(ROOT (S (NP (NN Sport)) (VP (VBZ is) (ADJP (RB very) (JJ popular)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NNP England)))) (. .)))
Sport is very popular in England.
nsubj
Number=Sing
sport
Sport
NOUN
NN
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
is
AUX
VBZ
advmod
very
very
ADV
RB
root
Degree=Pos
popular
popular
ADJ
JJ
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
England
England
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
(ROOT (S (PP (IN In) (NP (JJ other) (NNS words))) (NP (NP (NNS lots)) (PP (IN of) (NP (JJ English) (NNS people)))) (VP (VBP like) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN idea)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN sport))))) (. .)))
In other words lots of English people like the idea of sport.
case
in
In
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
other
other
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Plur
word
words
NOUN
NNS
nsubj
Number=Plur
lot
lots
NOUN
NNS
case
of
of
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
English
English
ADJ
JJ
nmod
Number=Plur
person
people
NOUN
NNS
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
like
like
VERB
VBP
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
idea
idea
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
sport
sport
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
(ROOT (S (NP (DT A) (NN lot)) (VP (VB watch) (NP (NN sport)) (PP (IN on) (NP (NN TV)))) (. .)))
A lot watch sport on TV.
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
A
DET
DT
nsubj
Number=Sing
lot
lot
NOUN
NN
root
Mood=Ind|VerbForm=Fin
watch
watch
VERB
VB
obj
Number=Sing
sport
sport
NOUN
NN
case
on
on
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
TV
TV
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
(ROOT (S (CC But) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN number)) (SBAR (WHNP (WP who)) (S (VP (VBP take) (NP (NN part)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NN sport))))))) (VP (VBZ is) (ADJP (RB quite) (JJ small))) (. .)))
But the number who take part in sport is quite small.
cc
but
But
CCONJ
CC
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nsubj
Number=Sing
number
number
NOUN
NN
nsubj
PronType=Rel
who
who
PRON
WP
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
take
take
VERB
VBP
obj
Number=Sing
part
part
NOUN
NN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
sport
sport
NOUN
NN
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
is
AUX
VBZ
advmod
quite
quite
ADV
RB
root
Degree=Pos
small
small
ADJ
JJ
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
(ROOT (S (PP (IN On) (NP (DT the) (JJ whole))) (NP (JJ English) (NNS people)) (VP (VBP prefer) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB be) (ADJP (ADJP (JJ fat)) (CONJP (RB rather) (IN than) (JJ thin))))))) (. .)))
On the whole English people prefer to be fat rather than thin.
case
on
On
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Degree=Pos
whole
whole
ADJ
JJ
amod
Degree=Pos
English
English
ADJ
JJ
nsubj
Number=Plur
person
people
NOUN
NNS
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
prefer
prefer
VERB
VBP
mark
to
to
PART
TO
cop
VerbForm=Inf
be
be
AUX
VB
xcomp
Degree=Pos
fat
fat
ADJ
JJ
cc
rather
rather
ADV
RB
fixed
than
than
ADP
IN
conj
Degree=Pos
thin
thin
ADJ
JJ
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
(ROOT (NFP  ))
root
PUNCT
NFP
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (DT The) (ADJP (RBS most) (JJ popular)) (NN sport)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NNP England)))) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NN football))) (. .)))
The most popular sport in England is football.
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
The
DET
DT
advmod
Degree=Sup
most
most
ADV
RBS
amod
Degree=Pos
popular
popular
ADJ
JJ
nsubj
Number=Sing
sport
sport
NOUN
NN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
England
England
PROPN
NNP
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
is
AUX
VBZ
root
Number=Sing
football
football
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
(ROOT (S (S (NP (NN Football)) (VP (VBZ is) (VP (VBN played) (PP (IN on) (NP (NNP Saturday) (NN afternoon))) (PP (IN in) (NP (JJS most) (NNS towns)))))) (CC and) (S (NP (NP (DT the) (NNS supporters)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT a) (JJ certain) (NN team)))) (VP (MD will) (VP (VB travel) (PP (IN from) (NP (NP (CD one) (NN end)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (NN country))))) (PP (IN to) (NP (DT the) (JJ other))) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB see) (S (NP (PRP$ their) (NN team)) (VP (VB play))))))))) (. .)))
Football is played on Saturday afternoon in most towns and the supporters of a certain team will travel from one end of the country to the other to see their team play.
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
football
Football
NOUN
NN
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
is
AUX
VBZ
root
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
play
played
VERB
VBN
case
on
on
ADP
IN
compound
Number=Sing
Saturday
Saturday
PROPN
NNP
obl
Number=Sing
afternoon
afternoon
NOUN
NN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Sup
most
most
ADJ
JJS
obl
Number=Plur
town
towns
NOUN
NNS
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nsubj
Number=Plur
supporter
supporters
NOUN
NNS
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
certain
certain
ADJ
JJ
nmod
Number=Sing
team
team
NOUN
NN
aux
VerbForm=Fin
will
will
AUX
MD
conj
VerbForm=Inf
travel
travel
VERB
VB
case
from
from
ADP
IN
nummod
NumForm=Word|NumType=Card
one
one
NUM
CD
obl
Number=Sing
end
end
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
country
country
NOUN
NN
case
to
to
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Degree=Pos
other
other
ADJ
JJ
mark
to
to
PART
TO
advcl
VerbForm=Inf
see
see
VERB
VB
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
their
their
PRON
PRP$
obj
Number=Sing
team
team
NOUN
NN
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
play
play
VERB
VB
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
(ROOT (S (NP (EX There)) (VP (VBP are) (NP (NP (CD four) (NNS divisions)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (NN football) (NN league))))) (. .)))
