pastime Who acts: you, Reading, Fishing, pastimes, pastime, Drawing · What happens: enjoy, do, be, call, include, knit · To what, where: favourite pastime, popular pastime, Ireland, Baseball, hoops, comics · Speech: someone speaks here
«pastime» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: pastime in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Something you enjoy doing in your free time, such as a hobby, game or sport.
The tree, 15 words nsubj acl:relcl xcomp case nmod:poss amod obl punct case fixed det parataxis punct conj cc conj punct root Something PRON you PRON enjoy VERB doing VERB in ADP your PRON free ADJ time NOUN , PUNCT such ADJ as ADP a DET hobby NOUN , PUNCT game NOUN or CCONJ sport NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind root root 2 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 3 enjoy nsubj 3 enjoy enjoy VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Something acl:relcl 4 doing do VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 enjoy xcomp 5 in in ADP _ 8 time case 6 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 time nmod:poss 7 free free ADJ Degree=Pos 8 time amod 8 time time NOUN Number=Sing 4 doing obl 9 , , PUNCT _ 13 hobby punct 10 such such ADJ Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP 13 hobby case 11 as as ADP _ 10 such fixed 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 hobby det 13 hobby hobby NOUN Number=Sing 8 time parataxis 14 , , PUNCT _ 15 game punct 15 game game NOUN Number=Sing 13 hobby conj 16 or or CCONJ _ 17 sport cc 17 sport sport NOUN Number=Sing 13 hobby conj 18 . . PUNCT _ 1 Something punct
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1 enjoy present you vn admire-31.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 2 do gerund you not said here time vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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 Reading is my favourite pastime.
nsubj cop nmod:poss amod punct root Reading NOUN is AUX my PRON favourite ADJ pastime NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Reading reading NOUN Number=Sing 5 pastime nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 pastime cop 3 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 pastime nmod:poss 4 favourite favourite ADJ Degree=Pos 5 pastime amod 5 pastime pastime NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 pastime punct
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1 is a present Reading my favourite pastime tree rules
Example 2 Fishing is a popular pastime in Ireland.
nsubj cop det amod case nmod punct root Fishing NOUN is AUX a DET popular ADJ pastime NOUN in ADP Ireland PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fishing fishing NOUN Number=Sing 5 pastime nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 pastime cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 pastime det 4 popular popular ADJ Degree=Pos 5 pastime amod 5 pastime pastime NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 in in ADP _ 7 Ireland case 7 Ireland Ireland PROPN Number=Sing 5 pastime nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 pastime punct
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1 is a present Fishing a popular pastime Ireland tree rules
Example 3 Baseball is called America's national pastime.
nsubj:pass aux:pass nmod:poss case amod xcomp punct root Baseball NOUN is AUX called VERB America PROPN 's PART national ADJ pastime NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Baseball baseball NOUN Number=Sing 3 called nsubj:pass 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 called aux:pass 3 called call VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 America America PROPN Number=Sing 7 pastime nmod:poss 5 's 's PART _ 4 America case 6 national national ADJ Degree=Pos 7 pastime amod 7 pastime pastime NOUN Number=Sing 3 called xcomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 called punct
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1 call present · passive Baseball vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
Example 4 Victorian children's pastimes included hoops and marbles.
amod nmod:poss case nsubj obj cc conj punct root Victorian ADJ children NOUN 's PART pastimes NOUN included VERB hoops NOUN and CCONJ marbles NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Victorian victorian ADJ Degree=Pos 2 children amod 2 children child NOUN Number=Plur 4 pastimes nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 children case 4 pastimes pastime NOUN Number=Plur 5 included nsubj 5 included include VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 hoops hoop NOUN Number=Plur 5 included obj 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 marbles cc 8 marbles marble NOUN Number=Plur 6 hoops conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 included punct
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1 include past Victorian children's pastimes hoops and marbles vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hoop=Theme
Example 5 Grandma's pastime is knitting.
nmod:poss case nsubj aux punct root Grandma NOUN 's PART pastime NOUN is AUX knitting VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandma grandma NOUN Number=Sing 3 pastime nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Grandma case 3 pastime pastime NOUN Number=Sing 5 knitting nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 knitting aux 5 knitting knit VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 knitting punct
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1 knit present · progressive Grandma's pastime vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 6 Drawing comics is a fun pastime on rainy days.
csubj obj cop det amod case amod obl punct root Drawing VERB comics NOUN is AUX a DET fun ADJ pastime NOUN on ADP rainy ADJ days NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Drawing draw VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 pastime csubj 2 comics comic NOUN Number=Plur 1 Drawing obj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 pastime cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 pastime det 5 fun fun ADJ Degree=Pos 6 pastime amod 6 pastime pastime NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 on on ADP _ 9 days case 8 rainy rainy ADJ Degree=Pos 9 days amod 9 days day NOUN Number=Plur 6 pastime obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 pastime punct
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1 draw gerund comics vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent comic=Theme 2 is a present Drawing a fun pastime day tree rules
Example 7 Another favorite pastime of Kintaro’s was to smash up rocks and stones.
det amod nsubj case nmod:poss case cop mark compound:prt obj cc conj punct root Another DET favorite ADJ pastime NOUN of ADP Kintaro PROPN ’s PART was AUX to PART smash VERB up ADP rocks NOUN and CCONJ stones NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Another another DET PronType=Ind 3 pastime det 2 favorite favorite ADJ Degree=Pos 3 pastime amod 3 pastime pastime NOUN Number=Sing 9 smash nsubj 4 of of ADP _ 5 Kintaro case 5 Kintaro Kintaro PROPN Number=Sing 3 pastime nmod:poss 6 ’s 's PART _ 5 Kintaro case 7 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 smash cop 8 to to PART _ 9 smash mark 9 smash smash VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 10 up up ADP _ 9 smash compound:prt 11 rocks rock NOUN Number=Plur 9 smash obj 12 and and CCONJ _ 13 stones cc 13 stones stone NOUN Number=Plur 11 rocks conj 14 . . PUNCT _ 9 smash punct
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1 is past Kintaro's favorite pastime smash property tree rules
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