usher

Who acts: usher, person, someone, ushers · What happens: be, show, abandon, dumbfound, usher · To what, where: person, people, seats, them, place, posts

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

Meaning 1

An usher is a person who shows people to their seats or into a room, especially in a hall or a palace.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 usher	det
2	usher	usher	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 shows	nsubj
7	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	acl:relcl
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 shows	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 seats	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 seats	nmod:poss
11	seats	seat	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 shows	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 room	cc
13	into	into	ADP	_	15 room	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 room	det
15	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 seats	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 hall	punct
17	especially	especially	ADV	_	20 hall	advmod
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 hall	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 hall	det
20	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 room	appos
21	or	or	CCONJ	_	23 palace	cc
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 palace	det
23	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 hall	conj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a usher	a person					tree rules
2	show	present	a person	people	people's seats or a room				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Topic to seat=Recipient

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 usher someone is to lead or show them politely into a place.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 usher	mark
2	usher	usher	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lead	advcl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 lead	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lead	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 lead	mark
6	lead	lead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 show	cc
8	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 lead	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 show	obj
10	politely	politely	ADV	_	8 show	advmod
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 place	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 place	det
13	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 show	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 lead	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	someone					lead property	tree rules
2	show	infinitive	someone not said here	them = they		a place		politely property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Patient into place=Recipient

Example 1

Here likewise the ushers abandoned their posts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 likewise	advmod
2	likewise	likewise	ADV	_	5 abandoned	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ushers	det
4	ushers	usher	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 abandoned	nsubj
5	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 posts	nmod:poss
7	posts	post	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 abandoned	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 abandoned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon	past	the ushers	ushers's posts				likewise property	vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme post=Source

Example 2

If he was dumbfounded, the merchant, who was ushered into his presence soon after sunrise, was much more so.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	4 dumbfounded	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dumbfounded	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dumbfounded	aux:pass
4	dumbfounded	dumbfound	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 merchant	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 merchant	det
7	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dumbfounded	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ushered	punct
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 ushered	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 ushered	aux:pass
11	ushered	usher	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 merchant	acl:relcl
12	into	into	ADP	_	14 presence	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 presence	nmod:poss
14	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ushered	obl
15	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 ushered	advmod
16	after	after	ADP	_	17 sunrise	case
17	sunrise	sunrise	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ushered	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 dumbfounded	punct
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 more	cop
20	much	much	ADV	_	21 more	advmod
21	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	22 so	advmod
22	so	so	ADV	_	4 dumbfounded	advmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 dumbfounded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dumbfound	past · passive	he			the merchant obl	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	usher	past · passive	the merchant	his presence	sunrise	soon property	vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary
3	is	past				more property	tree rules

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