sun
part of speech
noun (the sun, suns; sun — sunshine); verb (sun yourself, suns, sunned, sunning)
meaning for a pupil
1) The star that our Earth goes around; it gives us light and heat. tree →
2) The light and warmth that come from the sun: "Let's sit in the sun." tree →
3) Any star with planets around it (in science talk). tree →
4) As a verb, to lie in the sunshine to get warm. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science, the Sun is a star at the centre of our solar system; the Earth goes around it in one year and spins once a day, giving day and night. Plants need sunlight to make food. In safety: never look straight at the sun, wear sunscreen and a hat, drink water on hot days. Phrases: in the sun, sunrise, sunset, the sun rises/sets, sun cream, sunburn.
examples
- The sun rises in the east. tree →
- The Earth goes around the sun once a year. tree →
- Plants need sun to grow. tree →
- Never look straight at the sun. tree →
- Put on sunscreen before you play in the sun. tree →
- The cat is lying in the sun. tree →
- The sun is a star, not a planet. tree →
- The sun set and it got dark. tree →
- Then the Sun began to shine. tree →
note
"Sun" sounds like "son" (a boy child) — homophones. The sun does not really move across the sky; the Earth spins. The sun is a star, much bigger than the Earth. In Australia and New Zealand the sun is very strong: "Slip, slop, slap".
In the corpora
- Pale pigs can get sunburnt like fair-skinned people, so farmers sometimes give them shade or sun cream.
- Ring-tailed lemurs sit facing the sun with arms spread to warm up after cold nights.
- Butterflies rest in the sun to warm up, because they cannot fly when they are too cold.
- Make hay while the sun shines, because wet hay goes mouldy.
- Albino animals often see poorly, burn easily in sun and are easier for predators to spot.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «sun» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.