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title: nickel — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «nickel» in the school dictionary: A nickel is a US (and Canadian) coin worth 5 cents. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# nickel

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**Who acts:** nickel, magnets, Sam, many cents, She, Twenty nickels · **What happens:** be, pull, have, pay, make, pick up · **To what, where:** US Canadian coin, hard coloured metal, 6 nickels, 4 nickels, one dollar, metal

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«nickel» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [nickel in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/nickel.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A nickel is a US (and Canadian) coin worth 5 cents.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nickel:m1:1
# text = A nickel is a US (and Canadian) coin worth 5 cents.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nickel	nickel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
5	US	US	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
6	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	Canadian	Canadian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	8	punct	_	_
10	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
12	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	cents	cent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a nickel | a US Canadian coin |  |  |  |  | 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nickel is also a hard, silver-coloured metal, a chemical element; magnets pull on it.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nickel:m2:1
# text = Nickel is also a hard, silver-coloured metal, a chemical element; magnets pull on it.
1	Nickel	nickel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
3	also	also	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	coloured	coloured	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	chemical	chemical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	element	element	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	magnets	magnet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
17	pull	pull	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	parataxis	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Nickel | a hard coloured metal and a chemical element |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pull** | present | magnets |  |  |  |  | on Nickel | vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent on it=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sam has 6 nickels.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nickel:x1:1
# text = Sam has 6 nickels.
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	nickels	nickel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Sam | 6 nickels |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nickel=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
How many cents are 4 nickels?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nickel:x2:1
# text = How many cents are 4 nickels?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cents	cent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	nickels	nickel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | many cents | 4 nickels |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She paid with 3 nickels and 2 dimes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nickel:x3:1
# text = She paid with 3 nickels and 2 dimes.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	nickels	nickel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	dimes	dime	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past | She |  |  |  |  | with 3 nickels and 2 dimes | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A nickel is worth 5 cents.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nickel:x4:1
# text = A nickel is worth 5 cents.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nickel	nickel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	cents	cent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a nickel |  |  |  |  | worth *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Twenty nickels make one dollar.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nickel:x5:1
# text = Twenty nickels make one dollar.
1	Twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	nickels	nickel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	dollar	dollar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Twenty nickels | one dollar |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material dollar=Product |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A nickel is bigger than a dime but worth less.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nickel:x6:1
# text = A nickel is bigger than a dime but worth less.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nickel	nickel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dime	dime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	worth	worth	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a nickel |  |  |  |  | than a dime; big *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | a nickel *not said here* |  |  |  |  | worth *property* | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nickel is a metal that a magnet can pick up.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nickel:x7:1
# text = Nickel is a metal that a magnet can pick up.
1	Nickel	nickel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	magnet	magnet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Nickel | a metal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pick up** | can | a magnet | a metal |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Topic |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He found a nickel under the couch.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nickel:x8:1
# text = He found a nickel under the couch.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	nickel	nickel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	couch	couch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | He | a nickel |  | the couch |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nickel=Topic |

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