ruthless
Who acts: you, ruthless pirate, ruthless wind, wicked queen · What happens: have, hurt, get, want, take, sweep · To what, where: pity, others, gold, village
«ruthless» 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: ruthless in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Having no pity; cruel and hard, willing to hurt others to get what you want.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 cruel | csubj |
| 2 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 pity | det |
| 3 | pity | pity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Having | obj |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 cruel | punct |
| 5 | cruel | cruel | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 hard | cc |
| 7 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 cruel | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 willing | punct |
| 9 | willing | willing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 cruel | conj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 hurt | mark |
| 11 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 willing | xcomp |
| 12 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 hurt | obj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 get | mark |
| 14 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 hurt | advcl |
| 15 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 17 want | obj |
| 16 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 17 want | nsubj |
| 17 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 get | ccomp |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 cruel | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | gerund | no pity | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pity=Patient | |||||
| 2 | hurt | to-infinitive | others | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer other=Patient | |||||
| 3 | get | to-infinitive | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||||
| 4 | want | present | you | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
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 ruthless pirate took all the gold.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pirate | det |
| 2 | ruthless | ruthless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 pirate | amod |
| 3 | pirate | pirate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 took | nsubj |
| 4 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 gold | det:predet |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 gold | det |
| 7 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 took | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 took | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | the ruthless pirate | all gold | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme |
Example 2
A ruthless wind swept the village.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 wind | det |
| 2 | ruthless | ruthless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 wind | amod |
| 3 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 swept | nsubj |
| 4 | swept | sweep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 village | det |
| 6 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 swept | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 swept | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sweep | past | a ruthless wind | the village | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme village=Trajectory |
Example 3
The wicked queen was ruthless to her servants.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 queen | det |
| 2 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 queen | amod |
| 3 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ruthless | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 ruthless | cop |
| 5 | ruthless | ruthless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 servants | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 servants | nmod:poss |
| 8 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 ruthless | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 ruthless | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the wicked queen | to her servants; ruthless property | tree rules |
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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