shush

Who acts: word, you, librarian, Mum, She, teacher · What happens: shush, be, tell, say, try, listen · To what, where: word, someone, them, us, little brother, cinema · Speech: someone speaks here

«shush» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: shush in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

«Shush!» is a word that tells someone to be quiet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Shush	punct
2	Shush	shush	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 word	nsubj
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Shush	punct
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Shush	punct
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 word	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 word	det
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 tells	nsubj
9	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 word	acl:relcl
10	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 tells	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	13 quiet	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 quiet	cop
13	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tells	xcomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 word	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	shush in a quote	infinitive					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	is a	present		a word			tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	present	a word		someone		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient
4	is not said to happen	to-infinitive	a word not said here			quiet property	tree rules

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

To shush someone is to tell them to be quiet, often by saying «shh».

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 shush	mark
2	shush	shush	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 tell	advcl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 shush	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 tell	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 tell	mark
6	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 tell	iobj
8	to	to	PART	_	10 quiet	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 quiet	cop
10	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tell	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 saying	punct
12	often	often	ADV	_	14 saying	advmod
13	by	by	SCONJ	_	14 saying	mark
14	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 tell	ccomp
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 shh	punct
16	shh	shh	INTJ	_	14 saying	discourse
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 shh	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	shush	to-infinitive	someone			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent someone=Patient
2	be speech: assert	present		them = they	tell property	tree rules
3	is not said to happen	to-infinitive			quiet property	tree rules
4	say speech: assert	gerund			often property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Shush! The baby's asleep.

Sentence 1: Shush!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shush	shush	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Shush	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shush	imperative	you not said here						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Sentence 2: The baby's asleep.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 baby	det
2	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asleep	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 baby	case
4	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 asleep	punct

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

Example 2

The librarian shushed us.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 librarian	det
2	librarian	librarian	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shushed	nsubj
3	shushed	shush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 shushed	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shushed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shush	past	the librarian	us					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent we=Patient

Example 3

«Shush, I'm trying to listen,» said Mum.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 trying	punct
2	Shush	shush	INTJ	_	6 trying	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Shush	punct
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 trying	nsubj
5	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 trying	aux
6	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 said	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 listen	mark
8	listen	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 trying	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 trying	punct
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 trying	punct
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	Mum	Mum	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 said	nsubj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	try in a quote	present · progressive	Mum	vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	listen not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	Mum not said here	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	past	Mum	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

Example 4

She kept shushing her little brother in the cinema.

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 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	shushing	shush	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 kept	xcomp
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 brother	nmod:poss
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 brother	amod
6	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shushing	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 cinema	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cinema	det
9	cinema	cinema	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shushing	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	She						tree rules
2	shush	gerund	She not said here	her little brother		the cinema			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent brother=Patient

Example 5

Shush, or the teacher will hear us!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shush	shush	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 hear	punct
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 hear	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 teacher	det
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hear	nsubj
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 hear	aux
7	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Shush	conj
8	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 hear	obj
9	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Shush	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shush	imperative	you not said here						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	hear	future	the teacher	us					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer we=Stimulus

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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