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fortnight

Who acts: We, I, library books, many days, magazine, It · What happens: go, see, be, pay, come out, shine · To what, where: holiday, you, She, Moon

«fortnight» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: fortnight in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A period of two weeks; fourteen days.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 period	det
2	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 weeks	case
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 weeks	nummod
5	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 period	nmod
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 days	punct
7	fourteen	fourteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 days	nummod
8	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 period	appos
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 period	punct

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

Example 1

We're going on holiday for a fortnight.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 going	nsubj
2	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 going	aux
3	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 holiday	case
5	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 going	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 fortnight	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 fortnight	det
8	fortnight	fortnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 going	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 going	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present · progressive	We			holiday	fortnight		vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on holiday=Location

Example 2

I'll see you in a fortnight.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 see	nsubj
2	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 see	aux
3	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 see	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 fortnight	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fortnight	det
7	fortnight	fortnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 see	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	future	I	you			fortnight		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

Example 3

The library books are due back in a fortnight.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 books	det
2	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 books	compound
3	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 due	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 due	cop
5	due	due	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 due	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 fortnight	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 fortnight	det
9	fortnight	fortnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 due	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 due	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the library books				fortnight	due property	tree rules

Example 4

How many days are there in three fortnights? Forty-two.

Sentence 1: How many days are there in three fortnights?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 many	advmod
2	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 days	amod
3	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 there	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 there	cop
5	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 fortnights	case
7	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 fortnights	nummod
8	fortnights	fortnight	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 there	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 there	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	many days				fortnight	there property	tree rules

Sentence 2: Forty-two.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 two	punct
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	1 Forty	conj
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Forty	punct

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

Example 5

She gets paid every fortnight.

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	3 paid	nsubj
2	gets	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 paid	aux:pass
3	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 fortnight	det
5	fortnight	fortnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paid	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 paid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	present · passive		She			fortnight		vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

Example 6

The magazine comes out fortnightly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 magazine	det
2	magazine	magazine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 comes	nsubj
3	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 comes	compound:prt
5	fortnightly	fortnightly	ADV	_	3 comes	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 comes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come out	present	the magazine					fortnightly property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient

Example 7

It was more than a fortnight since the Moon had shone.

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	3 more	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 more	cop
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	than	than	ADP	_	6 fortnight	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fortnight	det
6	fortnight	fortnight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 more	obl
7	since	since	SCONJ	_	11 shone	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Moon	det
9	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 shone	nsubj:pass
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 shone	aux
11	shone	shine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 more	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 more	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It				fortnight	more property	tree rules
2	shine	past · perfect · passive		the Moon					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme

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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