softball Who acts: Softball, We, sister, He, team, 7 · What happens: be, play, pitch, use, cancel, hit · To what, where: team game, smaller field, bigger ball, ball, game, softball
«softball» 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: softball in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Softball is a team game like baseball, played on a smaller field with a bigger ball that is pitched underarm.
The tree, 20 words nsubj cop det compound case nmod punct acl case det amod obl case det amod nmod nsubj:pass aux:pass acl:relcl xcomp punct root Softball NOUN is AUX a DET team NOUN game NOUN like ADP baseball NOUN , PUNCT played VERB on ADP a DET smaller ADJ field NOUN with ADP a DET bigger ADJ ball NOUN that PRON is AUX pitched VERB underarm NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Softball softball NOUN Number=Sing 5 game nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 game cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 game det 4 team team NOUN Number=Sing 5 game compound 5 game game NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 like like ADP _ 7 baseball case 7 baseball baseball NOUN Number=Sing 5 game nmod 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 played punct 9 played play VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 game acl 10 on on ADP _ 13 field case 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 field det 12 smaller small ADJ Degree=Cmp 13 field amod 13 field field NOUN Number=Sing 9 played obl 14 with with ADP _ 17 ball case 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 17 ball det 16 bigger big ADJ Degree=Cmp 17 ball amod 17 ball ball NOUN Number=Sing 13 field nmod 18 that that PRON PronType=Rel 20 pitched nsubj:pass 19 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 20 pitched aux:pass 20 pitched pitch VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 17 ball acl:relcl 21 underarm underarm NOUN Number=Sing 20 pitched xcomp 22 . . PUNCT _ 5 game punct
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1 is a present Softball a team game like baseball tree rules 2 play participle a team game not said here a smaller field with a bigger ball vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 pitch present · passive a bigger ball vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
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 A softball is the ball used in this game.
det nsubj cop det acl case det obl punct root A DET softball NOUN is AUX the DET ball NOUN used VERB in ADP this DET game NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 softball det 2 softball softball NOUN Number=Sing 5 ball nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 ball cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 ball det 5 ball ball NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 used use VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 ball acl 7 in in ADP _ 9 game case 8 this this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 9 game det 9 game game NOUN Number=Sing 6 used obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 ball punct
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1 is a present a softball the ball tree rules 2 use participle the ball not said here this game vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 1 We play softball in PE on Fridays.
nsubj obj case obl case obl punct root We PRON play VERB softball NOUN in ADP PE PROPN on ADP Fridays PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 play nsubj 2 play play VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 softball softball NOUN Number=Sing 2 play obj 4 in in ADP _ 5 PE case 5 PE PE PROPN Number=Sing 2 play obl 6 on on ADP _ 7 Fridays case 7 Fridays Friday PROPN Number=Plur 2 play obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 play punct
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1 play present We softball PE friday vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent softball=Theme
Example 2 My sister is the pitcher on her softball team.
nmod:poss nsubj cop det case nmod:poss compound nmod punct root My PRON sister NOUN is AUX the DET pitcher NOUN on ADP her PRON softball NOUN team NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 sister nmod:poss 2 sister sister NOUN Number=Sing 5 pitcher nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 pitcher cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 pitcher det 5 pitcher pitcher NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 on on ADP _ 9 team case 7 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 team nmod:poss 8 softball softball NOUN Number=Sing 9 team compound 9 team team NOUN Number=Sing 5 pitcher nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 pitcher punct
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1 is a present My sister the pitcher her softball team tree rules
Example 3 The softball game was cancelled because of rain.
det compound nsubj:pass aux:pass case fixed obl punct root The DET softball NOUN game NOUN was AUX cancelled VERB because ADP of ADP rain NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 game det 2 softball softball NOUN Number=Sing 3 game compound 3 game game NOUN Number=Sing 5 cancelled nsubj:pass 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 cancelled aux:pass 5 cancelled cancel VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 because because ADP ExtPos=ADP 8 rain case 7 of of ADP _ 6 because fixed 8 rain rain NOUN Number=Sing 5 cancelled obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 cancelled punct
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1 cancel past · passive the softball game because rain tree rules
Example 4 A softball is bigger than a baseball.
det nsubj cop case det obl punct root A DET softball NOUN is AUX bigger ADJ than ADP a DET baseball NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 softball det 2 softball softball NOUN Number=Sing 4 bigger nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 bigger cop 4 bigger big ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 5 than than ADP _ 7 baseball case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 baseball det 7 baseball baseball NOUN Number=Sing 4 bigger obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 bigger punct
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1 is present a softball than a baseball; big property tree rules
Example 5 He hit the softball over the fence.
nsubj det obj case det obl punct root He PRON hit VERB the DET softball NOUN over ADP the DET fence NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 hit nsubj 2 hit hit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 softball det 4 softball softball NOUN Number=Sing 2 hit obj 5 over over ADP _ 7 fence case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 fence det 7 fence fence NOUN Number=Sing 2 hit obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 hit punct
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1 hit past He the softball the fence vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent softball=Theme over fence=Destination
Example 6 Our team scored 7 runs in the softball match.
nmod:poss nsubj nsubj ccomp case det compound obl punct root Our PRON team NOUN scored VERB 7 NUM runs VERB in ADP the DET softball NOUN match NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 team nmod:poss 2 team team NOUN Number=Sing 3 scored nsubj 3 scored score VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 7 7 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 runs nsubj 5 runs run VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 scored ccomp 6 in in ADP _ 9 match case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 match det 8 softball softball NOUN Number=Sing 9 match compound 9 match match NOUN Number=Sing 5 runs obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 scored punct
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1 score past Our team tree rules 2 run present 7 the softball match vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in match=Trajectory
Example 7 Wear a helmet when you bat in softball.
det obj advmod nsubj obl case nmod punct root Wear VERB a DET helmet NOUN when ADV you PRON bat NOUN in ADP softball NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Wear wear VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 helmet det 3 helmet helmet NOUN Number=Sing 1 Wear obj 4 when when ADV PronType=Int 6 bat advmod 5 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 6 bat nsubj 6 bat bat NOUN Number=Sing 1 Wear obl 7 in in ADP _ 8 softball case 8 softball softball NOUN Number=Sing 6 bat nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 1 Wear punct
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1 wear imperative you not said here a helmet vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent helmet=Theme 2 bat you softball tree rules
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