shuck

Who acts: Shucks, shuck, lion, He, We, chef · What happens: remove, shuck, take off, get, show, mean · To what, where: outer covering, corn, clothes, mild disappointment, old Southern dialect, something · Speech: someone speaks here

«shuck» in the school dictionary: its 5 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: shuck in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: verb, mainly US — kept apart, not parsed.

To remove the outer covering of corn, peas, beans or oysters: shuck corn.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 remove	mark
2	remove	remove	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 covering	det
4	outer	outer	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 covering	amod
5	covering	covering	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remove	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 corn	case
7	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 covering	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 peas	punct
9	peas	pea	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 remove	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 beans	punct
11	beans	bean	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 peas	conj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 oysters	cc
13	oysters	oyster	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 peas	conj
14	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 shuck	punct
15	shuck	shuck	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 remove	conj
16	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 shuck	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 remove	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	to-infinitive		the outer covering of corn				peas and beans or oysters obl	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent covering=Theme
2	shuck	infinitive		corn					vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corn=Source

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

Usage: noun — kept apart, not parsed.

An outer covering, like a husk or pod.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 covering	det
2	outer	outer	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 covering	amod
3	covering	covering	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 husk	punct
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 husk	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 husk	det
7	husk	husk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 covering	appos
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 pod	cc
9	pod	pod	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 husk	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 covering	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Meaning 3

Usage: verb, informal — kept apart, not parsed.

To take off clothes or get rid of something.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 take	mark
2	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 take	compound:prt
4	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 take	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 get	cc
6	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 take	conj
7	rid	rid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 get	xcomp
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 something	case
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 rid	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take off	to-infinitive		clothes					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme
2	get	infinitive						rid property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

"He shucked off his coat."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 shucked	punct
2	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 shucked	nsubj
3	shucked	shuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 shucked	compound:prt
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 coat	nmod:poss
6	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shucked	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shucked	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 shucked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shuck off in a quote	past	He	his coat					vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Source

Meaning 4

Usage: interjection, US, old-fashioned — kept apart, not parsed.

"Shucks!" or "Aw, shucks" shows mild disappointment or shyness at praise.

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Shucks	punct
2	Shucks	Shucks	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 shows	nsubj
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Shucks	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Shucks	punct
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 Aw	cc
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Aw	punct
7	Aw	Aw	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Shucks	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 shucks	punct
9	shucks	shuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 Shucks	parataxis
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 shucks	punct
11	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	mild	mild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 disappointment	amod
13	disappointment	disappointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 shows	obj
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 shyness	cc
15	shyness	shyness	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 disappointment	conj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 praise	case
17	praise	praise	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 shyness	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shuck in a quote	present							vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	show	present	Shucks or Aw	mild disappointment or shyness at praise					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent disappointment=Recipient

Meaning 5

In old Southern dialect, shuck can mean to shake or shrug something quickly, like a lion shaking its mane.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 dialect	case
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dialect	amod
3	Southern	southern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dialect	amod
4	dialect	dialect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mean	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 dialect	punct
6	shuck	shuck	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mean	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 mean	aux
8	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 shake	mark
10	shake	shake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 mean	xcomp
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 shrug	cc
12	shrug	shrug	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 shake	conj
13	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 shrug	obj
14	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	12 shrug	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 lion	punct
16	like	like	ADP	_	18 lion	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 lion	det
18	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 shrug	obl
19	shaking	shake	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 lion	acl
20	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 mane	nmod:poss
21	mane	mane	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 shaking	obj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	mean	can	shuck		old Southern dialect		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	shake not said to happen	to-infinitive	shuck not said here				vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	shrug	infinitive	shuck not said here	something		like a lion; quickly property	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient
4	shake	gerund	a lion not said here	shuck's mane			vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent mane=Patient

Example 1

We shucked the corn before putting it in the pot.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 shucked	nsubj
2	shucked	shuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 corn	det
4	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shucked	obj
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	6 putting	mark
6	putting	put	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 shucked	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 putting	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 pot	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pot	det
10	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 putting	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shucked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shuck	past	We	the corn					vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corn=Source
2	put	gerund	We not said here	corn		the pot			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in pot=Destination

Example 2

The chef shucked a dozen oysters.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chef	det
2	chef	chef	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shucked	nsubj
3	shucked	shuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dozen	det
5	dozen	dozen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 oysters	nummod
6	oysters	oyster	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shucked	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shucked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shuck	past	the chef	dozen oysters					vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oyster=Source

Example 3

He shucked off his wet jacket.

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 shucked	nsubj
2	shucked	shuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 shucked	compound:prt
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 jacket	nmod:poss
5	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 jacket	amod
6	jacket	jacket	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shucked	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shucked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shuck off	past	He	his wet jacket					vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jacket=Source

Example 4

"Aw, shucks, it was nothing," said the cowboy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 shucks	punct
2	Aw	aw	INTJ	_	4 shucks	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 shucks	punct
4	shucks	shuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 said	ccomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 nothing	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 nothing	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 nothing	cop
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 shucks	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 nothing	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 shucks	punct
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cowboy	det
13	cowboy	cowboy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 said	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	shuck in a quote	present			vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	past	it	nothing	tree rules
3	say speech: assert	past	the cowboy		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

Example 5

Peel the shucks off the corn cobs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Peel	peel	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 shucks	det
3	shucks	shuck	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Peel	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	7 cobs	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cobs	det
6	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cobs	compound
7	cobs	cob	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Peel	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Peel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	peel	imperative	you not said here	the shucks				off the corn cobs	vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shuck=Source

Example 6

Shucks! I missed the bus again.

Sentence 1: Shucks!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shucks	shucks	INTJ	_	root	root
2	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Shucks	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: I missed the bus again.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 missed	nsubj
2	missed	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bus	det
4	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 missed	obj
5	again	again	ADV	_	2 missed	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 missed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	miss	past	I	the bus			again		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bus=Stimulus

Example 7

En w'en de Lion shuck his mane, en tuck his seat in de big cheer, den de sesshun begun fer ter commence.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	En	En	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 shuck	nsubj
2	w'en	w'en	X	Foreign=Yes	1 En	dep
3	de	de	X	Foreign=Yes	1 En	flat:foreign
4	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 shuck	nsubj
5	shuck	shuck	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mane	nmod:poss
7	mane	mane	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shuck	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 en	punct
9	en	en	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mane	conj
10	tuck	tuck	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 shuck	conj
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 seat	nmod:poss
12	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tuck	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 cheer	case
14	de	de	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 cheer	compound
15	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 cheer	amod
16	cheer	cheer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tuck	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 den	punct
18	den	den	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 cheer	conj
19	de	de	X	Foreign=Yes	20 sesshun	compound
20	sesshun	sesshun	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 cheer	conj
21	begun	begin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 ter	amod
22	fer	fer	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 ter	compound
23	ter	ter	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 commence	nsubj
24	commence	commence	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 sesshun	acl:relcl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 shuck	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	shuck	infinitive	En	Lion's mane and en		vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mane=Source
2	tuck	infinitive	En not said here	En's seat	de big cheer and den and de sesshun	vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent seat=Theme in cheer=Trajectory
3	begin	participle				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	commence	present	begun fer ter	de sesshun not said here		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sesshun=Eventuality

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