popularise

Who acts: ordinary people, Beatles, TV show, David, Writers, Social media · What happens: make, like, know, popularis, explain, understand · To what, where: something, hard subject, simple way, subject, long hair, 1960s

«popularise» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: popularise in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To make something liked or known by many people: «The film popularised skateboarding.».

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 make	obj
4	liked	like	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 something	acl
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 known	cc
6	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 liked	conj
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 people	case
8	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 people	amod
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 known	obl
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	2 make	punct
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 skateboarding	punct
12	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 film	det
13	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 skateboarding	compound
14	popularised	popularis	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 skateboarding	amod
15	skateboarding	skateboarding	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 skateboarding	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 skateboarding	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive	something	film popularised skateboarding obl	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset something=Product
2	like	participle			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	know	participle		by many people	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	popularis in a quote	participle			tree rules

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

To explain a hard subject, like science or history, in a simple way so ordinary people can understand and enjoy it.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 explain	mark
2	explain	explain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 understand	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 subject	det
4	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 subject	amod
5	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 explain	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 science	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	8 science	case
8	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 explain	obl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 history	cc
10	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 science	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 way	punct
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 way	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 way	det
14	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 way	amod
15	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 explain	obl
16	so	so	ADV	_	20 understand	advmod
17	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 people	amod
18	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 understand	nsubj
19	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 understand	aux
20	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 enjoy	cc
22	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 understand	conj
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 enjoy	obj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 understand	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	to-infinitive	ordinary people not said here	a hard subject	a simple way	like science or history	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic
2	understand	can	ordinary people				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	enjoy	infinitive	ordinary people not said here	subject			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Example 1

The Beatles helped to popularise long hair for boys in the 1960s.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Beatles	det
2	Beatles	Beatles	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 helped	nsubj
3	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 popularise	mark
5	popularise	popularise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 helped	xcomp
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hair	amod
7	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 popularise	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 boys	case
9	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 popularise	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 1960s	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 1960s	det
12	1960s	1960s	NOUN	Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card	5 popularise	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 helped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	past	the Beatles						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	popularise	to-infinitive	the Beatles not said here	long hair		the 1960s		for boys	tree rules

Example 2

That TV show popularised baking at home.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 show	det
2	TV	TV	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 show	compound
3	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	popularised	popularis	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 show	acl
5	baking	baking	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 popularised	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 home	case
7	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 popularised	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	popularis	participle	that TV show not said here	baking		home			tree rules

Example 3

David Attenborough popularised nature programmes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	David	David	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 popularised	nsubj
2	Attenborough	Attenborough	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 David	flat
3	popularised	popularis	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 programmes	compound
5	programmes	programme	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 popularised	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 popularised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	popularis	past	David	nature programmes					tree rules

Example 4

Who popularised the game of Minecraft at our school?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 popularised	nsubj
2	popularised	popularis	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 game	det
4	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 popularised	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Minecraft	case
6	Minecraft	Minecraft	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 game	nmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 school	case
8	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 school	nmod:poss
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 popularised	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 popularised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	popularis	past		the game of Minecraft		our school			tree rules

Example 5

Writers like him popularise maths with fun puzzles.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Writers	writer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 popularise	nsubj
2	like	like	ADP	_	3 him	case
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Writers	nmod
4	popularise	popularise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	maths	math	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 popularise	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 puzzles	case
7	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 puzzles	compound
8	puzzles	puzzle	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 maths	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 popularise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	popularise	present	Writers like him	maths				with fun puzzles	tree rules

Example 6

Tea was popularised in England in the 1600s.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 popularised	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 popularised	aux:pass
3	popularised	popularis	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 England	case
5	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 popularised	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 1600s	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 1600s	det
8	1600s	1600	NOUN	Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card	3 popularised	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 popularised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	popularis	past · passive		Tea		England		in the 1600s	tree rules

Example 7

Social media can popularise a dance in just a few days.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Social	social	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 media	amod
2	media	media	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 popularise	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 popularise	aux
4	popularise	popularise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dance	det
6	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 popularise	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	11 days	case
8	just	just	ADV	_	11 days	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 days	det
10	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 days	amod
11	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 popularise	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 popularise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	popularise	can	Social media	a dance			day		tree rules

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