unmercifully
Who acts: giant, sun, wicked stepmother · What happens: mean, show, strike, beat down, treat · To what, where: kindness, door, girl
«unmercifully» 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: unmercifully in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Unmercifully means without pity, very harshly or very hard, with no kindness shown.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unmercifully | unmercifully | ADV | _ | 2 means | advmod |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | without | without | ADP | _ | 4 pity | case |
| 4 | pity | pity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 harshly | punct |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 harshly | advmod |
| 7 | harshly | harshly | ADV | _ | 2 means | parataxis |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 hard | cc |
| 9 | very | very | ADV | _ | 10 hard | advmod |
| 10 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 harshly | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 kindness | punct |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 kindness | case |
| 13 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 14 kindness | det |
| 14 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | conj |
| 15 | shown | show | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 kindness | acl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | without pity; unmercifully property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | show | participle | no kindness not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 giant struck the door unmercifully.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 giant | det |
| 2 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 struck | nsubj |
| 3 | struck | strike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 door | det |
| 5 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 struck | obj |
| 6 | unmercifully | unmercifully | ADV | _ | 3 struck | advmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 struck | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | strike | past | the giant | the door | unmercifully property | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient |
Example 2
The sun beat down unmercifully all day.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sun | det |
| 2 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 beat | nsubj |
| 3 | beat | beat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | down | down | ADP | _ | 3 beat | compound:prt |
| 5 | unmercifully | unmercifully | ADV | _ | 3 beat | advmod |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 beat | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 beat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beat down | present | the sun | day | unmercifully property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 3
The wicked stepmother treated the girl unmercifully.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 stepmother | det |
| 2 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 stepmother | amod |
| 3 | stepmother | stepmother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 treated | nsubj |
| 4 | treated | treat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 girl | det |
| 6 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 treated | obj |
| 7 | unmercifully | unmercifully | ADV | _ | 4 treated | advmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 treated | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | treat | past | the wicked stepmother | the girl | unmercifully property | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent girl=Recipient |
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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