--- title: The fix for an excuse is always the same: tell the real reason, take… — Excuses and the lies that grow · tree and pragmatics description: The fix for an excuse is always the same: tell the real reason, take the consequence, and next time ask properly or say what you are afraid of. Who acts: fix, you. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fix, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow.lesson:17 # text = The fix for an excuse is always the same: tell the real reason, take the consequence, and next time ask properly or say what you are afraid of. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = everyday # lesson = 337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow.lesson # annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R7-rel-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fix fix NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 excuse excuse NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 9 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 11 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=9:conj 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 consequence consequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl:unmarked _ _ 23 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 24 properly properly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 or or CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 27 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 30 obj _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 ccomp _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 30 obl _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the fix for a excuse | | | | | always, same *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | the real reason | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent reason=Recipient | | 3 | **take** | infinitive | | the consequence | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | | | | | time | properly *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | present | you | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | 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. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:everyday:337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow.lesson:17`. **The tree:** Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R7-rel-agree ×1. **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Excuses and the lies that grow, 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow/16/) - next →: [Excuses and the lies that grow, 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow/18/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/337-excuses-and-the-lies-that-grow/)