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title: recklessly — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «recklessly» in the school dictionary: In a careless way, without thinking about danger or the harm that might follow. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# recklessly

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**Who acts:** careless way, harm, He, you, she · **What happens:** think, follow, ride, let, answer, not spend · **To what, where:** bike, steep hill, them, pocket money · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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In a careless way, without thinking about danger or the harm that might follow.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:recklessly:m1:1
# text = In a careless way, without thinking about danger or the harm that might follow.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	careless	careless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
14	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | a careless way *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about danger or the harm | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about danger=Topic |
| 2 | **follow** | might | the harm |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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He rode his bike recklessly down the steep hill.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:recklessly:x1:1
# text = He rode his bike recklessly down the steep hill.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	recklessly	recklessly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	steep	steep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | past | He | his bike |  | the steep hill |  | recklessly *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bike=Theme down hill=Trajectory |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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"Let them!" she answered recklessly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:recklessly:x2:1
# text = "Let them!" she answered recklessly.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	answered	answer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
8	recklessly	recklessly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **answer** *speech: express* | past | she |  |  |  |  | recklessly *property* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Do not spend your pocket money recklessly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:recklessly:x3:1
# text = Do not spend your pocket money recklessly.
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	spend	spend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	recklessly	recklessly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **spend** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | your pocket money |  |  |  | recklessly *property* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Asset |

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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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