shame Who acts: Shame, you, others, it, way, they · What happens: be, have, know, do, shame, mean · To what, where: bad hot feeling, something, shame, someone, front, way · Speech: someone speaks here
«shame» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: shame in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Shame is the bad, hot feeling you have when you know you did something wrong or silly and others may know.
The tree, 21 words nsubj cop det amod punct amod nsubj acl:relcl advmod nsubj advcl nsubj ccomp obj amod cc conj cc nsubj aux conj punct root Shame NOUN is AUX the DET bad ADJ , PUNCT hot ADJ feeling NOUN you PRON have VERB when ADV you PRON know VERB you PRON did VERB something PRON wrong ADJ or CCONJ silly ADJ and CCONJ others NOUN may AUX know VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Shame shame NOUN Number=Sing 7 feeling nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 feeling cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 feeling det 4 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos 7 feeling amod 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 bad punct 6 hot hot ADJ Degree=Pos 7 feeling amod 7 feeling feeling NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 9 have nsubj 9 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 feeling acl:relcl 10 when when ADV PronType=Int 12 know advmod 11 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 12 know nsubj 12 know know VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 have advcl 13 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 14 did nsubj 14 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 12 know ccomp 15 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 14 did obj 16 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 15 something amod 17 or or CCONJ _ 18 silly cc 18 silly silly ADJ Degree=Pos 16 wrong conj 19 and and CCONJ _ 22 know cc 20 others other NOUN Number=Plur 22 know nsubj 21 may may AUX VerbForm=Fin 22 know aux 22 know know VERB VerbForm=Inf 16 wrong conj 23 . . PUNCT _ 7 feeling punct
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1 is a present Shame the bad hot feeling tree rules 2 have present you the bad hot feeling not said here vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Patient 3 know present you vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 4 do past you something vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality 5 know may others vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
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.
Meaning 2 «It's a shame» or «what a shame» means it is sad or a pity.
The tree, 15 words punct expl cop det nsubj punct cc punct nsubj det conj punct nsubj cop ccomp cc det conj punct root « PUNCT It PRON 's AUX a DET shame NOUN » PUNCT or CCONJ « PUNCT what PRON a DET shame NOUN » PUNCT means VERB it PRON is AUX sad ADJ or CCONJ a DET pity NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 5 shame punct 2 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 shame expl 3 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 shame cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 shame det 5 shame shame NOUN Number=Sing 13 means nsubj 6 » » PUNCT _ 5 shame punct 7 or or CCONJ _ 11 shame cc 8 « « PUNCT _ 11 shame punct 9 what what PRON PronType=Int 11 shame nsubj 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 shame det 11 shame shame NOUN Number=Sing 5 shame conj 12 » » PUNCT _ 11 shame punct 13 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 14 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 16 sad nsubj 15 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 16 sad cop 16 sad sad ADJ Degree=Pos 13 means ccomp 17 or or CCONJ _ 19 pity cc 18 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 19 pity det 19 pity pity NOUN Number=Sing 16 sad conj 20 . . PUNCT _ 13 means punct
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1 is a in a quote present a shame or a shame tree rules 2 shame in a quote a shame or a shame tree rules 3 mean present a shame or a shame vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 4 is present it sad property tree rules
Meaning 3 To shame someone is to make them feel bad or embarrassed, often in front of others.
The tree, 16 words mark csubj obj cop mark obj xcomp xcomp cc conj punct advmod case obl case nmod punct root To PART shame VERB someone PRON is AUX to PART make VERB them PRON feel VERB bad ADJ or CCONJ embarrassed ADJ , PUNCT often ADV in ADP front NOUN of ADP others NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 shame mark 2 shame shame VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 make csubj 3 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 shame obj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 make cop 5 to to PART _ 6 make mark 6 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 7 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 make obj 8 feel feel VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 make xcomp 9 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos 8 feel xcomp 10 or or CCONJ _ 11 embarrassed cc 11 embarrassed embarrassed ADJ Degree=Pos 9 bad conj 12 , , PUNCT _ 15 front punct 13 often often ADV _ 15 front advmod 14 in in ADP _ 15 front case 15 front front NOUN Number=Sing 6 make obl 16 of of ADP _ 17 others case 17 others other NOUN Number=Plur 15 front nmod 18 . . PUNCT _ 6 make punct
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1 shame to-infinitive someone vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus someone=Experiencer 2 is present front of others make property tree rules 3 feel infinitive bad property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Meaning 4 «Shame on you» is a way of telling someone they behaved badly.
The tree, 12 words punct nsubj case nmod punct cop det mark acl obj nsubj acl:relcl advmod punct root « PUNCT Shame NOUN on ADP you PRON » PUNCT is AUX a DET way NOUN of SCONJ telling VERB someone PRON they PRON behaved VERB badly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 2 Shame punct 2 Shame shame NOUN Number=Sing 8 way nsubj 3 on on ADP _ 4 you case 4 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 2 Shame nmod 5 » » PUNCT _ 2 Shame punct 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 way cop 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 way det 8 way way NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 of of SCONJ _ 10 telling mark 10 telling tell VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 way acl 11 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 10 telling obj 12 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 behaved nsubj 13 behaved behave VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 someone acl:relcl 14 badly badly ADV Degree=Pos 13 behaved advmod 15 . . PUNCT _ 8 way punct
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1 is a present Shame on you a way tree rules 2 tell speech: assert gerund a way not said here someone vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient 3 behave past they badly property vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
Example 1 He felt shame when he saw the vase he had broken.
