guise

Who acts: guise, someone, witch, Lord, fox · What happens: be, take, hide, come, walk, come back · To what, where: outward form, appearance, guise, earth, new guise

«guise» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: guise in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A guise is the outward form or appearance someone takes, often to hide who they really are.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 guise	det
2	guise	guise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 form	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 form	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 form	det
5	outward	outward	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 form	amod
6	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 appearance	cc
8	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 form	conj
9	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 takes	nsubj
10	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 appearance	acl:relcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 hide	punct
12	often	often	ADV	_	14 hide	advmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 hide	mark
14	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 takes	advcl
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 hide	ccomp
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 are	nsubj
17	really	really	ADV	_	18 are	advmod
18	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 who	cop
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 form	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a guise	the outward form or appearance		tree rules
2	take	present	someone	appearance not said here		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appearance=Theme
3	hide	to-infinitive	someone not said here		often property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is a	present	someone not said here			tree rules

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

The witch came in the guise of a kind old woman.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 witch	det
2	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 guise	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 guise	det
6	guise	guise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	11 woman	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 woman	det
9	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 woman	amod
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 woman	amod
11	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 guise	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the witch			the guise of a kind old woman			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in guise=Location

Example 2

Our Lord walks the earth under the guise of a beggar.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 Lord	nmod:poss
2	Lord	Lord	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 walks	nsubj
3	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 earth	det
5	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walks	obj
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 guise	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 guise	det
8	guise	guise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walks	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 beggar	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 beggar	det
11	beggar	beggar	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 guise	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 walks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	present	Our Lord	the earth		the guise of a beggar			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent earth=Theme under guise=Trajectory

Example 3

The fox came back in a new guise, as a travelling trader.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 came	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 guise	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 guise	det
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 guise	amod
8	guise	guise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 trader	punct
10	as	as	ADP	_	13 trader	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 trader	det
12	travelling	travelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 trader	compound
13	trader	trader	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come back	past	the fox			a new guise		as a travelling trader	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in guise=Location

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