love-n; 8 Senses

Sense Number 1: strong feeling of affection for someone or something, but not a romantic feeling

Commentary: LOVE[+state][+emotion][+strong][+affection][-romantic]

Examples:
Their love for their children was unconditional.
Mary's love for her pets made John a little jealous.
The soldiers felt a deep love for their country.
The minister spoke to them about God's love for all his creatures.
There is certainly no love lost between those two rivals. (they don't like each other)

Mappings:
PropBank: love.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: feeling a keen interest and enjoyment in something

Commentary: LOVE[+state][+interest][+enjoyment][+keen][+in_activity]
NOTE: refers to some activity or event that is of interest

Examples:
Bob remembers his grandfather's love of a good argument about politics at dinner.
We share a love of classical music.
The actress's only real love was the theater.
The accident has dampened his love of skiing.

Mappings:
PropBank: love.01
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 1c

Sense Number 3: a strong emotion of romantic feelings towards someone

Commentary: LOVE[+state][+emotion][+strong][+affection][+romantic]

Examples:
She said she would only marry for love, and not for money.
The love between Romeo and Juliet was tragically doomed.
He was a man in love and jealous of any other potential suitors.

Mappings:
PropBank: love.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4

Sense Number 4: the person who is the object of romantic feelings

Commentary: LOVE[+entity][+person][+role][+beloved][+romantic]
NOTE: related to Sense 3, but refers to the person (object) not the internal feeling.

Examples:
Although he didn't know it at the time, Sally was to be the love of Bob's life.
The potion ensured that the first creature the queen observed upon waking would be her true love.
The prince picked up his love and carried her to safety away from the sorcerer's lake.

Mappings:
PropBank: love.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 5: a score of zero in tennis

Commentary: LOVE[+quantity][+score][+game][+tennis][+of_zero]

Examples:
The score is now forty love.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5

Sense Number 6: the act of people having sex

Commentary: LOVE[+event][+having_sex][+between_people]

Examples:
Their love produced a baby.
The explicit nude love scenes give the film an X rating.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6

Sense Number 7: an affectionate greeting

Commentary: LOVE[+event][+speech_act][+greeting][+affectionate]

Examples:
Aunt Lilly sends her love to everyone.
We all wished John lots of love in his get-well card.

Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 1d

Sense Number 8: a sweet, adored creature

Commentary: LOVE[+entity][+being][+role][+endearing][-romantic]
NOTE: this does not include a person playing a romantic role, it's -romantic

Examples:
Be a love and fetch me another iced tea.
The woman fondled the puppy and said he was a little love.

Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 2a