ducat

Who acts: ducat, He, old king · What happens: be, use, find, stuff, pay, count · To what, where: old gold, silver coin, parts, purse, miller, ducats

«ducat» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: ducat in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A ducat is an old gold or silver coin used in parts of Europe long ago.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 ducat	det
2	ducat	ducat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gold	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 gold	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 gold	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gold	amod
6	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 coin	cc
8	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 coin	compound
9	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gold	conj
10	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 coin	acl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 parts	case
12	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 used	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 Europe	case
14	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 parts	nmod
15	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 ago	advmod
16	ago	ago	ADV	_	10 used	advmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 gold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a ducat	a old gold or silver coin					tree rules
2	use	participle		silver coin not said here		parts of Europe		ago property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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.

Example 1

He found a purse stuffed with shining ducats.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 found	nsubj
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 purse	det
4	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obj
5	stuffed	stuff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 purse	acl
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 ducats	case
7	shining	shining	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ducats	compound
8	ducats	ducat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stuffed	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	He	a purse					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purse=Topic
2	stuff	participle		a purse not said here				with shining ducats	vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with ducat=Theme

Example 2

The miller was paid in ducats for his grain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 miller	det
2	miller	miller	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 paid	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 paid	aux:pass
4	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 ducats	case
6	ducats	ducat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 paid	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 grain	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 grain	nmod:poss
9	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 paid	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 paid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	past · passive		the miller		ducats		for his grain	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Asset for grain=Theme

Example 3

The old king counted his ducats every night.

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	4 counted	nsubj
4	counted	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 ducats	nmod:poss
6	ducats	ducat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 counted	obj
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 night	det
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 counted	obl:unmarked
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 counted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	past	the old king	king's ducats			night		vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ducat=Theme

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