sou

Who acts: sou, Sous, He, old woman, beggar, sous chef · What happens: be, not mean, have, say, mean, not have · To what, where: old French coin, money, all, sou, Sous, French · Speech: someone speaks here

«sou» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: sou in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: French, old money — kept apart, not parsed.

A sou was an old French coin of very little value.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sou	det
2	sou	sou	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 coin	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 coin	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 coin	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 coin	amod
6	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 coin	amod
7	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 value	case
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 little	advmod
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 value	amod
11	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 coin	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 coin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	a sou	a old French coin				of little value	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

Usage: idiom, old-fashioned — kept apart, not parsed.

Not a sou means no money at all, as in he hasn't a sou.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 means	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 sou	det
3	sou	sou	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 money	det
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 money	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 has	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 has	mark
11	in	in	ADP	_	10 as	fixed
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 has	nsubj
13	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 means	conj
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 sou	advmod
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 sou	det
16	sou	sou	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 has	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not mean	present	a sou	no money		all			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Topic
2	have	present	sou	a sou					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sou=Patient

Meaning 3

Usage: French — kept apart, not parsed.

Sous (said soo) also means under in French, as in sous-chef, the cook under the head chef.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sous	Sous	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 means	nsubj
2	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct
3	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Sous	acl
4	soo	so	ADV	_	3 said	advmod
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct
6	also	also	ADV	_	7 means	advmod
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	under	under	ADP	_	10 French	case
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 French	case
10	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 means	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 chef	punct
12	as	as	ADP	_	16 chef	case
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 chef	case
14	sous	sous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 chef	amod
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 sous	punct
16	chef	chef	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 means	parataxis
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 cook	punct
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 cook	det
19	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 chef	appos
20	under	under	ADP	_	23 chef	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 chef	det
22	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 chef	compound
23	chef	chef	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 cook	nmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	participle		Sous not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present	Sous			French			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Example 1

He was so poor he didn't have a sou.

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	4 poor	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 poor	cop
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 poor	advmod
4	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 have	nsubj
6	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 have	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 have	advmod
8	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 poor	ccomp
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 sou	det
10	sou	sou	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 have	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 poor	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					poor property	tree rules
2	not have	past · do-support	he	a sou					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sou=Patient

Example 2

The old woman counted her few sous.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 woman	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 woman	amod
3	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 counted	nsubj
4	counted	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 few	nmod:poss
6	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 counted	obj
7	sous	sous	X	Foreign=Yes	6 few	dep
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 counted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	past	the old woman	woman's few					vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent few=Theme

Example 3

In the story, the beggar asked for a sou.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 story	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 story	det
3	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 asked	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 story	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 beggar	det
6	beggar	beggar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 asked	nsubj
7	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 sou	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 sou	det
10	sou	sou	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 asked	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	the beggar			the story		for a sou	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

A sou was worth very little.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sou	det
2	sou	sou	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 worth	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 worth	cop
4	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 little	advmod
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 worth	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 worth	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	a sou					worth property	tree rules

Example 5

A sous-chef helps the head chef.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 chef	det
2	sous	sous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 chef	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 sous	punct
4	chef	chef	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 helps	nsubj
5	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 chef	det
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chef	compound
8	chef	chef	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 helps	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	a sous chef	the head chef					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chef=Beneficiary

Example 6

Sous la table means under the table. (French)

Sentence 1: Sous la table means under the table.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sous	Sous	X	_	3 table	compound
2	la	la	X	Foreign=Yes	1 Sous	flat:foreign
3	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 table	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 table	det
7	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Sous table			the table			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 2: (French)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 French	punct
2	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 French	punct

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