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title: soccer — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «soccer» in the school dictionary: A game played by two teams of eleven players who kick a round ball and try to score goals; players other than the goalkeeper may not use their hands. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# soccer

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**Who acts:** eleven players, game, I, you, soccer team, We · **What happens:** play, kick, try, score, not use, pass · **To what, where:** game, round ball, goals, hands, soccer, soccer ball · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«soccer» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: [soccer in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/soccer.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A game played by two teams of eleven players who kick a round ball and try to score goals; players other than the goalkeeper may not use their hands.

<!-- fold The tree, 29 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soccer:m1:1
# text = A game played by two teams of eleven players who kick a round ball and try to score goals; players other than the goalkeeper may not use their hands.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
3	played	play	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	teams	team	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	players	player	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	kick	kick	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	score	score	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	_
19	goals	goal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	22	punct	_	_
21	players	player	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj	_	_
22	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
23	than	than	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	goalkeeper	goalkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
26	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
27	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	28	advmod	_	_
28	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
29	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
30	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	28	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | participle |  | a game *not said here* |  |  |  | by two teams of eleven players | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **kick** | present | eleven players | a round ball |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent ball=Patient |
| 3 | **try** | infinitive | eleven players *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **score** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | eleven players *not said here* | goals |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goal=Theme |
| 5 | **not** **use** | may | a game | players's hands |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |

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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 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I play soccer every Saturday.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soccer:x1:1
# text = I play soccer every Saturday.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	play	play	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	soccer	soccer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | present | I | soccer |  |  | saturday |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soccer=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pass the soccer ball to me!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soccer:x2:1
# text = Pass the soccer ball to me!
1	Pass	pass	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	soccer	soccer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | imperative | you *not said here* | the soccer ball | me |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent ball=Theme to i=Recipient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our soccer team won 3–1.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soccer:x3:1
# text = Our soccer team won 3–1.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	soccer	soccer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	–	–	SYM	SYM	ExtPos=ADP	7	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | Our soccer team | 3 |  |  |  | – 1 | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 3=Eventuality |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We have soccer practice after school.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soccer:x4:1
# text = We have soccer practice after school.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	soccer	soccer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | We | soccer practice |  |  | after school |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent practice=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In soccer only the goalkeeper can use their hands.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soccer:x5:1
# text = In soccer only the goalkeeper can use their hands.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	soccer	soccer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	goalkeeper	goalkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | can |  | their hands |  | soccer  the goalkeeper |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wear shin guards when you play soccer.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soccer:x6:1
# text = Wear shin guards when you play soccer.
1	Wear	wear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	shin	shin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	play	play	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	soccer	soccer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | imperative | you *not said here* | shin guards |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent guard=Source |
| 2 | **play** | present | you | soccer |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soccer=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

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"After all," they said, "soccer is a dangerous game, and perhaps it is wise to discourage it."

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soccer:x7:1
# text = "After all," they said, "soccer is a dangerous game, and perhaps it is wise to discourage it."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	After	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	soccer	soccer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
17	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	expl	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	ccomp	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	discourage	discourage	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	csubj	_	_
23	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | they |  |  |  | after all |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | soccer | a dangerous game |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | perhaps, wise *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **discourage** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  | soccer |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer |

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