--- title: «Our kid,» said Mum, «you dug a hole and then built a house in it.»… — Lies that grow: one lie needs three more · tree and pragmatics description: «Our kid,» said Mum, «you dug a hole and then built a house in it.» («Our kid» is Manchester and Liverpool talk for a brother, sister or your own child.) 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Hamza said his 4 out of 10 was a 9; Mum wanted it on the fridge, so «the teacher kept it»; Dad wanted to email the teacher to say well done — and Hamza told the truth before Dad pressed send. **Who acts:** Mum, you, Manchester, Hamza, 4, teacher · **What happens:** say, dig, build, be, want, keep · **To what, where:** hole, house, talk, 9, fridge, teacher · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the lesson «Lies that grow: one lie needs three more» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mum, you, Manchester, Hamza), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:everyday:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more.lesson:14 # text = «Our kid,» said Mum, «you dug a hole and then built a house in it.» («Our kid» is Manchester and Liverpool talk for a brother, sister or your own child.) Hamza said his 4 out of 10 was a 9; Mum wanted it on the fridge, so «the teacher kept it»; Dad wanted to email the teacher to say well done — and Hamza told the truth before Dad pressed send. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = everyday # lesson = 430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more.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): R3-conj-first ×1, R5-strong ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ _ 2 Our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 parataxis _ _ 7 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 « « PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 dug dig VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 16 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=13:conj 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 21 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ 22 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 23 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 32 punct _ _ 24 « « PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ _ 25 Our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 27 » » PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 29 Manchester Manchester PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 Liverpool Liverpool PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 32 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 parataxis _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ Agree=R3-conj-first|Haiku=37:conj 42 . . PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ _ 43 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 32 punct _ _ 44 Hamza Hamza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 53 nsubj _ _ 48 out out ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 47 nmod _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 45 ccomp _ _ 54 ; ; PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 Mum Mum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=56:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 56 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 ccomp _ _ 57 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 on on ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 fridge fridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 61 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 62 so so ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 63 « « PUNCT `` _ 66 punct _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nsubj _ _ 66 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 conj _ _ 67 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 obj _ _ 68 » » PUNCT '' _ 66 punct _ _ 69 ; ; PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 70 Dad Dad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 71 nsubj _ _ 71 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 ccomp _ _ 72 to to PART TO _ 73 mark _ _ 73 email email VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 71 xcomp _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obj _ _ 76 to to PART TO _ 77 mark _ _ 77 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 73 advcl _ _ 78 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 79 advmod _ _ 79 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 77 xcomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=77:ccomp 80 — - PUNCT : _ 83 punct _ _ 81 and and CCONJ CC _ 83 cc _ _ 82 Hamza Hamza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 83 nsubj _ _ 83 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 conj _ _ 84 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 85 det _ _ 85 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 83 obj _ _ 86 before before SCONJ IN _ 88 mark _ _ 87 Dad Dad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 88 nsubj _ _ 88 pressed press VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 83 advcl _ _ 89 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 88 xcomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=88:obj 90 . . PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Mum | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **dig** *in a quote* | past | you | a hole | | | | | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hole=Theme | | 3 | **build** *in a quote* | past | you *not said here* | a house | | house | then | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset house=Product | | 4 | **is a** | present | Manchester and Liverpool | talk | | | | for a brother and sister or your own child; Our kid *obl* | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Hamza | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **is a** | past | Hamza's 4 out 10 | a 9 | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **want** | past | Mum | hole | | the fridge | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 8 | **keep** *in a quote* | past | the teacher | hole | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 9 | **want** | past | Dad | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 10 | **email** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Dad *not said here* | the teacher | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Dad *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 12 | **do** | participle | Dad *not said here* | | | | | well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Hamza | the truth | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient | | 14 | **press** | past | Dad | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 15 | **send** | infinitive | Dad *not said here* | | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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:430-lies-that-grow-one-lie-needs-three-more.lesson:14`. **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): R3-conj-first ×1, R5-strong ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-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. 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