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title: shameless — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «shameless» in the school dictionary: Shameless describes someone who behaves badly and does not feel embarrassed about it. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# shameless

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**Who acts:** Shameless, Shameless coward, shameless fox, She · **What happens:** describe, behave, not feel, do, hide, cry · **To what, where:** someone, bad act, act, wolf, whole pie, one lie · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«shameless» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [shameless in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shameless.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Shameless describes someone who behaves badly and does not feel embarrassed about it.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shameless:m1:1
# text = Shameless describes someone who behaves badly and does not feel embarrassed about it.
1	Shameless	shameless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	behaves	behave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
11	embarrassed	embarrassed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | Shameless | someone |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent someone=Theme |
| 2 | **behave** | present |  |  |  |  |  | badly *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **feel** | present · do-support |  |  |  |  |  | embarrassed *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Shameless can describe a bad act done openly, with no attempt to hide it.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shameless:m2:1
# text = Shameless can describe a bad act done openly, with no attempt to hide it.
1	Shameless	shameless	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	describe	describe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	openly	openly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	attempt	attempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | can | Shameless | a bad act |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent act=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | participle |  | a bad act *not said here* |  |  |  | with no attempt; openly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **hide** | to-infinitive |  | act |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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«Shameless coward!» cried the wolf.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shameless:x1:1
# text = «Shameless coward!» cried the wolf.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Shameless	shameless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	coward	coward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
6	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Shameless coward | the wolf |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Topic |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The shameless fox ate the whole pie and grinned at us.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shameless:x2:1
# text = The shameless fox ate the whole pie and grinned at us.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	shameless	shameless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pie	pie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	grinned	grin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | the shameless fox | the whole pie |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pie=Patient |
| 2 | **grin** | past | the shameless fox *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at us | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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She told one lie after another, quite shamelessly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:shameless:x3:1
# text = She told one lie after another, quite shamelessly.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	lie	lie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	shamelessly	shamelessly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | She | one lie |  |  | after another | shamelessly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lie=Recipient |

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