showman

Who acts: showman, person, people · What happens: be, run, travel, entertain, set up, sit · To what, where: person, show, people, showman, bright clothes

«showman» 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: showman in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A showman is a person who runs a show, such as a fair or a travelling theatre, to entertain people for money.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 showman	det
2	showman	showman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 runs	nsubj
7	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	acl:relcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 show	det
9	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 runs	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 fair	punct
11	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	14 fair	case
12	as	as	ADP	_	11 such	fixed
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 fair	det
14	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 show	conj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 theatre	cc
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 theatre	det
17	travelling	travel	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 theatre	amod
18	theatre	theatre	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fair	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 entertain	punct
20	to	to	PART	_	21 entertain	mark
21	entertain	entertain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 runs	conj
22	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 entertain	obj
23	for	for	ADP	_	24 money	case
24	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 entertain	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a showman	a person		tree rules
2	run	present	a person	a show		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme show=Trajectory
3	travel	gerund				vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	entertain	to-infinitive	a person not said here	people	for money	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=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.

Example 1

The showman had just set up his little theatre.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 showman	det
2	showman	showman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 set	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 set	aux
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 set	advmod
5	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 set	compound:prt
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 theatre	nmod:poss
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 theatre	amod
9	theatre	theatre	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 set	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 set	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set up	past · perfect · passive		the showman					vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme theatre=Destination

Example 2

The people sat round the room to watch the show.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 people	det
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sat	nsubj
3	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	round	round	ADP	_	6 room	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 room	det
6	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sat	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 watch	mark
8	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sat	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 show	det
10	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 watch	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	the people					round the room	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	watch	to-infinitive	the people not said here	the show					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent show=Theme

Example 3

The showman was dressed in bright clothes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 showman	det
2	showman	showman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dressed	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dressed	aux:pass
4	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 clothes	case
6	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 clothes	amod
7	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 dressed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 dressed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dress	past · passive		the showman		bright clothes			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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