There are four divisions of the football league.
expl
there
There
PRON
EX
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
are
VERB
VBP
nummod
NumForm=Word|NumType=Card
four
four
NUM
CD
nsubj
Number=Plur
division
divisions
NOUN
NNS
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
football
football
NOUN
NN
nmod
Number=Sing
league
league
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
(ROOT (S (ADVP (RB Not) (RB surprisingly)) (NP (DT the) (JJS best) (NNS teams)) (VP (VBP are) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (JJ first) (NN division)))) (. .)))
Not surprisingly the best teams are in the first division.
advmod
not
Not
PART
RB
advmod
surprisingly
surprisingly
ADV
RB
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Sup
good
best
ADJ
JJS
nsubj
Number=Plur
team
teams
NOUN
NNS
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
are
AUX
VBP
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos|NumType=Ord
first
first
ADJ
JJ
root
Number=Sing
division
division
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
(ROOT (S (CC But) (NP (DT the) (JJS best) (NNS supporters)) (VP (VBP are) (ADVP (RB often)) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (JJ fourth) (NN division)))) (. .)))
But the best supporters are often in the fourth division.
cc
but
But
CCONJ
CC
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Sup
good
best
ADJ
JJS
nsubj
Number=Plur
supporter
supporters
NOUN
NNS
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
are
AUX
VBP
advmod
often
often
ADV
RB
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos|NumType=Ord
fourth
fourth
ADJ
JJ
root
Number=Sing
division
division
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
(ROOT (S (NP (PRP You)) (VP (VBP have) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB be) (NP (NP (DT a) (JJ good) (NN supporter)) (SBAR (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB watch) (NP (DT the) (JJ fourth) (NN division) (NN football))))))))))) (. !)))
You have to be a good supporter to watch the fourth division football!
nsubj
Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs
you
You
PRON
PRP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
have
have
VERB
VBP
mark
to
to
PART
TO
cop
VerbForm=Inf
be
be
AUX
VB
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
good
good
ADJ
JJ
xcomp
Number=Sing
supporter
supporter
NOUN
NN
mark
to
to
PART
TO
acl
VerbForm=Inf
watch
watch
VERB
VB
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos|NumType=Ord
fourth
fourth
ADJ
JJ
compound
Number=Sing
division
division
NOUN
NN
obj
Number=Sing
football
football
NOUN
NN
punct
!
!
PUNCT
.
(ROOT (NFP  ))
root
PUNCT
NFP
(ROOT (S (S (NP (JJ Many) (JJ other) (NNS sports)) (VP (VBP are) (ADVP (RB also)) (VP (VBN played) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (NNP England)) (, ,) (PP (JJ such) (IN as) (NP (NP (NN golf)) (, ,) (SBAR (WHPP (IN in) (WHNP (WDT which))) (S (NP (PRP you)) (VP (VBP try) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB knock) (NP (DT a) (NN ball)) (PP (IN into) (NP (DT a) (NN hole)))))))))))))))) (: ;) (NP (NP (NP (NN basketball)) (, ,) (SBAR (WHPP (IN in) (WHNP (WDT which))) (S (NP (PRP you)) (VP (VBP try) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB got) (NP (DT a) (NN ball)) (PP (IN through) (NP (DT a) (NN net)))))))))) (: ;) (NP (NP (NN tennis)) (, ,) (SBAR (WHPP (IN in) (WHNP (WDT which))) (S (NP (PRP you)) (VP (VBP try) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB hit) (NP (DT a) (NN ball)) (SBAR (IN so) (IN that) (S (NP (PRP$ your) (NN opponent)) (VP (MD can) (RB not) (VP (VB hit) (NP (PRP it)))))))))))))) (. .)))
Many other sports are also played in England, such as golf, in which you try to knock a ball into a hole; basketball, in which you try to got a ball through a net; tennis, in which you try to hit a ball so that your opponent cannot hit it.
