fourpence

Who acts: Fourpence, He, you, loaf · What happens: be, sum, have, hand out, cost · To what, where: four pence, money, one pound, purse, me, fourpence

«fourpence» 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: fourpence in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Fourpence is four pence, an old British sum of money (a small amount, worth about 4p now).

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fourpence	fourpence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pence	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 pence	cop
3	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 pence	nummod
4	pence	pence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sum	punct
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sum	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sum	amod
8	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sum	amod
9	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pence	appos
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 money	case
11	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sum	nmod
12	(	(	PUNCT	_	15 amount	punct
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 amount	det
14	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 amount	amod
15	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sum	parataxis
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 worth	punct
17	worth	worth	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 amount	conj
18	about	about	ADV	_	20 p	advmod
19	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	20 p	nummod
20	p	p	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 worth	obj
21	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 amount	advmod
22	)	)	PUNCT	_	15 amount	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 pence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Fourpence	four pence					tree rules
2	sum			money					nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient

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 had one pound thirteen shillings and fourpence in his purse.

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 pound	nummod
4	pound	pound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	thirteen	thirteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 shillings	nummod
6	shillings	shilling	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 had	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 fourpence	cc
8	fourpence	fourpence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shillings	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 purse	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 purse	nmod:poss
11	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He	one pound		his purse			tree rules

Example 2

Please hand me out one pound thirteen and fourpence.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Please	please	INTJ	_	2 hand	discourse
2	hand	hand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 hand	obj
4	out	out	ADP	_	2 hand	compound:prt
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 thirteen	nummod
6	pound	pound	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thirteen	compound
7	thirteen	thirteen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hand	obl:unmarked
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fourpence	cc
9	fourpence	fourpence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thirteen	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hand	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hand out	imperative	you not said here	me				one pound thirteen and fourpence obl:unmarked	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent i=Theme

Example 3

A loaf once cost fourpence.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 loaf	det
2	loaf	loaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cost	nsubj
3	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 cost	advmod
4	cost	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	fourpence	fourpence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cost	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 cost	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cost	past	a loaf	fourpence				once property	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme fourpence=Value

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