unsportsmanlike

Who acts: game, It, Shouting, Hitting · What happens: not follow, not behave, rule, be, kick away, shout · To what, where: rules, ball, referee, someone

«unsportsmanlike» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: unsportsmanlike in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Not fair, or not following the rules of a game; not behaving as a good sport should.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 fair	advmod
2	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 following	punct
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 following	cc
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 following	advmod
6	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 fair	parataxis
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rules	det
8	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 following	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 game	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 game	det
11	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rules	nmod
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 behaving	punct
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 behaving	advmod
14	behaving	behave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 fair	conj
15	as	as	ADP	_	18 sport	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 sport	det
17	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 sport	amod
18	sport	sport	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 behaving	obl
19	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 behaving	aux
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 fair	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not follow	gerund		the rules of a game		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme
2	not behave	should			as a good sport	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as sport=Attribute
3	rule		a game			nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=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

It was unsportsmanlike to kick the ball away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 unsportsmanlike	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 unsportsmanlike	cop
3	unsportsmanlike	unsportsmanlike	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 kick	mark
5	kick	kick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 unsportsmanlike	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ball	det
7	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kick	obj
8	away	away	ADV	_	5 kick	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 unsportsmanlike	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It					unsportsmanlike property	tree rules
2	kick away	to-infinitive		the ball				away property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent ball=Patient

Example 2

Shouting at the referee is unsportsmanlike.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 unsportsmanlike	csubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 referee	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 referee	det
4	referee	referee	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shouting	obl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 unsportsmanlike	cop
6	unsportsmanlike	unsportsmanlike	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 unsportsmanlike	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	gerund				the referee			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	Shouting					unsportsmanlike property	tree rules

Example 3

Hitting someone who is down is unsportsmanlike.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hitting	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 unsportsmanlike	csubj
2	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Hitting	obj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 down	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 down	cop
5	down	down	ADV	_	2 someone	acl:relcl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 unsportsmanlike	cop
7	unsportsmanlike	unsportsmanlike	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 unsportsmanlike	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hit	gerund		someone		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme someone=Co-Theme
2	is	present			down property	tree rules
3	is	present	Hitting		unsportsmanlike property	tree rules

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