shew

Who acts: someone, stepmother, you, advice, I · What happens: let, see, make, be, begin, shew · To what, where: someone, something, ceremonies, stepmother, colours, advice

«shew» in the Early Modern English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: shew in the Early Modern English dictionary.

Meaning 1

To let someone see something, or to make something plain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 let	mark
2	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 let	obj
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 let	xcomp
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 see	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 make	punct
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 make	cc
8	to	to	PART	_	9 make	mark
9	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 let	conj
10	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 make	obj
11	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 something	amod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	let	to-infinitive		someone	tree rules
2	see	infinitive	someone not said here	something	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus
3	make	to-infinitive		something	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset something=Product

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

No sooner were the ceremonies of the wedding over, but the stepmother began to shew herself in her colours.

From The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 sooner	det
2	sooner	soon	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 ceremonies	advmod
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ceremonies	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ceremonies	det
5	ceremonies	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 wedding	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wedding	det
8	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ceremonies	nmod
9	over	over	ADV	_	8 wedding	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 began	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 began	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 stepmother	det
13	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 began	nsubj
14	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ceremonies	conj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 shew	mark
16	shew	shew	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 began	xcomp
17	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	16 shew	obj
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 colours	case
19	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 colours	nmod:poss
20	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 shew	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 ceremonies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the ceremonies		of the wedding; soon property	tree rules
2	begin	past	the stepmother				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	shew	to-infinitive	the stepmother not said here	stepmother	stepmother's colours		tree rules

Example 2

"If you will follow my advice, your fortune is made; you have nothing else to do, but go and wash yourself in the river, in that part I shall shew you, and leave the rest to me."

From The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault.

The tree, 37 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 follow	punct
2	If	if	SCONJ	_	5 follow	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 follow	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 follow	aux
5	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 advice	nmod:poss
7	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 follow	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 made	punct
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 fortune	nmod:poss
10	fortune	fortune	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 made	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 made	aux:pass
12	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 advice	acl:relcl
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 have	punct
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 have	nsubj
15	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 follow	advcl
16	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	15 have	obj
17	else	else	ADV	_	16 nothing	advmod
18	to	to	PART	_	19 do	mark
19	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 nothing	acl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 go	punct
21	but	but	CCONJ	_	22 go	cc
22	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 have	conj
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 wash	cc
24	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 go	conj
25	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	24 wash	obj
26	in	in	ADP	_	28 river	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 river	det
28	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 wash	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 shew	punct
30	in	in	ADP	_	32 part	case
31	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	32 part	det
32	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 shew	obl
33	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	35 shew	nsubj
34	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	35 shew	aux
35	shew	shew	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 wash	conj
36	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	35 shew	obj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 leave	punct
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 leave	cc
39	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 have	conj
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 rest	det
41	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 leave	obj
42	to	to	ADP	_	43 me	case
43	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	39 leave	obl
44	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 follow	punct
45	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 follow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	follow in a quote	future	you	my advice			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme
2	make in a quote	present · passive	my advice not said here	your fortune			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
3	have in a quote	present	you	nothing			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient
4	do in a quote	to-infinitive	you not said here	nothing not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	go in a quote	infinitive	you not said here				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	wash in a quote	infinitive	you not said here	yourself		the river	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yourself=Patient
7	shew in a quote	shall	I	you		that part	tree rules
8	leave in a quote	infinitive	you not said here	the rest	me		vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent rest=Theme to i=Recipient

Text: the Early Modern English dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova; its examples quote public-domain texts. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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