mercilessly
Who acts: guards, storm, witch · What happens: beat, lash, laugh · To what, where: him, little boat
«mercilessly» 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: mercilessly in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Without pity; cruelly, with no kindness.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Without | without | ADP | _ | 2 pity | case |
| 2 | pity | pity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cruelly | obl |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 2 pity | punct |
| 4 | cruelly | cruelly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 kindness | punct |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 kindness | case |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 kindness | det |
| 8 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cruelly | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 cruelly | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
The guards beat him mercilessly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 guards | det |
| 2 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 beat | nsubj |
| 3 | beat | beat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 beat | obj |
| 5 | mercilessly | mercilessly | ADV | _ | 3 beat | advmod |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 beat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beat | present | the guards | him = he | mercilessly property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme |
Example 2
The storm lashed the little boat mercilessly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 storm | det |
| 2 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lashed | nsubj |
| 3 | lashed | lash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 boat | det |
| 5 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 boat | amod |
| 6 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lashed | obj |
| 7 | mercilessly | mercilessly | ADV | _ | 3 lashed | advmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 lashed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lash | past | the storm | the little boat | mercilessly property | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Patient |
Example 3
The witch laughed mercilessly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 witch | det |
| 2 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 laughed | nsubj |
| 3 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | mercilessly | mercilessly | ADV | _ | 3 laughed | advmod |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 laughed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | past | the witch | mercilessly property | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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