ounce

Who acts: ounce, 16 ounces, cake, single ounce · What happens: be, need, weigh · To what, where: small unit, 28 grams, small wild cat, four ounces, little

«ounce» 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: ounce in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

An ounce is a small unit of weight; there are 16 ounces in a pound, and an ounce is about 28 grams.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 ounce	det
2	ounce	ounce	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 unit	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 unit	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 unit	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 unit	amod
6	unit	unit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 weight	case
8	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 unit	nmod
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 are	punct
10	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	11 are	expl
11	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 unit	parataxis
12	16	16	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 ounces	nummod
13	ounces	ounce	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 are	nsubj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 pound	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 pound	det
16	pound	pound	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ounces	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 grams	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 grams	cc
19	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 ounce	det
20	ounce	ounce	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 grams	nsubj
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 grams	cop
22	about	about	ADV	_	23 28	advmod
23	28	28	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	24 grams	nummod
24	grams	gram	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 ounces	conj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 unit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a ounce	a small unit		of weight	tree rules
2	does	present	16 ounces in a pound and 28 grams		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is a	present	a ounce	28 grams			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

An ounce can also be a small wild cat, the snow leopard, in some books.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 ounce	det
2	ounce	ounce	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cat	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 cat	aux
4	also	also	ADV	_	9 cat	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 cat	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cat	det
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cat	amod
8	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cat	amod
9	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 leopard	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 leopard	det
12	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 leopard	compound
13	leopard	leopard	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cat	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 books	punct
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 books	case
16	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	17 books	det
17	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 cat	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 cat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	can	a ounce	a small wild cat and the snow leopard and some books					tree rules

Example 1

The cake needs four ounces of flour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cake	det
2	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needs	nsubj
3	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 ounces	nummod
5	ounces	ounce	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 needs	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 flour	case
7	flour	flour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ounces	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 needs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	the cake	four ounces of flour					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot ounce=Theme

Example 2

A single ounce of gold is worth a lot.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 ounce	det
2	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ounce	amod
3	ounce	ounce	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 worth	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 gold	case
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ounce	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 worth	cop
7	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 lot	det
9	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 worth	obl:unmarked
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 worth	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a single ounce of gold					a lot obl:unmarked; worth property	tree rules

Example 3

The ounce weighed very little.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ounce	det
2	ounce	ounce	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 weighed	nsubj
3	weighed	weigh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 little	advmod
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 weighed	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 weighed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weigh	past	the ounce	little					vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme little=Value

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