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title: showman — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «showman» in the school dictionary: A showman is a person who runs a show, such as a fair or a travelling theatre, to entertain people for money. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# showman

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**Who acts:** showman, person, people · **What happens:** be, run, travel, entertain, set up, sit · **To what, where:** person, show, people, showman, bright clothes

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«showman» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: [showman in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/showman.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A showman is a person who runs a show, such as a fair or a travelling theatre, to entertain people for money.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:showman:m1:1
# text = A showman is a person who runs a show, such as a fair or a travelling theatre, to entertain people for money.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	showman	showman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	14	case	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	travelling	travel	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	18	amod	_	_
18	theatre	theatre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	entertain	entertain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
22	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obj	_	_
23	for	for	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a showman | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** | present | a person | a show |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme show=Trajectory |
| 3 | **travel** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **entertain** | to-infinitive | a person *not said here* | people |  |  |  | for money | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The showman had just set up his little theatre.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:showman:x1:1
# text = The showman had just set up his little theatre.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	showman	showman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	theatre	theatre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set up** | past · perfect · passive |  | the showman |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme theatre=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The people sat round the room to watch the show.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:showman:x2:1
# text = The people sat round the room to watch the show.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	round	round	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | the people |  |  |  |  | round the room | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **watch** | to-infinitive | the people *not said here* | the show |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent show=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The showman was dressed in bright clothes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:showman:x3:1
# text = The showman was dressed in bright clothes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	showman	showman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	dressed	dress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dress** | past · passive |  | the showman |  | bright clothes |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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**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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