sackful

Who acts: sackful, one sack, Santa, farmer, We, children · What happens: be, hold, mean, amount, carry, sell · To what, where: amount, large amount, something, sackful, ten sackfuls, 20 kilograms

«sackful» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: sackful in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A sackful is the amount that one sack holds, or a whole sack full of something.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sackful	det
2	sackful	sackful	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 amount	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 amount	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 amount	det
5	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 holds	obj
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 sack	nummod
8	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 holds	nsubj
9	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 amount	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 sack	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 sack	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 sack	det
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 sack	amod
14	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 amount	parataxis
15	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 sack	amod
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 something	case
17	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	15 full	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 amount	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a sackful	the amount					tree rules
2	hold	present	one sack	the amount					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=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.

Meaning 2

Usage: informal, hyperbole — kept apart, not parsed.

A sackful can mean a large amount of something, like a sackful of letters or presents.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sackful	det
2	sackful	sackful	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mean	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 amount	det
6	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 amount	amod
7	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mean	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 something	case
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 amount	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sackful	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 sackful	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 sackful	det
13	sackful	sackful	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 something	appos
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 letters	case
15	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 sackful	nmod
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 presents	cc
17	presents	present	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 letters	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	can	a sackful	a large amount of something					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent amount=Topic
2	amount			something					nom amount «possession transitive»: of=patient

Example 1

Santa carried a sackful of presents down the chimney.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Santa	Santa	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 carried	nsubj
2	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sackful	det
4	sackful	sackful	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 presents	case
6	presents	present	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sackful	nmod
7	down	down	ADP	_	9 chimney	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 chimney	det
9	chimney	chimney	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 carried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	Santa	a sackful of presents				down the chimney	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sackful=Theme

Example 2

The farmer sold ten sackfuls of potatoes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sold	nsubj
3	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 sackfuls	nummod
5	sackfuls	sackful	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sold	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 potatoes	case
7	potatoes	potato	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sackfuls	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past	the farmer	ten sackfuls of potatoes					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sackful=Theme

Example 3

The miller ground a sackful of wheat into flour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ground	det
2	miller	miller	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ground	compound
3	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sackful	compound
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sackful	det
5	sackful	sackful	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 wheat	case
7	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sackful	nmod
8	into	into	ADP	_	9 flour	case
9	flour	flour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sackful	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sackful	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 4

We got a sackful of fan letters after the show.

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	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sackful	det
4	sackful	sackful	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 letters	case
6	fan	fan	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 letters	compound
7	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sackful	nmod
8	after	after	ADP	_	10 show	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 show	det
10	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 letters	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	We	a sackful of fan letters after the show					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sackful=Stimulus

Example 5

Each sackful of sand weighs 20 kilograms.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 sackful	det
2	sackful	sackful	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 weighs	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 sand	case
4	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sackful	nmod
5	weighs	weigh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 kilograms	nummod
7	kilograms	kilogram	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 weighs	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 weighs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weigh	present	each sackful of sand	20 kilograms					vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme kilogram=Value

Example 6

The children collected a sackful of conkers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 children	det
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 collected	nsubj
3	collected	collect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sackful	det
5	sackful	sackful	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 collected	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 conkers	case
7	conkers	conker	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sackful	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 collected	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collect	past	the children	a sackful of conkers					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sackful=Theme

Example 7

Why, I know a whole sackful of tricks!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 know	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 know	punct
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 know	nsubj
4	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sackful	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sackful	amod
7	sackful	sackful	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 know	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 tricks	case
9	tricks	trick	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sackful	nmod
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 know	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 know	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	I	a whole sackful of tricks					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer sackful=Stimulus

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