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title: usher — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «usher» in the school dictionary: An usher is a person who shows people to their seats or into a room, especially in a hall or a palace. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# usher

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

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«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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/usher.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:usher:m1:1
# text = An usher is a person who shows people to their seats or into a room, especially in a hall or a palace.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	usher	usher	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	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	seats	seat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	into	into	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	appos	_	_
21	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	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 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 |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To usher someone is to lead or show them politely into a place.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:usher:m2:1
# text = To usher someone is to lead or show them politely into a place.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	usher	usher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	advcl	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	lead	lead	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	politely	politely	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Here likewise the ushers abandoned their posts.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:usher:x1:1
# text = Here likewise the ushers abandoned their posts.
1	Here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
2	likewise	likewise	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ushers	usher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	abandoned	abandon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	posts	post	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#x2}

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

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:usher:x2:1
# text = If he was dumbfounded, the merchant, who was ushered into his presence soon after sunrise, was much more so.
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	dumbfounded	dumbfound	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	ushered	usher	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
16	after	after	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	sunrise	sunrise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
19	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
20	much	much	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	22	advmod	_	_
22	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to 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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