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title: shew — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «shew» in the Early Modern English dictionary: To let someone see something, or to make something plain. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# shew

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**Who acts:** someone, stepmother, you, advice, I · **What happens:** let, see, make, be, begin, shew · **To what, where:** someone, something, ceremonies, stepmother, colours, advice

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«shew» in the Early Modern English dictionary: its meaning 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: [shew in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/shew.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To let someone see something, or to make something plain.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:shew:m1:1
# text = To let someone see something, or to make something plain.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	obj	_	_
11	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | to-infinitive |  | someone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | infinitive | someone *not said here* | something |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus |
| 3 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset something=Product |

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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 {#x1}

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No sooner were the ceremonies of the wedding over, but the stepmother began to shew herself in her colours.

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From The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:shew:x1:1
# text = No sooner were the ceremonies of the wedding over, but the stepmother began to shew herself in her colours.
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	sooner	soon	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ceremonies	ceremony	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	over	over	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	shew	shew	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	16	obj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the ceremonies |  |  |  | of the wedding; soon *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **begin** | past | the stepmother |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **shew** | to-infinitive | the stepmother *not said here* | stepmother |  | stepmother's colours |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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"If you will follow my advice, your fortune is made; you have nothing else to do, but go and wash yourself in the river, in that part I shall shew you, and leave the rest to me."

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From The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:shew:x2:1
# text = "If you will follow my advice, your fortune is made; you have nothing else to do, but go and wash yourself in the river, in that part I shall shew you, and leave the rest to me."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	fortune	fortune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
16	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	15	obj	_	_
17	else	else	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	conj	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	wash	wash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	conj	_	_
25	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	24	obj	_	_
26	in	in	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
30	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	32	det	_	_
32	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	_
33	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
34	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	35	aux	_	_
35	shew	shew	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	conj	_	_
36	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	35	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
39	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	conj	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	_
42	to	to	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** *in a quote* | future | you | my advice |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme |
| 2 | **make** *in a quote* | present · passive | my advice *not said here* | your fortune |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | you | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient |
| 4 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | nothing *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **wash** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | yourself |  | the river |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yourself=Patient |
| 7 | **shew** *in a quote* | shall | I | you |  | that part |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **leave** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | the rest | me |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent rest=Theme to i=Recipient |

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