pitiless

Who acts: Pitiless, king, wicked witch, storm · What happens: mean, show, be · To what, where: kindness, stern ruler

«pitiless» 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: pitiless in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Pitiless means showing no kindness or pity; cruel.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pitiless	Pitiless	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	showing	show	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 kindness	det
5	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 showing	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 pity	cc
7	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kindness	conj
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 cruel	punct
9	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Pitiless						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	show not said to happen	gerund	Pitiless not said here	no kindness or pity					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kindness=Recipient

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

The king was a stern and pitiless ruler.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ruler	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 ruler	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 ruler	det
5	stern	stern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ruler	amod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 pitiless	cc
7	pitiless	pitiless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stern	conj
8	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 ruler	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the king	a stern ruler					tree rules

Example 2

The wicked witch was pitiless to the girl.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 witch	det
2	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 witch	amod
3	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pitiless	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 pitiless	cop
5	pitiless	pitiless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 girl	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 girl	det
8	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pitiless	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 pitiless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the wicked witch					to the girl; pitiless property	tree rules

Example 3

The storm was pitiless.

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	4 pitiless	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 pitiless	cop
4	pitiless	pitiless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 pitiless	punct

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

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