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title: ninepence — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ninepence» in the school dictionary: An old British coin worth nine pence, used before our money was changed to decimal coins; an amount of money, not a count of coins. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ninepence

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**Who acts:** teas, She · **What happens:** use, change, amount, cost, pay, write · **To what, where:** worth nine pence, old British coin, money, ninepence, Nine pence

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An old British coin worth nine pence, used before our money was changed to decimal coins; an amount of money, not a count of coins.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ninepence:m1:1
# text = An old British coin worth nine pence, used before our money was changed to decimal coins; an amount of money, not a count of coins.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
5	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	pence	pence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
10	before	before	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	decimal	decimal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
19	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	amount	amount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	26	advmod	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	count	count	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	appos	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  | worth nine pence *not said here* |  |  | before our money |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **change** | past · passive |  | a old British coin  worth nine pence |  |  |  | to decimal coins; a amount of money *obl* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **amount** |  |  | money |  |  |  |  | nom amount «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The teas cost ninepence each.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ninepence:x1:1
# text = The teas cost ninepence each.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teas	tea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cost	cost	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	ninepence	ninepence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | present | the teas | each ninepence |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme ninepence=Value |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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She paid a ninepence for the loaf.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ninepence:x2:1
# text = She paid a ninepence for the loaf.
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ninepence	ninepence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	loaf	loaf	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 | **pay** | past | She | a ninepence |  |  |  | for the loaf | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent ninepence=Asset for loaf=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Nine pence is also written as ninepence.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ninepence:x3:1
# text = Nine pence is also written as ninepence.
1	Nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pence	pence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	ninepence	ninepence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present · passive |  | Nine pence |  |  |  | as ninepence | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Result as ninepence=Attribute |

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