

A farmer plants corn on 12 acres.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 plants	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plants	compound
3	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 corn	nsubj
4	corn	corn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 acres	case
6	12	12	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 acres	nummod
7	acres	acre	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 corn	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 corn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	corn	present	a farmer plants			12 acres			tree rules

Example 2

Each acre gives 30 bushels of wheat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 acre	det
2	acre	acre	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gives	nsubj
3	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 bushels	nummod
5	bushels	bushel	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gives	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 wheat	case
7	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bushels	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gives	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	each acre	30 bushels of wheat					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bushel=Theme

Example 3

Tom plows 4 acres a day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 plows	nsubj
2	plows	plow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 acres	nummod
4	acres	acre	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 plows	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 day	det
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 plows	obl:unmarked
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 plows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plow	present	Tom	4 acres			day		vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Agent acre=Initial_Location

Example 4

The park covers 25 acres.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 park	det
2	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 covers	nsubj
3	covers	cover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	25	25	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 acres	nummod
5	acres	acre	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 covers	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 covers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	present	the park	25 acres					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme acre=Destination

Example 5

A football field is a bit more than one acre.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 field	det
2	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 field	compound
3	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 more	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 more	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bit	det
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 more	obl:unmarked
7	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
8	than	than	ADP	_	10 acre	case
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 acre	nummod
10	acre	acre	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 more	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 more	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a football field					than one acre; a bit obl:unmarked; more property	tree rules

Example 6

The ranch has hundreds of acres of grass.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ranch	det
2	ranch	ranch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 acres	case
6	acres	acre	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hundreds	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 grass	case
8	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 acres	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the ranch	hundreds of acres of grass					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hundred=Patient

Example 7

The fire burned 50 acres of forest.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fire	det
2	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 burned	nsubj
3	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	50	50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 acres	nummod
5	acres	acre	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 burned	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 forest	case
7	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 acres	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 burned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	past	the fire	50 acres of forest					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent acre=Theme

Example 8

How many acres can he plow in 5 days?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 many	advmod
2	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 acres	amod
3	acres	acre	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 plow	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 plow	aux
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 plow	nsubj
6	plow	plow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 days	case
8	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 days	nummod
9	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 plow	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 plow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plow	can	many acres				day	he nsubj	vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Example 9

The rich man's broad acres and the cottager's small garden patch were equally blighted.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 acres	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 man	case
5	broad	broad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 acres	amod
6	acres	acre	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 blighted	nsubj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 patch	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cottager	det
9	cottager	cottager	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 patch	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 cottager	case
11	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 patch	amod
12	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 patch	compound
13	patch	patch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 acres	conj
14	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 blighted	aux:pass
15	equally	equally	ADV	_	16 blighted	advmod
16	blighted	blight	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 blighted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blight	past · passive		the rich man's broad acres and the cottager's small garden patch				equally property	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Example 10

For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah. (Prophets ISA.5.10, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	3 acres	case
2	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 acres	nummod
3	acres	acre	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 yield	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 vineyard	case
5	vineyard	vineyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 acres	nmod
6	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 yield	aux
7	yield	yield	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 bath	nummod
9	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 yield	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 yield	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 yield	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 seed	det
13	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 yield	nsubj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 homer	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 homer	det
16	homer	homer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 seed	nmod
17	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 yield	aux
18	yield	yield	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 yield	parataxis
19	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 ephah	det
20	ephah	ephah	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 yield	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 yield	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yield	shall	ten acres of vineyard	one bath					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent bath=Theme
2	yield	shall	the seed of a homer	a ephah					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent ephah=Theme

Sentence 2: (Prophets ISA.5.10, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	ISA.5.10	ISA.5.10	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Prophets	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ISA.5.10	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 ISA.5.10	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 11

And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armour-bearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were half a furrow's length in an acre of land. (Prophets 1SA.14.14, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armour-bearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were half a furrow's length in an acre of land.

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	4 slaughter	cc
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 slaughter	det
3	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 slaughter	amod
4	slaughter	slaughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 men	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 men	nsubj
7	Jonathan	Jonathan	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 men	nsubj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 bearer	cc
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 bearer	nmod:poss
10	armour	armour	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bearer	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 armour	punct
12	bearer	bearer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Jonathan	conj
13	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 bearer	acl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Jonathan	punct
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 men	cop
16	about	about	ADV	_	17 twenty	advmod
17	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 men	nummod
18	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 slaughter	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 length	punct
20	within	within	ADP	_	28 length	case
21	as	as	SCONJ	_	28 length	mark
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 length	nsubj
23	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 length	cop
24	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	28 length	det:predet
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 furrow	det
26	furrow	furrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 length	nmod:poss
27	's	's	PART	_	26 furrow	case
28	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slaughter	conj
29	in	in	ADP	_	31 acre	case
30	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 acre	det
31	acre	acre	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 length	nmod
32	of	of	ADP	_	33 land	case
33	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 acre	nmod
34	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 slaughter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	make	participle		his armour bearer not said here			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	is a	past	that first slaughter and twenty men and a furrow's length	twenty men		Jonathan and his armour bearer nsubj	tree rules
3	is	past	bearer		a acre of land	within a furrow's length; a furrow nmod:poss	tree rules

Sentence 2: (Prophets 1SA.14.14, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	1SA.14.14	1SA.14.14	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Prophets	flat
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 1917	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 1917	nmod:unmarked
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 1SA.14.14	conj
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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📖 acre

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