pocketful Who acts: pocket, He, you, sixpence, She, I · What happens: hold, have, sing, come, find, bring · To what, where: pocketful, song, home, piece, scales
«pocketful» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: pocketful in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 As much as a pocket can hold.
advmod mark det nsubj aux acl punct root As ADV much ADJ as SCONJ a DET pocket NOUN can AUX hold VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 As as ADV _ 2 much advmod 2 much much ADJ Degree=Pos root root 3 as as SCONJ _ 7 hold mark 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 pocket det 5 pocket pocket NOUN Number=Sing 7 hold nsubj 6 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 hold aux 7 hold hold VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 much acl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 much punct
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1 hold can a pocket vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 He had a pocketful of conkers.
nsubj det obj case nmod punct root He PRON had VERB a DET pocketful NOUN of ADP conkers NOUN . PUNCT 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 had nsubj 2 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 pocketful det 4 pocketful pocketful NOUN Number=Sing 2 had obj 5 of of ADP _ 6 conkers case 6 conkers conker NOUN Number=Plur 4 pocketful nmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 had punct
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1 have past He a pocketful of conkers vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pocketful=Patient
Example 2 Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye.
det obj case nmod punct det conj amod case obl punct root Sing VERB a DET song NOUN of ADP sixpence NOUN , PUNCT a DET pocket NOUN full ADJ of ADP rye NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sing sing VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 song det 3 song song NOUN Number=Sing 1 Sing obj 4 of of ADP _ 5 sixpence case 5 sixpence sixpence NOUN Number=Sing 3 song nmod 6 , , PUNCT _ 8 pocket punct 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 pocket det 8 pocket pocket NOUN Number=Sing 5 sixpence conj 9 full full ADJ Degree=Pos 8 pocket amod 10 of of ADP _ 11 rye case 11 rye rye NOUN Number=Sing 9 full obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 1 Sing punct
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1 sing speech: express imperative you not said here a song of sixpence and a pocket vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme 2 sing sixpence and a pocket nom song «communication intransitive»: of=agent
Example 3 She came home with a pocketful of shells.
nsubj advmod case det obl case nmod punct root She PRON came VERB home ADV with ADP a DET pocketful NOUN of ADP shells NOUN . PUNCT 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 came nsubj 2 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 home home ADV _ 2 came advmod 4 with with ADP _ 6 pocketful case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 pocketful det 6 pocketful pocketful NOUN Number=Sing 2 came obl 7 of of ADP _ 8 shells case 8 shells shell NOUN Number=Plur 6 pocketful nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 came punct
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1 come past She with a pocketful of shells; home property vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 4 I found a pocketful of coins in my coat.
nsubj det obj case nmod case nmod:poss nmod punct root I PRON found VERB a DET pocketful NOUN of ADP coins NOUN in ADP my PRON coat NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 found nsubj 2 found find VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 pocketful det 4 pocketful pocketful NOUN Number=Sing 2 found obj 5 of of ADP _ 6 coins case 6 coins coin NOUN Number=Plur 4 pocketful nmod 7 in in ADP _ 9 coat case 8 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 coat nmod:poss 9 coat coat NOUN Number=Sing 6 coins nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 found punct
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1 find past I a pocketful of coins in my coat vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pocketful=Topic
Example 5 Rat brought a pocketful of biscuits.
nsubj det obj case nmod punct root Rat PROPN brought VERB a DET pocketful NOUN of ADP biscuits NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Rat Rat PROPN Number=Sing 2 brought nsubj 2 brought bring VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 pocketful det 4 pocketful pocketful NOUN Number=Sing 2 brought obj 5 of of ADP _ 6 biscuits case 6 biscuits biscuit NOUN Number=Plur 4 pocketful nmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 brought punct
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1 bring past Rat a pocketful of biscuits vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent pocketful=Theme
Example 6 The boy had a pocketful of marbles.
det nsubj det obj case nmod punct root The DET boy NOUN had VERB a DET pocketful NOUN of ADP marbles NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 boy det 2 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 3 had nsubj 3 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 pocketful det 5 pocketful pocketful NOUN Number=Sing 3 had obj 6 of of ADP _ 7 marbles case 7 marbles marble NOUN Number=Plur 5 pocketful nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 had punct
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1 have past the boy a pocketful of marbles vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pocketful=Patient
Example 7 When Donald was safe at home, he pulled out his pocketful of bright gold and began to weigh each piece in the scales.
The tree, 23 words mark nsubj cop case obl punct nsubj parataxis compound:prt nmod:poss obj case amod nmod cc conj mark xcomp det obj case det obl punct root When SCONJ Donald PROPN was AUX safe ADJ at ADP home NOUN , PUNCT he PRON pulled VERB out ADP his PRON pocketful NOUN of ADP bright ADJ gold NOUN and CCONJ began VERB to PART weigh VERB each DET piece NOUN in ADP the DET scales NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 When when SCONJ _ 4 safe mark 2 Donald Donald PROPN Number=Sing 4 safe nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 safe cop 4 safe safe ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 at at ADP _ 6 home case 6 home home NOUN Number=Sing 4 safe obl 7 , , PUNCT _ 9 pulled punct 8 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 pulled nsubj 9 pulled pull VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 safe parataxis 10 out out ADP _ 9 pulled compound:prt 11 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 12 pocketful nmod:poss 12 pocketful pocketful NOUN Number=Sing 9 pulled obj 13 of of ADP _ 15 gold case 14 bright bright ADJ Degree=Pos 15 gold amod 15 gold gold NOUN Number=Sing 12 pocketful nmod 16 and and CCONJ _ 17 began cc 17 began begin VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 pulled conj 18 to to PART _ 19 weigh mark 19 weigh weigh VERB VerbForm=Inf 17 began xcomp 20 each each DET PronType=Tot 21 piece det 21 piece piece NOUN Number=Sing 19 weigh obj 22 in in ADP _ 24 scales case 23 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 24 scales det 24 scales scale NOUN Number=Plur 19 weigh obl 25 . . PUNCT _ 4 safe punct
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1 is past Donald home safe property tree rules 2 pull out past Donald Donald's pocketful of bright gold tree rules 3 begin past Donald not said here vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 4 weigh to-infinitive Donald not said here each piece the scales vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme piece=Value
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