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showmanship

Who acts: Skill, showmanship, goal celebration, His, circus ringmaster, Good showmanship · What happens: entertain, get, do, have, be, celebrate · To what, where: crowd, attention, things, bold, whole hall gasping, pure showmanship · Speech: someone speaks here

«showmanship» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: showmanship in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Skill at entertaining a crowd and getting attention, by doing things in a bold, exciting or dramatic way.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	at	at	SCONJ	_	3 entertaining	mark
3	entertaining	entertain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Skill	acl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 crowd	det
5	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 entertaining	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 getting	cc
7	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 entertaining	conj
8	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 getting	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 doing	punct
10	by	by	SCONJ	_	11 doing	mark
11	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 entertaining	conj
12	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 doing	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 bold	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 bold	det
15	bold	bold	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 doing	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 way	punct
17	exciting	exciting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 way	amod
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 dramatic	cc
19	dramatic	dramatic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 exciting	conj
20	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bold	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Skill	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	entertain	gerund	Skill not said here	a crowd					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus crowd=Experiencer
2	get	gerund	Skill not said here	attention					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer attention=Stimulus
3	do	gerund	Skill not said here	things		a bold and exciting way			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality

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 magician's showmanship had the whole hall gasping.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 magician	det
2	magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 showmanship	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 magician	case
4	showmanship	showmanship	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gasping	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 gasping	amod
8	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gasping	compound
9	gasping	gasping	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the magician's showmanship	the whole hall gasping					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gasping=Patient

Example 2

His goal celebration was pure showmanship.

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 celebration	nmod:poss
2	goal	goal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 celebration	compound
3	celebration	celebration	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 showmanship	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 showmanship	cop
5	pure	pure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 showmanship	amod
6	showmanship	showmanship	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 showmanship	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	His goal celebration	pure showmanship					tree rules
2	celebrate		His = he						nom celebration «event transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

The circus ringmaster was famous for his showmanship.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ringmaster	det
2	circus	circus	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ringmaster	amod
3	ringmaster	ringmaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 famous	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 famous	cop
5	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 showmanship	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 showmanship	nmod:poss
8	showmanship	showmanship	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 famous	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 famous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the circus ringmaster					for his showmanship; famous property	tree rules

Example 4

Good showmanship can make even a science demo exciting.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 showmanship	amod
2	showmanship	showmanship	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 make	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 make	aux
4	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	even	even	ADV	_	8 demo	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 demo	det
7	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 demo	compound
8	demo	demo	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 make	obj
9	exciting	exciting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 make	xcomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	can	Good showmanship	a science demo				exciting property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset demo=Product

Example 5

She plays well, but she needs less showmanship and more teamwork.

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 plays	nsubj
2	plays	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 plays	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 needs	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 needs	cc
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 needs	nsubj
7	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 plays	conj
8	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 showmanship	amod
9	showmanship	showmanship	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 needs	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 teamwork	cc
11	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 teamwork	amod
12	teamwork	teamwork	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 showmanship	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 plays	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	present	She					well property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	need	present	she	less showmanship and more teamwork					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot showmanship=Theme

Example 6

P. T. Barnum was known for his showmanship and his tall tales.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	P.	P.	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 known	nsubj:pass
2	T.	T.	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 P.	flat
3	Barnum	Barnum	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 P.	flat
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 known	aux:pass
5	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 showmanship	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 showmanship	nmod:poss
8	showmanship	showmanship	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 known	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 tales	cc
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 tales	nmod:poss
11	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 tales	amod
12	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 showmanship	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 known	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past · passive		P.				for P.'s showmanship and P.'s tall tales	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus
2	tell		P.						nom tale «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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