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title: unforgiving — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «unforgiving» in the school dictionary: An unforgiving person does not forgive people easily and keeps blaming them for wrongs they did. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# unforgiving

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**Who acts:** unforgiving person, people, unforgiving place, He, unforgiving servant, desert · **What happens:** not forgive, keep, blame, do, be, not allow · **To what, where:** people, wrongs, mistakes, small debt, parable, water · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«unforgiving» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: [unforgiving in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unforgiving.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An unforgiving person does not forgive people easily and keeps blaming them for wrongs they did.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unforgiving:m1:1
# text = An unforgiving person does not forgive people easily and keeps blaming them for wrongs they did.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	unforgiving	unforgiving	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	forgive	forgive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	blaming	blame	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	wrongs	wrong	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **forgive** | present · do-support | a unforgiving person | people |  |  |  | easily *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | present | a unforgiving person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **blame** | gerund | a unforgiving person *not said here* | people |  |  |  | for wrongs | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent they=Theme for wrong=Attribute |
| 4 | **do** | past | people | wrongs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrong=Eventuality |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An unforgiving place, weather or task is very hard and does not allow any mistakes, as an unforgiving desert or an unforgiving mountain.

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unforgiving:m2:1
# text = An unforgiving place, weather or task is very hard and does not allow any mistakes, as an unforgiving desert or an unforgiving mountain.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	unforgiving	unforgiving	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	allow	allow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
15	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	16	det	_	_
16	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	as	as	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	unforgiving	unforgiving	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	parataxis	_	_
22	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
23	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	unforgiving	unforgiving	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a unforgiving place  weather or task |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **allow** | present · do-support | a unforgiving place  weather or task *not said here* | any mistakes |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistake=Beneficiary |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was unforgiving and never spoke to his brother again.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unforgiving:x1:1
# text = He was unforgiving and never spoke to his brother again.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	unforgiving	unforgiving	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | unforgiving *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  | again | to his brother | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to brother=Co-Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In the parable, the unforgiving servant would not cancel a small debt.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unforgiving:x2:1
# text = In the parable, the unforgiving servant would not cancel a small debt.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	parable	parable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	unforgiving	unforgiving	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	cancel	cancel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	debt	debt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **cancel** | would | the unforgiving servant | a small debt |  | the parable |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The desert is unforgiving; without water you cannot survive.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unforgiving:x3:1
# text = The desert is unforgiving; without water you cannot survive.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	unforgiving	unforgiving	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	survive	survive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the desert |  |  |  |  | unforgiving *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **survive** | can | you | water *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme water=Circumstance |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The mountain was unforgiving to climbers who did not plan well.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unforgiving:x4:1
# text = The mountain was unforgiving to climbers who did not plan well.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	unforgiving	unforgiv	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	climbers	climber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
8	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	plan	plan	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl:relcl	_	_
11	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unforgiv** | past · progressive | the mountain |  |  |  |  | to climbers | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **plan** | past · do-support | climbers |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Exams can feel unforgiving: one wrong answer loses the mark.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unforgiving:x5:1
# text = Exams can feel unforgiving: one wrong answer loses the mark.
1	Exams	exam	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	unforgiving	unforgiving	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	loses	lose	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	mark	mark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | can | Exams |  |  |  |  | unforgiving *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **lose** | present | one wrong answer | the mark |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=Eventuality |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She tried not to be unforgiving when her friend apologised.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unforgiving:x6:1
# text = She tried not to be unforgiving when her friend apologised.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	unforgiving	unforgiving	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	apologised	apologise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **not** **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unforgiving *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **apologise** *speech: apologize* | past | her friend |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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