shun

Who acts: She, other children, he, village, animals, friends · What happens: shun, be, refuse, not talk, hide, eat · To what, where: someone, purpose, them, something, spotlight, him · Speech: someone speaks here

«shun» in the English dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: shun in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

To shun someone is to keep away from them on purpose and refuse to talk to them.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 shun	mark
2	shun	shun	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 keep	advcl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 shun	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 keep	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 keep	mark
6	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 keep	advmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 them	case
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 away	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 purpose	case
11	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keep	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 refuse	cc
13	refuse	refuse	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 keep	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 talk	mark
15	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 refuse	xcomp
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 them	case
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 talk	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	shun	to-infinitive	someone				vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent someone=Location
2	is	present			purpose	away, keep property	tree rules
3	refuse	infinitive					vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	not talk	to-infinitive		them = they			vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to they=Co-Agent

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.

Everyday, meaning 2

To shun something is to avoid it: «She shuns the spotlight».

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 shun	mark
2	shun	shun	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 avoid	advcl
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 shun	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 avoid	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 avoid	mark
6	avoid	avoid	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 avoid	obj
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 shuns	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 shuns	punct
10	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 shuns	nsubj
11	shuns	shun	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 avoid	parataxis
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 spotlight	det
13	spotlight	spotlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 shuns	obj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 shuns	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 avoid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	shun	to-infinitive		something		vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent something=Location
2	is	present			it obj; avoid property	tree rules
3	shun in a quote	present	She	the spotlight		vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent spotlight=Location

Example 1

The other children shunned him because he was new.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 children	det
2	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 children	amod
3	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 shunned	nsubj
4	shunned	shun	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shunned	obj
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 new	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 new	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 new	cop
9	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 shunned	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 shunned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shun	past	the other children	him = he					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent he=Location
2	is	past	he					new property	tree rules

Example 2

In the story, the village shunned the old woman.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 story	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 story	det
3	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shunned	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 story	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 village	det
6	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shunned	nsubj
7	shunned	shun	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 woman	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 woman	amod
10	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shunned	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 shunned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shun	past	the village	the old woman		the story			vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent woman=Location

Example 3

Some animals shun bright light and hide during the day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 animals	det
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shun	nsubj
3	shun	shun	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 light	amod
5	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shun	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 hide	cc
7	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 shun	conj
8	during	during	ADP	_	10 day	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hide	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shun	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shun	present	some animals	bright light					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent light=Location
2	hide	present	some animals not said here				day		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

She shuns fast food and eats healthily.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shuns	nsubj
2	shuns	shun	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fast	fast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 food	amod
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shuns	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 eats	cc
6	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 shuns	conj
7	healthily	healthily	ADV	_	6 eats	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shuns	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shun	present	She	fast food					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent food=Location
2	eat	present	She not said here					healthily property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

Being shunned by your friends can feel very lonely.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 shunned	aux:pass
2	shunned	shun	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 feel	csubj
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 friends	case
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 friends	nmod:poss
5	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shunned	obl
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 feel	aux
7	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 lonely	advmod
9	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 feel	xcomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 feel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shun	gerund · passive	your friends						vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	feel	can						lonely property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 6

We should not shun someone just because they are different.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 shun	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 shun	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 shun	advmod
4	shun	shun	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 shun	obj
6	just	just	ADV	_	10 different	advmod
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 different	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 different	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 different	cop
10	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 shun	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 shun	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not shun	should	We	someone					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent someone=Location
2	is	present	they					different property	tree rules

Example 7

Be wise and shun the quack.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	2 wise	cop
2	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 shun	cc
4	shun	shun	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wise	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 quack	det
6	quack	quack	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shun	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	imperative	you not said here					wise property	tree rules
2	shun	infinitive	you not said here	the quack					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent quack=Location

Example 8

THERE was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was whole-hearted and upright, and one that feared God, and shunned evil. (Writings JOB.1.1, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: THERE was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was whole-hearted and upright, and one that feared God, and shunned evil.

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	THERE	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 was	expl
2	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 man	det
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 land	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 land	det
7	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 man	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Uz	case
9	Uz	Uz	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 land	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 Job	punct
11	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	12 name	nmod:poss
12	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 Job	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 Job	cop
14	Job	Job	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Uz	conj
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 hearted	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 hearted	cc
17	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 man	det
18	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 hearted	nsubj
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 hearted	cop
20	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 hearted	amod
21	-	-	PUNCT	_	20 whole	punct
22	hearted	hearted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 was	parataxis
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 upright	cc
24	upright	upright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 hearted	conj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 feared	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 feared	cc
27	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	29 feared	nsubj
28	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	29 feared	nsubj
29	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 was	parataxis
30	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 feared	obj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 shunned	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 shunned	cc
33	shunned	shun	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 feared	conj
34	evil	evil	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 shunned	obj
35	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	be	past	a man in the land of Uz and Job		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past	Job's name	Job			tree rules
3	is	past	that man			hearted property	tree rules
4	be		that man not said here				tree rules
5	fear	past	one	God		that nsubj	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer god=Stimulus
6	shun	past	one not said here	evil			vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent evil=Location
7	name		Job				nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Sentence 2: (Writings JOB.1.1, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	JOB.1.1	JOB.1.1	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 JOB.1.1	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 JOB.1.1	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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📖 shun

Everyday, meaning 1

Everyday, meaning 2

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