trice
Who acts: trice, dog, she, you · What happens: be, mean, jump, give, find · To what, where: short time, trice, carriage, me, coat
«trice» 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: trice in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A trice is a very short time, a moment. 'In a trice' means at once, very quickly.
Sentence 1: A trice is a very short time, a moment. '
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 trice | det |
| 2 | trice | trice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 time | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 time | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 time | det |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 short | advmod |
| 6 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 time | amod |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 moment | punct |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 moment | det |
| 10 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 time | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 time | punct |
| 12 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 7 time | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a trice | a short time and a moment | 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.
Sentence 2: In a trice' means at once, very quickly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 trice | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 trice | det |
| 3 | trice | trice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | obl |
| 4 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 trice | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 once | case |
| 7 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 5 means | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 quickly | punct |
| 9 | very | very | ADV | _ | 10 quickly | advmod |
| 10 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 5 means | advmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | in a trice; quickly property | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in trice=Attribute |
Example 1
In a trice the dog was gone.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 trice | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 trice | det |
| 3 | trice | trice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gone | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dog | det |
| 5 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gone | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 gone | cop |
| 7 | gone | gone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 gone | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the dog | a trice | gone property | tree rules |
Example 2
Out of the carriage she jumped in a trice.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Out | out | ADP | _ | 4 carriage | case |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 carriage | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 carriage | det |
| 4 | carriage | carriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 jumped | obl |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 jumped | nsubj |
| 6 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 trice | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 trice | det |
| 9 | trice | trice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 jumped | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 jumped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump | past | she | the carriage | in a trice | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out carriage=Trajectory |
Example 3
Give me a trice to find my coat.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 trice | det |
| 4 | trice | trice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 find | mark |
| 6 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 trice | acl |
| 7 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 coat | nmod:poss |
| 8 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 find | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Give | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | a trice | me | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient trice=Theme | |||
| 2 | find | to-infinitive | you not said here | my coat | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Topic |
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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