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title: guiltless — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «guiltless» in the school dictionary: Guiltless means not to blame and having done no wrong. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# guiltless

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**Who acts:** Guiltless, boy, mistake, judge · **What happens:** mean, not blame, do, be, say, kill · **To what, where:** wrong, guiltless prince, farmer guiltless, judge · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«guiltless» 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: [guiltless in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/guiltless.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Guiltless means not to blame and having done no wrong.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:guiltless:m1:1
# text = Guiltless means not to blame and having done no wrong.
1	Guiltless	guiltless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	blame	blame	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	aux	_	_
8	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Guiltless |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **blame** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **do** | gerund · perfect |  | no wrong |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#x1}

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"I am quite guiltless," the boy said.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:guiltless:x1:1
# text = "I am quite guiltless," the boy said.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	guiltless	guiltless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the boy *= boy* |  |  |  |  | guiltless *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The guiltless prince was killed by mistake.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:guiltless:x2:1
# text = The guiltless prince was killed by mistake.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	guiltless	guiltless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | past · passive | mistake | the guiltless prince |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The judge found the farmer guiltless and set him free.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:guiltless:x3:1
# text = The judge found the farmer guiltless and set him free.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	guiltless	guiltless	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | the judge | the farmer guiltless |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guiltless=Topic |
| 2 | **set** | infinitive | the judge *not said here* | judge |  |  |  | free *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient he=Result |

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**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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