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title: impostor — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «impostor» in the school dictionary: An impostor is a person who pretends to be someone else in order to cheat people. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# impostor

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**Who acts:** impostor, person, two impostors, you, he · **What happens:** be, pretend, cheat, say, fool, not trust · **To what, where:** person, order, someone, people, prince, king · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An impostor is a person who pretends to be someone else in order to cheat people.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:impostor:m1:1
# text = An impostor is a person who pretends to be someone else in order to cheat people.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	impostor	impostor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	pretends	pretend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
10	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	xcomp	_	_
11	else	else	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	cheat	cheat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
16	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a impostor | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pretend** | present | a person |  |  | order |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | a person *not said here* | someone |  |  |  | else *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **cheat** | to-infinitive | a person *not said here* | people |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Source |

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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 impostor said he was a prince.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:impostor:x1:1
# text = The impostor said he was a prince.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	impostor	impostor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the impostor |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | impostor | a prince |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The king was fooled by two impostors.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:impostor:x2:1
# text = The king was fooled by two impostors.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	fooled	fool	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	impostors	impostor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fool** | past · passive | two impostors | the king |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Do not trust the impostor; he is a liar.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:impostor:x3:1
# text = Do not trust the impostor; he is a liar.
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	trust	trust	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	impostor	impostor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	liar	liar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **trust** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | the impostor |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent impostor=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | he | a liar |  |  |  |  | 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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