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title: hypocrisy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «hypocrisy» in the school dictionary: Pretending to be good or kind when you are not; saying one thing and doing another. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# hypocrisy

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**Who acts:** hypocrisy, he · **What happens:** pretend, be, say, do, cheat, fool · **To what, where:** one thing, another, one · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Pretending to be good or kind when you are not; saying one thing and doing another.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hypocrisy:m1:1
# text = Pretending to be good or kind when you are not; saying one thing and doing another.
1	Pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
13	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	conj	_	_
17	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | one thing |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic |
| 5 | **do** | gerund |  | another |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent another=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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His hypocrisy was clear when he said sorry and then cheated again.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hypocrisy:x1:1
# text = His hypocrisy was clear when he said sorry and then cheated again.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	hypocrisy	hypocrisy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	cheated	cheat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	again	again	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | His hypocrisy |  |  |  |  | clear *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: apologize* | past | he |  |  |  |  | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **cheat** | past | His hypocrisy *not said here* |  |  |  | then; again |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Her hypocrisy fooled no one.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hypocrisy:x2:1
# text = Her hypocrisy fooled no one.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	hypocrisy	hypocrisy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fooled	fool	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fool** | past | Her hypocrisy | no one |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |

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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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