merciful

Who acts: you, Christians, God, people, Muslims, merciful king · What happens: show, forgive, punish, harm, believe, be · To what, where: mercy, people, God, relief, something, those · Speech: someone speaks here

«merciful» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: merciful in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Showing mercy: kind and forgiving to someone you could punish or harm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Showing	show	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	mercy	mercy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Showing	obj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 kind	punct
4	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Showing	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 forgiving	cc
6	forgiving	forgive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Showing	conj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 someone	case
8	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 forgiving	obl
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 punish	nsubj
10	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 punish	aux
11	punish	punish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 someone	acl:relcl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 harm	cc
13	harm	harm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 punish	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Showing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	show	gerund		mercy	kind property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mercy=Recipient
2	forgive	gerund			to someone	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	punish	could	you			vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	harm	infinitive	you not said here			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

Usage: church, Bible — kept apart, not parsed.

Christians believe God is merciful, forgiving people who are sorry; Muslims call God «the Most Merciful».

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 believe	nsubj
2	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 merciful	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 merciful	cop
5	merciful	merciful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 believe	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 forgiving	punct
7	forgiving	forgive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 merciful	advcl
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 forgiving	obj
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 sorry	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 sorry	cop
11	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 people	acl:relcl
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 call	punct
13	Muslims	Muslim	PROPN	Number=Plur	14 call	nsubj
14	call	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 believe	parataxis
15	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 call	obj
16	«	«	PUNCT	_	19 Merciful	punct
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Merciful	det
18	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	19 Merciful	amod
19	Merciful	Merciful	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 call	parataxis
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 Merciful	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 believe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	believe	present	Christians			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present	God		merciful property	tree rules
3	forgive	gerund	God not said here	people		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme
4	is	present	people		sorry property	tree rules
5	call speech: assert	present	Muslims	God		tree rules

Meaning 3

Bringing relief from something bad: «a merciful release», «mercifully short».

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bringing	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 release	csubj
2	relief	relief	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bringing	obj
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 something	case
4	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Bringing	obl
5	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 something	amod
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Bringing	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 release	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 release	det
9	merciful	merciful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 release	amod
10	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 release	punct
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 short	punct
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 short	punct
14	mercifully	mercifully	ADV	_	15 short	advmod
15	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 release	parataxis
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 short	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 release	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	gerund		relief		something			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent relief=Theme from something=Initial_Location

Example 1

God is merciful and forgives those who are sorry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 merciful	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 merciful	cop
3	merciful	merciful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 forgives	cc
5	forgives	forgive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 merciful	conj
6	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	5 forgives	obj
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 sorry	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 sorry	cop
9	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 those	acl:relcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 merciful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	God		merciful property	tree rules
2	forgive	present	God not said here	those		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme
3	is	present			sorry property	tree rules

Example 2

The merciful king let the prisoner go free.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
2	merciful	merciful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 king	amod
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 let	nsubj
4	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prisoner	det
6	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 let	obj
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 let	xcomp
8	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 go	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	past	the merciful king	the prisoner					tree rules
2	go	infinitive	the prisoner not said here					free property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

«Blessed are the merciful.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Blessed	punct
2	Blessed	bless	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 Blessed	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 merciful	det
5	merciful	merciful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Blessed	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 Blessed	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Blessed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present						the merciful obl; bless property	tree rules

Example 4

The talk was mercifully short.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 talk	det
2	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 short	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 short	cop
4	mercifully	mercifully	ADV	_	5 short	advmod
5	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 short	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the talk					mercifully, short property	tree rules

Example 5

Be merciful to animals.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	2 merciful	cop
2	merciful	merciful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 animals	case
4	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 merciful	obl
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 merciful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	imperative	you not said here					to animals; merciful property	tree rules

Example 6

Muslims begin with «In the name of God, the Most Merciful».

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Muslims	Muslim	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 begin	nsubj
2	begin	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	7 name	case
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 name	punct
5	In	in	ADP	_	7 name	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 name	det
7	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 begin	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 God	case
9	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 name	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Merciful	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Merciful	det
12	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 Merciful	amod
13	Merciful	Merciful	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 God	appos
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 Merciful	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 begin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	present	Muslims					with the name of God	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with name=Subeventuality
2	name in a quote			God					nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient

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