barleycorn

Who acts: barleycorn, One barleycorn, hen, fairy · What happens: be, use, peck up, say, have · To what, where: one grain, old measuring, tiny grain, barleycorn, one barleycorn · Speech: someone speaks here

«barleycorn» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: barleycorn in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A barleycorn is one grain of barley, a tiny seed from the barley plant.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 barleycorn	det
2	barleycorn	barleycorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grain	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 grain	cop
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 grain	nummod
5	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 barley	case
7	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grain	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 seed	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 seed	det
10	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 seed	amod
11	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grain	conj
12	from	from	ADP	_	15 plant	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 plant	det
14	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 plant	compound
15	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 seed	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 grain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a barleycorn	one grain and a tiny seed from the barley plant				of barley	tree rules

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

An old unit of length, about a third of an inch, used in old measuring.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 unit	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 unit	amod
3	unit	unit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 length	case
5	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unit	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 third	punct
7	about	about	ADV	_	9 third	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 third	det
9	third	third	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unit	appos
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 inch	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 inch	det
12	inch	inch	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 third	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 used	punct
14	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 third	conj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 measuring	case
16	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 measuring	amod
17	measuring	measuring	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 used	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 unit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle				old measuring			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

One barleycorn is a tiny grain of barley.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 barleycorn	nummod
2	barleycorn	barleycorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grain	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 grain	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 grain	det
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 grain	amod
6	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 barley	case
8	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grain	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 grain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	One barleycorn	a tiny grain				of barley	tree rules

Example 2

The hen pecked up every barleycorn in the yard.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hen	det
2	hen	hen	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	pecked	peck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 hen	acl
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 pecked	compound:prt
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 barleycorn	det
6	barleycorn	barleycorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pecked	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 yard	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 yard	det
9	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 barleycorn	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	peck up	participle	the hen not said here	every barleycorn				in the yard	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent barleycorn=Patient in yard=Location

Example 3

The fairy said she would rather have one barleycorn than all the jewels.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fairy	det
2	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 have	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 have	aux
6	rather	rather	ADV	_	7 have	advmod
7	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 said	ccomp
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 barleycorn	nummod
9	barleycorn	barleycorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 have	obj
10	than	than	ADP	_	13 jewels	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 jewels	det:predet
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 jewels	det
13	jewels	jewel	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 have	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the fairy						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	would	fairy	one barleycorn				than all jewels	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent barleycorn=Patient

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