sport Who acts: sport, you, sports, good sport, they, something · What happens: be, move, follow, win, mean, play · To what, where: game, body, rules, activities, someone, it · Speech: someone speaks here
«sport» in the school dictionary: its 5 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: sport in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A sport is a game or activity where you move your body and follow rules, often to win: football, swimming, netball.
The tree, 21 words det nsubj cop det cc conj advmod nsubj acl:relcl nmod:poss obj cc conj obj punct advmod mark conj punct conj punct conj punct conj punct root A DET sport NOUN is AUX a DET game NOUN or CCONJ activity NOUN where ADV you PRON move VERB your PRON body NOUN and CCONJ follow VERB rules NOUN , PUNCT often ADV to PART win VERB : PUNCT football NOUN , PUNCT swimming NOUN , PUNCT netball NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 sport det 2 sport sport NOUN Number=Sing 5 game nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 game cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 game det 5 game game NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 activity cc 7 activity activity NOUN Number=Sing 5 game conj 8 where where ADV PronType=Rel 10 move advmod 9 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 10 move nsubj 10 move move VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 game acl:relcl 11 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 12 body nmod:poss 12 body body NOUN Number=Sing 10 move obj 13 and and CCONJ _ 14 follow cc 14 follow follow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 move conj 15 rules rule NOUN Number=Plur 14 follow obj 16 , , PUNCT _ 19 win punct 17 often often ADV _ 19 win advmod 18 to to PART _ 19 win mark 19 win win VERB VerbForm=Inf 10 move conj 20 : : PUNCT _ 21 football punct 21 football football NOUN Number=Sing 5 game conj 22 , , PUNCT _ 23 swimming punct 23 swimming swimming NOUN Number=Sing 21 football conj 24 , , PUNCT _ 25 netball punct 25 netball netball NOUN Number=Sing 21 football conj 26 . . PUNCT _ 5 game punct
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1 is a present a sport a game or activity and football and swimming and netball tree rules 2 move present you your body vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent body=Theme 3 follow present you not said here rules vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme 4 win to-infinitive you not said here often property vn succeed-74-2 «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.
Meaning 2 Sport (uncountable, UK) or sports (USA) means all these activities together.
The tree, 11 words nsubj punct punct appos punct cc nsubj punct appos punct conj det:predet det obj advmod punct root Sport NOUN ( PUNCT uncountable ADJ , PUNCT UK PROPN ) PUNCT or CCONJ sports NOUN ( PUNCT USA PROPN ) PUNCT means VERB all DET these DET activities NOUN together ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sport sport NOUN Number=Sing 3 uncountable nsubj 2 ( ( PUNCT _ 3 uncountable punct 3 uncountable uncountable ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 UK punct 5 UK UK PROPN Number=Sing 3 uncountable appos 6 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 UK punct 7 or or CCONJ _ 12 means cc 8 sports sport NOUN Number=Plur 12 means nsubj 9 ( ( PUNCT _ 10 USA punct 10 USA USA PROPN Number=Sing 8 sports appos 11 ) ) PUNCT _ 10 USA punct 12 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 uncountable conj 13 all all DET PronType=Tot 15 activities det:predet 14 these this DET Number=Plur PronType=Dem 15 activities det 15 activities activity NOUN Number=Plur 12 means obj 16 together together ADV _ 12 means advmod 17 . . PUNCT _ 3 uncountable punct
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1 mean present sports all activities together property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent activity=Topic
Meaning 3 A good sport is someone who plays fairly and is kind whether they win or lose.
The tree, 16 words det amod nsubj cop nsubj acl:relcl advmod cc cop conj mark nsubj advcl cc conj punct root A DET good ADJ sport NOUN is AUX someone PRON who PRON plays VERB fairly ADV and CCONJ is AUX kind ADJ whether SCONJ they PRON win VERB or CCONJ lose VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 sport det 2 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 3 sport amod 3 sport sport NOUN Number=Sing 5 someone nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 someone cop 5 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind root root 6 who who PRON PronType=Rel 7 plays nsubj 7 plays play VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 someone acl:relcl 8 fairly fairly ADV _ 7 plays advmod 9 and and CCONJ _ 11 kind cc 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 kind cop 11 kind kind ADJ Degree=Pos 7 plays conj 12 whether whether SCONJ _ 14 win mark 13 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 win nsubj 14 win win VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 kind advcl 15 or or CCONJ _ 16 lose cc 16 lose lose VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 win conj 17 . . PUNCT _ 5 someone punct
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1 is a present a good sport someone tree rules 2 play present fairly property vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 is present kind property tree rules 4 win present they vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 5 lose present they not said here vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Meaning 4 To sport something means to wear it to show it off.