nsubj obj advmod nsubj advcl det obj nsubj aux acl:relcl punct root He PRON felt VERB shame NOUN when ADV he PRON saw VERB the DET vase NOUN he PRON had AUX broken VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 felt nsubj 2 felt feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 shame shame NOUN Number=Sing 2 felt obj 4 when when ADV PronType=Int 6 saw advmod 5 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 saw nsubj 6 saw see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 felt advcl 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 vase det 8 vase vase NOUN Number=Sing 6 saw obj 9 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 broken nsubj 10 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 broken aux 11 broken break VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 8 vase acl:relcl 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 felt punct
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1 feel past He shame vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shame=Theme 2 see past he the vase vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vase=Stimulus 3 break past · perfect he the vase not said here vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vase=Patient
Example 2 It's a shame you can't come to the party.
expl cop det nsubj aux advmod acl:relcl case det obl punct root It PRON 's AUX a DET shame NOUN you PRON ca AUX n't PART come VERB to ADP the DET party NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 shame expl 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 shame cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 shame det 4 shame shame NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 8 come nsubj 6 ca can AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 come aux 7 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 8 come advmod 8 come come VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 shame acl:relcl 9 to to ADP _ 11 party case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 party det 11 party party NOUN Number=Sing 8 come obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 shame punct
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1 is a present a shame tree rules 2 not come can you a shame not said here to the party vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location shame=Theme
Example 3 What a shame the zoo was closed!
obj det nsubj:pass det nsubj:pass aux:pass punct root What PRON a DET shame NOUN the DET zoo NOUN was AUX closed VERB ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 7 closed obj 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 shame det 3 shame shame NOUN Number=Sing 7 closed nsubj:pass 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 zoo det 5 zoo zoo NOUN Number=Sing 7 closed nsubj:pass 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 closed aux:pass 7 closed close VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 8 ! ! PUNCT _ 7 closed punct
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1 close past · passive a shame tree rules
Example 4 Shame on you for teasing your little brother!
case nmod mark acl nmod:poss amod obj punct root Shame NOUN on ADP you PRON for SCONJ teasing VERB your PRON little ADJ brother NOUN ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Shame shame NOUN Number=Sing root root 2 on on ADP _ 3 you case 3 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 1 Shame nmod 4 for for SCONJ _ 5 teasing mark 5 teasing tease VERB VerbForm=Ger 1 Shame acl 6 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 brother nmod:poss 7 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 8 brother amod 8 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 5 teasing obj 9 ! ! PUNCT _ 1 Shame punct
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1 tease gerund Shame on you not said here your little brother vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Patient
Example 5 She hung her head in shame.
nsubj nmod:poss obj case obl punct root She PRON hung VERB her PRON head NOUN in ADP shame NOUN . PUNCT 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 hung nsubj 2 hung hang VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 head nmod:poss 4 head head NOUN Number=Sing 2 hung obj 5 in in ADP _ 6 shame case 6 shame shame NOUN Number=Sing 2 hung obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 hung punct
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1 hang past She her head shame vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme in shame=Destination
Example 6 Making fun of someone to shame them is unkind.
csubj obj case nmod mark advcl obj cop punct root Making VERB fun NOUN of ADP someone PRON to PART shame VERB them PRON is AUX unkind ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Making make VERB VerbForm=Ger 9 unkind csubj 2 fun fun NOUN Number=Sing 1 Making obj 3 of of ADP _ 4 someone case 4 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 fun nmod 5 to to PART _ 6 shame mark 6 shame shame VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Making advcl 7 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 shame obj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 unkind cop 9 unkind unkind ADJ Degree=Pos root root 10 . . PUNCT _ 9 unkind punct
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1 make gerund fun of someone vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fun=Product 2 shame to-infinitive them = they vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer 3 is present Making unkind property tree rules
Example 7 There is no shame in asking for help.
expl det nsubj mark acl case obl punct root There PRON is VERB no DET shame NOUN in SCONJ asking VERB for ADP help NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 There there PRON PronType=Dem 2 is expl 2 is be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 no no DET PronType=Neg 4 shame det 4 shame shame NOUN Number=Sing 2 is nsubj 5 in in SCONJ _ 6 asking mark 6 asking ask VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 shame acl 7 for for ADP _ 8 help case 8 help help NOUN Number=Sing 6 asking obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 is punct
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1 be present no shame there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 ask speech: ask gerund no shame not said here for help vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 8 His good mark shamed the others into working harder.
nmod:poss amod nsubj det obj mark advcl xcomp punct root His PRON good ADJ mark NOUN shamed VERB the DET others NOUN into SCONJ working VERB harder ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 mark nmod:poss 2 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 3 mark amod 3 mark mark NOUN Number=Sing 4 shamed nsubj 4 shamed shame VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 others det 6 others other NOUN Number=Plur 4 shamed obj 7 into into SCONJ _ 8 working mark 8 working work VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 shamed advcl 9 harder hard ADJ Degree=Cmp 8 working xcomp 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 shamed punct
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1 shame past His good mark the others vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus other=Experiencer 2 work gerund His good mark not said here hard property vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 mark His = he nom mark «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
Example 9 Oh, I shall die of shame and despair!’
discourse punct nsubj aux case obl cc conj punct punct root Oh INTJ , PUNCT I PRON shall AUX die VERB of ADP shame NOUN and CCONJ despair NOUN ! PUNCT ’ PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Oh oh INTJ _ 5 die discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Oh punct 3 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 5 die nsubj 4 shall shall AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 die aux 5 die die VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 of of ADP _ 7 shame case 7 shame shame NOUN Number=Sing 5 die obl 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 despair cc 9 despair despair NOUN Number=Sing 7 shame conj 10 ! ! PUNCT _ 5 die punct 11 ’ ' PUNCT _ 5 die punct
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1 die shall I of shame and despair vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of shame=Causer
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