higgle
Who acts: traders, They, We · What happens: haggle, argue, bargain, higgle, not higgle, fix · To what, where: price
«higgle» 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: higgle in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.
To haggle, to argue and bargain over a price.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 haggle | mark |
| 2 | haggle | haggle | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 argue | punct |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 argue | mark |
| 5 | argue | argue | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 haggle | parataxis |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 bargain | cc |
| 7 | bargain | bargain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 argue | conj |
| 8 | over | over | ADP | _ | 10 price | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 price | det |
| 10 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bargain | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 haggle | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | haggle | to-infinitive | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | argue speech: disagree | to-infinitive | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | bargain | infinitive | over a price | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.theme NP S_ING»: agent=Agent over price=Theme |
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
The traders higgled over the price of the cow.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 traders | det |
| 2 | traders | trader | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 higgled | nsubj |
| 3 | higgled | higgle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | over | over | ADP | _ | 6 price | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 price | det |
| 6 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 higgled | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 cow | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 cow | det |
| 9 | cow | cow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 price | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 higgled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | higgle | past | the traders | the price of the cow | tree rules |
Example 2
They higgled and haggled all morning.
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 higgled | nsubj |
| 2 | higgled | higgle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 haggled | cc |
| 4 | haggled | haggle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 higgled | conj |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 morning | det |
| 6 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 haggled | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 higgled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | higgle | past | They | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | haggle | past | They not said here | morning | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
We will not higgle; the price is fixed.
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 | 4 higgle | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 higgle | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 higgle | advmod |
| 4 | higgle | higgle | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 fixed | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 price | det |
| 7 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fixed | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 fixed | aux:pass |
| 9 | fixed | fix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 higgle | advcl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 higgle | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not higgle | future | We | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | fix | present · passive | the price | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient |
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