shew

Who acts: Shew, old way, someone, She, bride, He · What happens: be, show, let, see, make, shew · To what, where: old way, someone, something, ring, bride, true colours

«shew» 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: shew in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old spelling — kept apart, not parsed.

Shew is an old way of writing show: to let someone see something, or to make something plain.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shew	Shew	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 way	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 way	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 writing	case
7	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 show	obl
8	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 way	acl:relcl
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 let	punct
10	to	to	PART	_	11 let	mark
11	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 way	parataxis
12	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 let	obj
13	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 let	xcomp
14	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 see	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 make	punct
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 make	cc
17	to	to	PART	_	18 make	mark
18	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	11 let	conj
19	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	18 make	obj
20	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 something	amod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Shew	a old way		tree rules
2	show	present	a old way not said here		of writing	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	let	to-infinitive		someone		tree rules
4	see	infinitive	someone not said here	something		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus
5	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

She shewed the ring to her guests.

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 shewed	nsubj
2	shewed	shew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ring	det
4	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shewed	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 guests	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 guests	nmod:poss
7	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shewed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shewed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shew	past	She	the ring				to her guests	tree rules

Example 2

The bride began to shew herself in her true colours.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bride	det
2	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 began	nsubj
3	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 shew	mark
5	shew	shew	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 began	xcomp
6	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 shew	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 colours	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 colours	nmod:poss
9	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 colours	amod
10	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 shew	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 began	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	past	the bride						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	shew	to-infinitive	the bride not said here	bride		bride's true colours			tree rules

Example 3

He shewed them the way up the stairs.

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 shewed	nsubj
2	shewed	shew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shewed	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shewed	obl:unmarked
6	up	up	ADP	_	8 stairs	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stairs	det
8	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shewed	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shewed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shew	past	He	them = they				up the stairs; the way obl:unmarked	tree rules

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