farthing
Who acts: farthing, single farthing, She, Boys · What happens: be, use, not take, not have, find · To what, where: old British coin, farthing, old nails, gutter
«farthing» 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: farthing in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A farthing was an old British coin worth a quarter of a penny. It is no longer used. (old use).
Sentence 1: A farthing was an old British coin worth a quarter of a penny.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 farthing | det |
| 2 | farthing | farthing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 coin | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 coin | cop |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 coin | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 coin | amod |
| 6 | British | British | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 coin | amod |
| 7 | coin | coin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | worth | worth | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 quarter | det:predet |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 quarter | det |
| 10 | quarter | quarter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 coin | nmod |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 penny | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 penny | det |
| 13 | penny | penny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 quarter | nmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 coin | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | a farthing | a old British coin | worth quarter of a penny nmod | 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.
Sentence 2: It is no longer used.
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 | 5 used | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 used | aux:pass |
| 3 | no | no | ADV | _ | 4 longer | advmod |
| 4 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 used | advmod |
| 5 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 used | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present · passive | farthing | long property | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Sentence 3: (old use).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 3 use | punct |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 use | amod |
| 3 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 3 use | punct |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 use | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
Not a single farthing will I take!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 take | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 farthing | det |
| 3 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 farthing | amod |
| 4 | farthing | farthing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 take | nsubj |
| 5 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 take | aux |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 take | nsubj |
| 7 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 7 take | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not take | future | a single farthing | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
She had not had a farthing all day.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 had | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 had | advmod |
| 4 | had | have | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 farthing | det |
| 6 | farthing | farthing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 had | obj |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 day | det |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 had | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not have | past · perfect | She | a farthing | day | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farthing=Patient |
Example 3
Boys found old nails and farthings in the gutter.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 found | nsubj |
| 2 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 nails | amod |
| 4 | nails | nail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 found | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 farthings | cc |
| 6 | farthings | farthing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 nails | conj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 gutter | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 gutter | det |
| 9 | gutter | gutter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 found | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 found | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past | Boys | old nails and farthings | the gutter | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nail=Topic |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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