threepence

Who acts: Threepence, pint, Each, penny · What happens: be, sum, cost, pay, make · To what, where: old British coin, money, threepence, penny

«threepence» 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: threepence in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Threepence is an old British coin or sum of money worth three pence. (old use).

Sentence 1: Threepence is an old British coin or sum of money worth three pence.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Threepence	threepence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coin	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 coin	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 coin	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 coin	amod
5	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 coin	amod
6	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 sum	cc
8	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coin	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 money	case
10	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sum	nmod
11	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 money	amod
12	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 pence	nummod
13	pence	pence	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 worth	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 coin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Threepence	a old British coin or sum of money					tree rules
2	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.

Sentence 2: (old use).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 use	punct
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 use	amod
3	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 use	punct
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 use	punct

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

Example 1

Half a pint of brandy cost threepence in the old days.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	3 pint	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pint	det
3	pint	pint	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cost	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 brandy	case
5	brandy	brandy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pint	nmod
6	cost	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	threepence	threepence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cost	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 days	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 days	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 days	amod
11	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cost	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 cost	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cost	present	half pint of brandy	threepence			day		vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme threepence=Value

Example 2

Each of the three men paid a penny, which made threepence.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 paid	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 men	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 men	det
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 men	nummod
5	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Each	nmod
6	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 penny	det
8	penny	penny	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 paid	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 made	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 made	nsubj
11	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 penny	acl:relcl
12	threepence	threepence	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 made	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 paid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	past	Each	a penny					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent penny=Asset
2	make	past	a penny	threepence					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset threepence=Product

Example 3

A sweet cost threepence in the shop.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 threepence	det
2	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 threepence	amod
3	cost	cost	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 threepence	compound
4	threepence	threepence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 shop	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shop	det
7	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 threepence	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 threepence	punct

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

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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