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title: ruthless — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ruthless» in the school dictionary: Having no pity; cruel and hard, willing to hurt others to get what you want. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ruthless

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**Who acts:** you, ruthless pirate, ruthless wind, wicked queen · **What happens:** have, hurt, get, want, take, sweep · **To what, where:** pity, others, gold, village

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Having no pity; cruel and hard, willing to hurt others to get what you want.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ruthless:m1:1
# text = Having no pity; cruel and hard, willing to hurt others to get what you want.
1	Having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
3	pity	pity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	willing	willing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
15	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	obj	_	_
16	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | gerund |  | no pity |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pity=Patient |
| 2 | **hurt** | to-infinitive |  | others |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer other=Patient |
| 3 | **get** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **want** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=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 ruthless pirate took all the gold.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ruthless:x1:1
# text = The ruthless pirate took all the gold.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	ruthless	ruthless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pirate	pirate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | the ruthless pirate | all gold |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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A ruthless wind swept the village.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ruthless:x2:1
# text = A ruthless wind swept the village.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	ruthless	ruthless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	swept	sweep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sweep** | past | a ruthless wind | the village |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme village=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The wicked queen was ruthless to her servants.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ruthless:x3:1
# text = The wicked queen was ruthless to her servants.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	ruthless	ruthless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the wicked queen |  |  |  |  | to her servants; ruthless *property* | tree rules |

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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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