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title: relentless — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «relentless» in the school dictionary: Never stopping or easing off; going on and on without mercy. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# relentless

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**Who acts:** relentless rain, wolf, relentless practice, Her · **What happens:** not stop, ease off, go on, soak, give, make · **To what, where:** us, chase, best player, her

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Never stopping or easing off; going on and on without mercy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:relentless:m1:1
# text = Never stopping or easing off; going on and on without mercy.
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	stopping	stop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	easing	ease	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
7	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	on	on	ADV	RB	_	8	conj	_	_
11	without	without	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	mercy	mercy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **stop** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **ease off** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **go on** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | without mercy | vn function-105.2.1 «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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The relentless rain soaked us to the skin.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:relentless:x1:1
# text = The relentless rain soaked us to the skin.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	relentless	relentless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	soaked	soak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soak** | participle | the relentless rain | us |  |  |  | to the skin | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent we=Source |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The wolf gave chase with relentless speed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:relentless:x2:1
# text = The wolf gave chase with relentless speed.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	chase	chase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	relentless	relentless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the wolf | chase |  |  |  | with relentless speed | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chase=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Her relentless practice made her the best player in the school.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:relentless:x3:1
# text = Her relentless practice made her the best player in the school.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	relentless	relentless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	player	player	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | Her relentless practice | the best player | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset she=Beneficiary player=Product |
| 2 | **practice** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom practice «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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