ninepence

Who acts: teas, She · What happens: use, change, amount, cost, pay, write · To what, where: worth nine pence, old British coin, money, ninepence, Nine pence

«ninepence» 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: ninepence in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

An old British coin worth nine pence, used before our money was changed to decimal coins; an amount of money, not a count of coins.

The tree, 25 words

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	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 coin	amod
4	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 changed	nsubj
5	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pence	amod
6	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 pence	nummod
7	pence	pence	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 coin	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 used	punct
9	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 pence	acl
10	before	before	ADP	_	12 money	case
11	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 money	nmod:poss
12	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 used	obl
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 changed	aux:pass
14	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 coins	case
16	decimal	decimal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 coins	amod
17	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 changed	obl
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 amount	punct
19	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 amount	det
20	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 changed	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 money	case
22	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 amount	nmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 count	punct
24	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	26 count	advmod
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 count	det
26	count	count	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 amount	appos
27	of	of	ADP	_	28 coins	case
28	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 count	nmod
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 changed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle	worth nine pence not said here	before our money		vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	change	past · passive	a old British coin worth nine pence		to decimal coins; a amount of money obl	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	amount		money			nom amount «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

The teas cost ninepence each.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teas	det
2	teas	tea	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cost	nsubj
3	cost	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	ninepence	ninepence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cost	obj
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	4 ninepence	det
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cost	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cost	present	the teas	each ninepence					vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme ninepence=Value

Example 2

She paid a ninepence for the loaf.

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 paid	nsubj
2	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 ninepence	det
4	ninepence	ninepence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 paid	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 loaf	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 loaf	det
7	loaf	loaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 paid	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 paid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	past	She	a ninepence				for the loaf	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent ninepence=Asset for loaf=Theme

Example 3

Nine pence is also written as ninepence.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 pence	nummod
2	pence	pence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 written	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 written	aux:pass
4	also	also	ADV	_	5 written	advmod
5	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	7 ninepence	case
7	ninepence	ninepence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 written	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 written	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present · passive		Nine pence				as ninepence	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Result as ninepence=Attribute

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