amod
Degree=Pos
many
Many
ADJ
JJ
amod
Degree=Pos
other
other
ADJ
JJ
nsubj:pass
Number=Plur
sport
sports
NOUN
NNS
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
are
AUX
VBP
advmod
also
also
ADV
RB
root
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
play
played
VERB
VBN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
England
England
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
case
Degree=Pos
such
such
ADJ
JJ
fixed
as
as
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
golf
golf
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
PronType=Rel
which
which
PRON
WDT
nsubj
Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs
you
you
PRON
PRP
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
try
try
VERB
VBP
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
knock
knock
VERB
VB
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
ball
ball
NOUN
NN
case
into
into
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
hole
hole
NOUN
NN
punct
;
;
PUNCT
:
appos
Number=Sing
basketball
basketball
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
PronType=Rel
which
which
PRON
WDT
nsubj
Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs
you
you
PRON
PRP
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
try
try
VERB
VBP
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
get
got
VERB
VB
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
ball
ball
NOUN
NN
case
through
through
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
net
net
NOUN
NN
punct
;
;
PUNCT
:
parataxis
Number=Sing
tennis
tennis
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
PronType=Rel
which
which
PRON
WDT
nsubj
Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs
you
you
PRON
PRP
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
try
try
VERB
VBP
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
hit
hit
VERB
VB
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
ball
ball
NOUN
NN
mark
so
so
SCONJ
IN
fixed
that
that
SCONJ
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
your
your
PRON
PRP$
nsubj
Number=Sing
opponent
opponent
NOUN
NN
aux
VerbForm=Fin
can
can
AUX
MD
advmod
not
not
PART
RB
advcl
VerbForm=Inf
hit
hit
VERB
VB
obj
Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
it
it
PRON
PRP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
(ROOT (S (SBAR (IN As) (S (NP (PRP you)) (VP (VBP see)))) (, ,) (SBAR (IN if) (S (NP (DT the) (NN ball)) (VP (VBD had) (RB not) (VP (VBN been) (VP (VBN invented)))))) (, ,) (NP (EX there)) (VP (MD would) (VP (VB have) (VP (VBN been) (NP (DT no) (NN sport))))) (. .)))
As you see, if the ball had not been invented, there would have been no sport.
mark
as
As
SCONJ
IN
nsubj
Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs
you
you
PRON
PRP
advcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
see
see
VERB
VBP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
mark
if
if
SCONJ
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
ball
ball
NOUN
NN
aux
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
have
had
AUX
VBD
advmod
not
not
PART
RB
aux:pass
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
be
been
AUX
VBN
advcl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
invent
invented
VERB
VBN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
expl
there
there
PRON
EX
aux
VerbForm=Fin
would
would
AUX
MD
aux
VerbForm=Inf
have
have
AUX
VB
root
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
be
been
VERB
VBN
det
no
no
DET
DT
nsubj
Number=Sing
sport
sport
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
(ROOT (NFP  ))
root
PUNCT
NFP
(ROOT (S (ADVP (RB Actually)) (, ,) (NP (DT that)) (VP (VBZ is) (RB not) (ADJP (RB quite) (JJ true))) (. .)))
Actually, that is not quite true.
advmod
actually
Actually
ADV
RB
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing|PronType=Dem
that
that
PRON
DT
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
is
AUX
VBZ
advmod
not
not
PART
RB
advmod
quite
quite
ADV
RB
root
Degree=Pos
true
true
ADJ
JJ
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
(ROOT (S (S (NP (NNP Athletics)) (VP (VBZ is) (RB n't) (VP (VBN played) (PP (IN with) (NP (DT a) (NN ball)))))) (: ;) (CC nor) (NP (NN horseracing)) (. .)))
Athletics isn't played with a ball; nor horseracing.
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
Athletic
Athletics
PROPN
NNP
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
is
AUX
VBZ
advmod
not
n't
PART
RB
root
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
play
played
VERB
VBN
case
with
with
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
ball
ball
NOUN
NN
punct
;
;
PUNCT
:
cc
nor
nor
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
horseracing
horseracing
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
(ROOT (S (ADVP (RB Perhaps)) (NP (DT that)) (VP (VBZ is) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB why)) (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBP are) (RB not) (ADJP (ADJP (RB so) (JJ popular)) (PP (IN as) (NP (NN football)))))))) (. !)))
Perhaps that is why they are not so popular as football!
advmod
perhaps
Perhaps
ADV
RB
nsubj
Number=Sing|PronType=Dem
that
that
PRON
DT
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
is
AUX
VBZ
root
PronType=Rel
why
why
ADV
WRB
nsubj
Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs
they
they
PRON
PRP
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
are
AUX
VBP
advmod
not
not
PART
RB
advmod
so
so
ADV
RB
advcl:relcl
Degree=Pos
popular
popular
ADJ
JJ
case
as
as
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
football
football
NOUN
NN
punct
!
!
PUNCT
.
Sport is very popular in England. In other words lots of English people like the idea of sport. A lot watch sport on TV. But the number who take part in sport is quite small. On the whole English people prefer to be fat rather than thin.  The most popular sport in England is football. Football is played on Saturday afternoon in most towns and the supporters of a certain team will travel from one end of the country to the other to see their team play. There are four divisions of the football league. Not surprisingly the best teams are in the first division. But the best supporters are often in the fourth division. You have to be a good supporter to watch the fourth division football!  Many other sports are also played in England, such as golf, in which you try to knock a ball into a hole; basketball, in which you try to got a ball through a net; tennis, in which you try to hit a ball so that your opponent cannot hit it. As you see, if the ball had not been invented, there would have been no sport.  Actually, that is not quite true. Athletics isn't played with a ball; nor horseracing. Perhaps that is why they are not so popular as football!