mark compound nsubj mark ccomp obj mark advcl obj compound:prt punct root To PART sport NOUN something PRON means VERB to PART wear VERB it PRON to PART show VERB it PRON off ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 sport mark 2 sport sport NOUN Number=Sing 3 something compound 3 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 4 means nsubj 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 to to PART _ 6 wear mark 6 wear wear VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 means ccomp 7 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 wear obj 8 to to PART _ 9 show mark 9 show show VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 wear advcl 10 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 show obj 11 off off ADP _ 9 show compound:prt 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 means punct
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1 mean present something vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 wear not said to happen to-infinitive it vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme 3 show off to-infinitive it vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient
Meaning 5 Sport can also mean fun or teasing, as in "make sport of someone," which means to make fun of them.
The tree, 20 words nsubj aux advmod obj cc conj punct mark fixed punct parataxis obj case nmod punct punct nsubj parataxis mark xcomp obj case nmod punct root Sport NOUN can AUX also ADV mean VERB fun NOUN or CCONJ teasing NOUN , PUNCT as SCONJ in ADP " PUNCT make VERB sport NOUN of ADP someone PRON , PUNCT " PUNCT which PRON means VERB to PART make VERB fun NOUN of ADP them PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sport sport NOUN Number=Sing 4 mean nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 mean aux 3 also also ADV _ 4 mean advmod 4 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 fun fun NOUN Number=Sing 4 mean obj 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 teasing cc 7 teasing teasing NOUN Number=Sing 5 fun conj 8 , , PUNCT _ 12 make punct 9 as as SCONJ _ 12 make mark 10 in in ADP _ 9 as fixed 11 " " PUNCT _ 12 make punct 12 make make VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 4 mean parataxis 13 sport sport NOUN Number=Sing 12 make obj 14 of of ADP _ 15 someone case 15 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 13 sport nmod 16 , , PUNCT _ 19 means punct 17 " " PUNCT _ 19 means punct 18 which which PRON PronType=Rel 19 means nsubj 19 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 mean parataxis 20 to to PART _ 21 make mark 21 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 19 means xcomp 22 fun fun NOUN Number=Sing 21 make obj 23 of of ADP _ 24 them case 24 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 22 fun nmod 25 . . PUNCT _ 4 mean punct
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1 mean can Sport fun or teasing tree rules 2 make in a quote infinitive sport of someone vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sport=Product 3 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 4 make not said to happen to-infinitive fun of fun vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fun=Product 5 sport in a quote someone nom sport «act intransitive»: of=agent
Example 1 My favourite sport is swimming.
nmod:poss amod nsubj aux punct root My PRON favourite ADJ sport NOUN is AUX swimming VERB . 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 3 sport nmod:poss 2 favourite favourite ADJ Degree=Pos 3 sport amod 3 sport sport NOUN Number=Sing 5 swimming nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 swimming aux 5 swimming swim VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 swimming punct
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1 swim present · progressive My favourite sport vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 sport My nom sport «act intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 2 We have sports day at school next week.
nsubj compound obj case obl amod obl:unmarked punct root We PRON have VERB sports NOUN day NOUN at ADP school NOUN next ADJ week NOUN . 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 have nsubj 2 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 sports sport NOUN Number=Plur 4 day compound 4 day day NOUN Number=Sing 2 have obj 5 at at ADP _ 6 school case 6 school school NOUN Number=Sing 2 have obl 7 next next ADJ Degree=Pos 8 week amod 8 week week NOUN Number=Sing 2 have obl:unmarked 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 have punct
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1 have present We school day; week vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 3 Football is called soccer in the USA, Canada and Australia.
