trifle

Who acts: Grandma, trifle, you, soup, old king, It · What happens: make, treat, have, not worry, be, not be · To what, where: cold dessert, Something, someone, big trifle, layers, trifle · Speech: someone speaks here

«trifle» in the English dictionary: its 4 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: trifle in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

A cold dessert made of layers of sponge cake, fruit or jelly, custard and cream, popular in the UK, Ireland, Australia and NZ.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 dessert	det
2	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dessert	amod
3	dessert	dessert	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 dessert	acl
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 layers	case
6	layers	layer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 made	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 cake	case
8	sponge	sponge	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cake	compound
9	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 layers	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 fruit	punct
11	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cake	conj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 jelly	cc
13	jelly	jelly	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cake	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 custard	punct
15	custard	custard	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 layers	appos
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 cream	cc
17	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 custard	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 popular	punct
19	popular	popular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 custard	amod
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 UK	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 UK	det
22	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 popular	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 Ireland	punct
24	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 UK	conj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 Australia	punct
26	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 UK	conj
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 NZ	cc
28	NZ	NZ	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 UK	conj
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 dessert	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a cold dessert not said here				of layers of sponge cake and fruit or jelly	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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.

Everyday, meaning 2

Something small and unimportant.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Something	amod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 unimportant	cc
4	unimportant	unimportant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 small	conj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Something	punct

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

Everyday, meaning 3

Usage: in «a trifle» — kept apart, not parsed.

A little, slightly: «a trifle tired».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 little	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tired	obl:unmarked
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 slightly	punct
4	slightly	slightly	ADV	_	2 little	advmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 tired	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 tired	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 trifle	det
8	trifle	trifle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tired	obl:unmarked
9	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 tired	punct
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 tired	punct

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

Everyday, meaning 4

Usage: in «trifle with» — kept apart, not parsed.

To treat someone or something without enough respect or seriousness.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 treat	mark
2	treat	treat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 treat	obj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 something	cc
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 someone	conj
6	without	without	ADP	_	8 respect	case
7	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 respect	amod
8	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 treat	obl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 seriousness	cc
10	seriousness	seriousness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 respect	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 treat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	treat	to-infinitive			someone something			without enough respect or seriousness	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient

Example 1

Grandma made a big trifle for the party.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 trifle	det
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 trifle	amod
5	trifle	trifle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 party	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 party	det
8	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	Grandma	a big trifle				for the party	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent trifle=Material for party=Beneficiary

Example 2

The trifle had layers of jelly, custard and cream.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 trifle	det
2	trifle	trifle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	layers	layer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 jelly	case
6	jelly	jelly	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 layers	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 custard	punct
8	custard	custard	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 jelly	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 cream	cc
10	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 jelly	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the trifle	layers of jelly and custard and cream					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent layer=Patient

Example 3

Don't worry about such trifles.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 worry	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 worry	advmod
3	worry	worry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 trifles	case
5	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 trifles	amod
6	trifles	trifle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 worry	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 worry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not worry	imperative · do-support	you not said here					about such trifles	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about trifle=Stimulus

Example 4

The soup was a trifle too salty.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 soup	det
2	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trifle	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 trifle	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 trifle	det
5	trifle	trifle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 salty	advmod
7	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 trifle	amod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 trifle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the soup	a trifle					tree rules

Example 5

The old king was not a man to be trifled with.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 king	amod
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 man	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 man	cop
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 man	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 man	det
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	10 trifled	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 trifled	aux:pass
10	trifled	trifle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 man	acl
11	with	with	ADP	_	10 trifled	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 man	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	past	the old king	a man					tree rules
2	trifle	to-infinitive · passive							vn trifle-105.3 «NP V PP.theme»

Example 6

It cost only a trifle, so I bought it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cost	nsubj
2	cost	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 trifle	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 trifle	det
5	trifle	trifle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cost	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bought	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 bought	advmod
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 bought	nsubj
9	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cost	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 bought	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cost	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cost	past	It	a trifle					vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme trifle=Value
2	buy	past	I	trifle					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Example 7

(informal) That's a trifle unfair, isn't it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct
2	informal	informal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 unfair	nsubj
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct
4	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 unfair	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 unfair	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 trifle	det
7	trifle	trifle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 unfair	obl:unmarked
8	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 unfair	punct
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 it	cop
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 it	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 unfair	parataxis
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 unfair	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	informal					a trifle obl:unmarked; That nsubj; unfair property	tree rules
2	not is a	present		trifle					tree rules

Example 8

But the dwarfs were not to be trifled with.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	But	but	CCONJ	_	8 trifled	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dwarfs	det
3	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 trifled	obl
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 trifled	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 trifled	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	8 trifled	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 trifled	aux:pass
8	trifled	trifle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	with	with	ADP	_	8 trifled	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 trifled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not trifle	past · passive		the dwarfs					vn trifle-105.3 «NP V PP.theme»

Example 9

()f the Sefer Yetzirah II little need be said ; it abounds in trifles, contradictions and repetitions. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

Sentence 1: ()f the Sefer Yetzirah II little need be said ; it abounds in trifles, contradictions and repetitions.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	14 abounds	punct
2	)	)	PUNCT	_	1 (	punct
3	f	for	ADP	Abbr=Yes	11 said	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 said	det
5	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 said	nsubj:pass
6	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Sefer	flat
7	II	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	9 need	nummod
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 need	amod
9	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 said	nsubj:pass
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 said	aux:pass
11	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 abounds	advcl
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 said	punct
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 abounds	nsubj
14	abounds	abound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 trifles	case
16	trifles	trifle	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 abounds	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 contradictions	punct
18	contradictions	contradiction	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 trifles	conj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 repetitions	cc
20	repetitions	repetition	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 trifles	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 abounds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	infinitive · passive		Sefer				II little need nsubj:pass	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
2	abound	present	need			trifles and contradictions and repetitions			vn swarm-47.5.1-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in trifle=Location

Sentence 2: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct
2	Mordell	Mordell	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Origin	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Origin	det
5	Origin	Origin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	appos
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Letters	case
7	Letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Origin	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Numerals	cc
9	Numerals	numeral	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 Letters	conj
10	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 Sefer	case
11	to	to	ADP	_	10 according	fixed
12	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	nmod
13	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Sefer	flat
14	(	(	PUNCT	_	15 1914	punct
15	1914	1914	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Mordell	list
16	))	))	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

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📖 trifle

Everyday, meaning 1

Everyday, meaning 2

Everyday, meaning 3

Everyday, meaning 4

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