groats
Who acts: She, Jan, groat · What happens: hull, crush, cook, make, carry, be · To what, where: groats, bag, coin
«groats» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: groats in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Hulled grain, such as oats, crushed and cooked as porridge. (old use).
Sentence 1: Hulled grain, such as oats, crushed and cooked as porridge.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hulled | hull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 grain | amod |
| 2 | grain | grain | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 oats | punct |
| 4 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 6 oats | case |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 4 such | fixed |
| 6 | oats | oat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 grain | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 crushed | punct |
| 8 | crushed | crush | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 grain | parataxis |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 cooked | cc |
| 10 | cooked | cook | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 crushed | conj |
| 11 | as | as | ADP | _ | 12 porridge | case |
| 12 | porridge | porridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 cooked | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 grain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hull | participle | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | crush | participle | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | cook | participle | as porridge | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: (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.
Meaning 2
An old English coin worth four pence. (old use).
Sentence 1: An old English coin worth four pence.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 coin | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 coin | amod |
| 3 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 coin | amod |
| 4 | coin | coin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | worth | worth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 coin | amod |
| 6 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 pence | nummod |
| 7 | pence | pence | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 worth | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 coin | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: (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
She made groats for breakfast.
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 | 2 made | nsubj |
| 2 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | groats | groat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 made | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 breakfast | case |
| 5 | breakfast | breakfast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 made | obl |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | She | groats | for breakfast | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent groat=Material for breakfast=Beneficiary |
Example 2
Jan carried a bag of groats home.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan | January | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 carried | nsubj |
| 2 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bag | det |
| 4 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 carried | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 groats | case |
| 6 | groats | groat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 bag | nmod |
| 7 | home | home | ADV | _ | 2 carried | advmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 carried | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | past | Jan | a bag of groats | home property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme |
Example 3
Long ago, a groat was a coin worth four pence.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 ago | advmod |
| 2 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 8 coin | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 ago | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 groat | det |
| 5 | groat | groat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 coin | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 coin | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 coin | det |
| 8 | coin | coin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | worth | worth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 coin | amod |
| 10 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 pence | nummod |
| 11 | pence | pence | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 worth | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 coin | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | a groat | a coin | ago property | tree rules |
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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