billionth
Who acts: nanosecond, company, you, Atoms · What happens: come, be, celebrate, bear, write · To what, where: number, order, billionth, billionth customer, billionth person, 1800s
«billionth» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: billionth in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Coming as number one billion in order (1,000,000,000th).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | as | as | ADV | _ | 3 number | advmod |
| 3 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Coming | obj |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 billion | compound |
| 5 | billion | billion | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 number | appos |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 order | case |
| 7 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Coming | obl |
| 8 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 9 1,000,000,000th | punct |
| 9 | 1,000,000,000th | 1,000,000,000th | ADJ | NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord | 7 order | appos |
| 10 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 9 1,000,000,000th | punct |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Coming | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | gerund | number | order | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location number=Theme |
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
One of a billion equal parts of something: 1/1,000,000,000.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 parts | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 parts | det |
| 4 | billion | billion | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 parts | nummod |
| 5 | equal | equal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 parts | amod |
| 6 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 One | nmod |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 something | case |
| 8 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 parts | appos |
| 9 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 1/1,000,000,000 | punct |
| 10 | 1/1,000,000,000 | 1/1,000,000,000 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 something | appos |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 One | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
A nanosecond is a billionth of a second.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 nanosecond | det |
| 2 | nanosecond | nanosecond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 billionth | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 billionth | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 billionth | det |
| 5 | billionth | billionth | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 second | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 second | det |
| 8 | second | second | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 billionth | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 billionth | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a nanosecond | a billionth | second | tree rules |
Example 2
The company celebrated its billionth customer.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 company | det |
| 2 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 celebrated | nsubj |
| 3 | celebrated | celebrate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 customer | nmod:poss |
| 5 | billionth | billionth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 customer | compound |
| 6 | customer | customer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 celebrated | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 celebrated | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | celebrate | past | the company | company's billionth customer | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent customer=Theme |
Example 3
The world's billionth person was born in the 1800s.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 world | det |
| 2 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 person | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 world | case |
| 4 | billionth | billionth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 person | amod |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 born | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 born | aux:pass |
| 7 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 1800s | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 1800s | det |
| 10 | 1800s | 1800 | NOUN | Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card | 7 born | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 born | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | past · passive | the world's billionth person | the 1800s | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Example 4
Write one billionth as a fraction: 1/1,000,000,000.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Write | write | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 billionth | nummod |
| 3 | billionth | billionth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Write | obj |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 fraction | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 fraction | det |
| 6 | fraction | fraction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Write | obl |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 1/1,000,000,000 | punct |
| 8 | 1/1,000,000,000 | 1/1,000,000,000 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 fraction | appos |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Write | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | imperative | you not said here | one billionth | as a fraction | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent billionth=Result as fraction=Attribute |
Example 5
Atoms are smaller than a billionth of a metre across.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atoms | atom | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 smaller | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 smaller | cop |
| 3 | smaller | small | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | than | than | ADP | _ | 6 billionth | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 billionth | det |
| 6 | billionth | billionth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 smaller | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 metre | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 metre | det |
| 9 | metre | metre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 billionth | nmod |
| 10 | across | across | ADV | _ | 3 smaller | advmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 smaller | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Atoms | than a billionth of a metre; across, small property | tree rules |
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