halfpenny

Who acts: halfpenny, worth, He, They, Two halfpennies · What happens: be, mean, amount, buy, light, make · To what, where: old British coin, small amount, something, sweet, worth, one penny

«halfpenny» 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: halfpenny in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A halfpenny is an old British coin worth half a penny.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 halfpenny	det
2	halfpenny	halfpenny	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 coin	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres 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	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 coin	amod
9	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	11 penny	det:predet
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 penny	det
11	penny	penny	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 worth	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 coin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a halfpenny	a old British coin					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.

Meaning 2

A halfpenny's worth means a very small amount of something.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 halfpenny	det
2	halfpenny	halfpenny	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 worth	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 halfpenny	case
4	worth	worth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 amount	det
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 small	advmod
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 amount	amod
9	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 something	case
11	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 amount	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	a halfpenny's worth	a small amount of something					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent amount=Topic
2	amount			something					nom amount «possession transitive»: of=patient

Example 1

He bought a sweet for a halfpenny.

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 bought	nsubj
2	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sweet	det
4	sweet	sweet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bought	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 halfpenny	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 halfpenny	det
7	halfpenny	halfpenny	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bought	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	past	He	a sweet				for a halfpenny	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent sweet=Theme for halfpenny=Beneficiary

Example 2

They lit a halfpenny's worth of coloured fire.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lit	nsubj
2	lit	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 halfpenny	det
4	halfpenny	halfpenny	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 worth	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 halfpenny	case
6	worth	worth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lit	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 fire	case
8	coloured	coloured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fire	amod
9	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 worth	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	light	past	They	a halfpenny's worth of coloured fire					vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worth=Product

Example 3

Two halfpennies make one penny.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 halfpennies	nummod
2	halfpennies	halfpennie	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 make	nsubj
3	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 penny	nummod
5	penny	penny	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Two halfpennies	one penny					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset penny=Product

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