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title: regardless — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «regardless» in the school dictionary: Regardless means without paying attention to problems, warnings or difficulties; anyway. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# regardless

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**Who acts:** everyone, It, we, rules, He, you · **What happens:** mean, pay, affect, be, join, rain · **To what, where:** attention, club, beach, numbers, everyone, her · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«regardless» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [regardless in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/regardless.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Regardless means without paying attention to problems, warnings or difficulties; anyway.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:regardless:m1:1
# text = Regardless means without paying attention to problems, warnings or difficulties; anyway.
1	Regardless	regardless	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	paying	pay	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	ccomp	_	_
5	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	problems	problem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	warnings	warning	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	difficulties	difficulty	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
13	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | anyway, regardless *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **pay** | gerund |  | attention |  |  |  | to problems and warnings or difficulties | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Asset |

<!-- .note -->
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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Regardless of something means without being affected by it, as in «everyone is welcome regardless of age».

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:regardless:m2:1
# text = Regardless of something means without being affected by it, as in «everyone is welcome regardless of age».
1	Regardless	regardless	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	affected	affect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	ccomp	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	welcome	welcome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	_
17	regardless	regardless	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of something; regardless *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **affect** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  | by it | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | everyone |  |  |  | of age | regardless, welcome *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Everyone can join the club regardless of age.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:regardless:x1:1
# text = Everyone can join the club regardless of age.
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	join	join	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	regardless	regardless	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | can | Everyone | the club |  |  |  | regardless *property* | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent club=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was raining, but we went to the beach regardless.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:regardless:x2:1
# text = It was raining, but we went to the beach regardless.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	raining	rain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	regardless	regardless	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rain** | past · progressive | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |
| 2 | **go** | past | we |  |  | the beach |  | regardless *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to beach=Initial\_Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The rules apply to everyone, regardless of who they are.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:regardless:x3:1
# text = The rules apply to everyone, regardless of who they are.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	apply	apply	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	regardless	regardless	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	parataxis	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | present | the rules |  |  |  |  | to everyone; regardless *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | rules *= rule* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He kept running regardless of the pain in his leg.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:regardless:x4:1
# text = He kept running regardless of the pain in his leg.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	regardless	regardless	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of the pain in his leg; regardless *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme of pain=Trajectory |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Regardless of the order you add numbers, the total is the same.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:regardless:x5:1
# text = Regardless of the order you add numbers, the total is the same.
1	Regardless	regardless	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	add	add	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	total	total	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | present | you | numbers |  |  |  | of the order; regardless *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | the total | numbers *not said here* |  |  |  | same *property* | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She treated everyone kindly, regardless of what they could give her.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:regardless:x6:1
# text = She treated everyone kindly, regardless of what they could give her.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	treated	treat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	obj	_	_
4	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	regardless	regardless	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	parataxis	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treat** | past | She |  | everyone |  |  | kindly *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient |
| 2 | **give** | could | they |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
When Odysseus heard from Eurylochus of the terrible fate which had befallen his companions he set out, regardless of personal danger, resolved to make an effort to rescue them.

<!-- fold The tree, 29 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:regardless:x7:1
# text = When Odysseus heard from Eurylochus of the terrible fate which had befallen his companions he set out, regardless of personal danger, resolved to make an effort to rescue them.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	Odysseus	Odysseus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Eurylochus	Eurylochus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	fate	fate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	befallen	befall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	companions	companion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	out	out	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
19	regardless	regardless	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	personal	personal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	conj	_	_
25	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	_	_
26	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	advcl	_	_
27	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	effort	effort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	_
29	to	to	PART	TO	_	30	mark	_	_
30	rescue	rescue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	acl	_	_
31	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | Odysseus | Odysseus's companions |  | Eurylochus of the terrible fate |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent companion=Topic from eurylochus=Source |
| 2 | **befall** | past · perfect · passive |  | the terrible fate |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **set out** | past | Odysseus |  |  |  |  | of personal danger | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of danger=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **resolve** | participle | Odysseus *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **make** | to-infinitive | Odysseus *not said here* | a effort |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset effort=Product |
| 6 | **rescue** | to-infinitive | Odysseus *not said here* | companions *= companion* |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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