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title: farthing — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «farthing» in the school dictionary: A farthing was an old British coin worth a quarter of a penny. It is no longer used. (old use). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# farthing

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**Who acts:** farthing, single farthing, She, Boys · **What happens:** be, use, not take, not have, find · **To what, where:** old British coin, farthing, old nails, gutter

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«farthing» 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: [farthing in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/farthing.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A farthing was an old British coin worth a quarter of a penny. It is no longer used. (old use).

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*Sentence 1:* A farthing was an old British coin worth a quarter of a penny.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:farthing:m1:1
# text = A farthing was an old British coin worth a quarter of a penny.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farthing	farthing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	worth	worth	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	quarter	quarter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	penny	penny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | a farthing | a old British coin |  |  |  | worth quarter of a penny *nmod* | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* It is no longer used.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:farthing:m1:2
# text = It is no longer used.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
3	no	no	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · passive |  | farthing |  |  |  | long *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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*Sentence 3:* (old use).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:farthing:m1:3
# text = (old use).
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Not a single farthing will I take!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:farthing:x1:1
# text = Not a single farthing will I take!
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	farthing	farthing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **take** | future | a single farthing |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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She had not had a farthing all day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:farthing:x2:1
# text = She had not had a farthing all day.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	farthing	farthing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **have** | past · perfect | She | a farthing |  |  | day |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farthing=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Boys found old nails and farthings in the gutter.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:farthing:x3:1
# text = Boys found old nails and farthings in the gutter.
1	Boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	nails	nail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	farthings	farthing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gutter	gutter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | Boys | old nails and farthings |  | the gutter |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nail=Topic |

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**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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