paltry

Who acts: Paltry, king, He, It · What happens: mean, be, sum, offer, lose, give · To what, where: small, money, paltry reward, paltry handful, her, paltry risk

«paltry» 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: paltry in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Paltry means very small, too little to be worth much: a paltry sum of money.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Paltry	Paltry	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 small	advmod
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 worth	punct
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 little	advmod
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 worth	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	10 worth	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 worth	cop
10	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	conj
11	much	much	ADV	_	10 worth	advmod
12	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 sum	punct
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 sum	det
14	paltry	paltry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 sum	amod
15	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	parataxis
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 money	case
17	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sum	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Paltry	small		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent small=Topic
2	is	to-infinitive	Paltry not said here		worth property	tree rules
3	sum			money		nom sum «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 king offered a paltry reward for the lost cow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 offered	nsubj
3	offered	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 reward	det
5	paltry	paltry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 reward	amod
6	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 offered	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 cow	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cow	det
9	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 cow	amod
10	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 offered	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 offered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	past	the king	a paltry reward				for the lost cow goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent reward=Theme for cow=Goal
2	lose	participle							vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

He gave her a paltry handful of coins.

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 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 handful	det
5	paltry	paltry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 handful	amod
6	handful	handful	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 coins	case
8	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 handful	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	He	a paltry handful of coins	her = she				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient handful=Theme

Example 3

It was a paltry risk, not worth worrying about.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 risk	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 risk	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 risk	det
4	paltry	paltry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 risk	amod
5	risk	risk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 worth	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 worth	advmod
8	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 risk	amod
9	worrying	worry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 worth	xcomp
10	about	about	ADV	_	9 worrying	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 risk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a paltry risk					tree rules
2	worry	gerund						about property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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