---
title: ninety — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ninety» in the school dictionary: Ninety is the number 90. It is nine tens. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninety/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/) / ninety

# ninety

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** Ninety, nineties, century, degree angle, book, Ninety people · **What happens:** be, end, have, come, pay, measure · **To what, where:** number, nine tens, numbers, 90, right angle, ninety pages · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«ninety» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: [ninety in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ninety.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ninety is the number 90. It is nine tens.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* Ninety is the number 90.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ninety:m1:1
# text = Ninety is the number 90.
1	Ninety	ninety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	90	90	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Ninety | the number |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* It is nine tens.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ninety:m1:2
# text = It is nine tens.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	tens	ten	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Ninety | nine tens |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«The nineties» are the numbers or ages from 90 to 99, or the years of a century ending in 90 to 99.

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ninety:m2:1
# text = «The nineties» are the numbers or ages from 90 to 99, or the years of a century ending in 90 to 99.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	nineties	ninety	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	90	90	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nmod	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	99	99	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	parataxis	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
21	ending	end	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	20	acl	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	90	90	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	21	obl	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	99	99	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the nineties | the numbers or ages from 90 to 99 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **end** | gerund | a century *not said here* |  |  | 90 to 99 |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A ninety-degree angle is a right angle, a square corner.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ninety:m3:1
# text = A ninety-degree angle is a right angle, a square corner.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	ninety	ninety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	degree	degree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	angle	angle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	angle	angle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	square	square	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a degree angle | a right angle and a square corner |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The book has ninety pages.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ninety:x1:1
# text = The book has ninety pages.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	ninety	ninety	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	pages	page	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the book | ninety pages |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent page=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ninety people came to the fair.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ninety:x2:1
# text = Ninety people came to the fair.
1	Ninety	ninety	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fair	fair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Ninety people |  |  | the fair |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to fair=Initial\_Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He paid ninety cents.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ninety:x3:1
# text = He paid ninety cents.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	ninety	ninety	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	cents	cent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past | He | ninety cents |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cent=Asset |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A right angle measures ninety degrees.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ninety:x4:1
# text = A right angle measures ninety degrees.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	angle	angle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	measures	measure	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	ninety	ninety	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	degrees	degree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **measure** | present | a right angle | ninety degrees |  |  |  |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme degree=Value |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A soccer match lasts ninety minutes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ninety:x5:1
# text = A soccer match lasts ninety minutes.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	soccer	soccer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lasts	last	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	ninety	ninety	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | present | a soccer match |  |  |  | minute |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My great-grandma is ninety.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ninety:x6:1
# text = My great-grandma is ninety.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	ninety	ninety	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | My great grandma | ninety |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ninety plus ten is a hundred.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ninety:x7:1
# text = Ninety plus ten is a hundred.
1	Ninety	ninety	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	plus	plus	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
3	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	compound	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a ten hundred |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The corner of a book is a ninety-degree angle.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ninety:x8:1
# text = The corner of a book is a ninety-degree angle.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	ninety	ninety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	degree	degree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	angle	angle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the corner of a book | a degree angle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 9 {#x9}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Who would have believed a woman past ninety could walk with such speed?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ninety:x9:1
# text = Who would have believed a woman past ninety could walk with such speed?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	believed	believe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	past	past	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	ninety	ninety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | would · perfect · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** | could | a woman past ninety |  |  |  |  | with such speed | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [nineteenth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nineteenth/)
- next →: [ninja](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninja/)
- ↑ back to [N in school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/)