nsubj:pass aux:pass xcomp case det obl punct conj cc conj punct root Football NOUN is AUX called VERB soccer NOUN in ADP the DET USA PROPN , PUNCT Canada PROPN and CCONJ Australia PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Football football 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 soccer soccer NOUN Number=Sing 3 called xcomp 5 in in ADP _ 7 USA case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 USA det 7 USA USA PROPN Number=Sing 3 called obl 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 Canada punct 9 Canada Canada PROPN Number=Sing 7 USA conj 10 and and CCONJ _ 11 Australia cc 11 Australia Australia PROPN Number=Sing 7 USA conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 called punct
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1 call present · passive Football the USA and Canada and Australia vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
Example 4 Be a good sport and shake hands after the game.
det amod nsubj cc conj obj case det obl punct root Be VERB a DET good ADJ sport NOUN and CCONJ shake VERB hands NOUN after ADP the DET game NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Be be VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 sport det 3 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 4 sport amod 4 sport sport NOUN Number=Sing 1 Be nsubj 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 shake cc 6 shake shake VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Be conj 7 hands hand NOUN Number=Plur 6 shake obj 8 after after ADP _ 10 game case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 game det 10 game game NOUN Number=Sing 6 shake obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 1 Be punct
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1 be infinitive a good sport vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 shake infinitive a good sport not said here hands after the game vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent hand=Patient
Example 5 Ice hockey is a popular sport in Canada.
compound nsubj cop det amod case nmod punct root Ice NOUN hockey NOUN is AUX a DET popular ADJ sport NOUN in ADP Canada PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ice ice NOUN Number=Sing 2 hockey compound 2 hockey hockey NOUN Number=Sing 6 sport nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 sport cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 sport det 5 popular popular ADJ Degree=Pos 6 sport amod 6 sport sport NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 in in ADP _ 8 Canada case 8 Canada Canada PROPN Number=Sing 6 sport nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 sport punct
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1 is a present Ice hockey a popular sport Canada tree rules
Example 6 Doing sport keeps your heart and muscles strong.
csubj obj nmod:poss obj cc conj xcomp punct root Doing VERB sport NOUN keeps VERB your PRON heart NOUN and CCONJ muscles NOUN strong ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Doing do VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 keeps csubj 2 sport sport NOUN Number=Sing 1 Doing obj 3 keeps keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 heart nmod:poss 5 heart heart NOUN Number=Sing 3 keeps obj 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 muscles cc 7 muscles muscle NOUN Number=Plur 5 heart conj 8 strong strong ADJ Degree=Pos 3 keeps xcomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 keeps punct
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1 do gerund sport vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sport=Eventuality 2 keep present Doing your heart and muscles strong property vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Theme
Example 7 He was sporting a new pair of trainers.
nsubj aux det amod obj case nmod punct root He PRON was AUX sporting VERB a DET new ADJ pair NOUN of ADP trainers 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 3 sporting nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 sporting aux 3 sporting sport VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 pair det 5 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 6 pair amod 6 pair pair NOUN Number=Sing 3 sporting obj 7 of of ADP _ 8 trainers case 8 trainers trainer NOUN Number=Plur 6 pair nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 sporting punct
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1 sport past · progressive He a new pair of trainers tree rules
Example 8 Netball is a team sport.
nsubj cop det compound punct root Netball NOUN is AUX a DET team NOUN sport NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Netball netball NOUN Number=Sing 5 sport nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 sport cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 sport det 4 team team NOUN Number=Sing 5 sport compound 5 sport sport NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 sport punct
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1 is a present Netball a team sport tree rules
Example 9 "Surely I've made sport enough for Woe!
punct advmod nsubj aux obj advmod case obl punct root " PUNCT Surely ADV I PRON 've AUX made VERB sport NOUN enough ADV for ADP Woe PROPN ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 5 made punct 2 Surely surely ADV _ 5 made advmod 3 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 5 made nsubj 4 've have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 made aux 5 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 6 sport sport NOUN Number=Sing 5 made obj 7 enough enough ADV _ 5 made advmod 8 for for ADP _ 9 Woe case 9 Woe Woe PROPN Number=Sing 5 made obl 10 ! ! PUNCT _ 5 made punct
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1 make in a quote present · perfect I sport for Woe; enough, surely property vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent sport=Product for woe=Beneficiary
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