--- title: Tall tales come in two sizes: «I'm literally dying of thirst» after… — Olympiad: odd one out, the right order and tall… · tree and pragmatics description: Tall tales come in two sizes: «I'm literally dying of thirst» after a match just means thirsty, but «it's just a scratch» about a gaping cut, or «I'm fine, man» from a mate who keeps asking the score, plays down something real, and the wise move is to check and tell an adult. 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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 (Tall tales, course, puzzle, score), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:medicine:077-olympiad-odd-one-out-order-and-tall-tales.lesson:3 # text = Tall tales come in two sizes: «I'm literally dying of thirst» after a match just means thirsty, but «it's just a scratch» about a gaping cut, or «I'm fine, man» from a mate who keeps asking the score, plays down something real, and the wise move is to check and tell an adult. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = medicine # lesson = 077-olympiad-odd-one-out-order-and-tall-tales.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): R6-punct-agree ×4, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×2 1 Tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 sizes size NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:obj 7 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 8 « « PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=3:punct 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 literally literally ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 dying die VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 thirst thirst NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=20:punct 16 after after ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 match match NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 19 just just ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 21 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 xcomp _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=40:punct 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 24 « « PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 27 just just ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 scratch scratch NOUN NN _ 3 parataxis _ _ 30 » » PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ 31 about about ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 gaping gape VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 amod _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=34:amod|HaikuPos=ADJ:JJ:Degree=Pos 34 cut cut NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 or or CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 « « PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 parataxis _ _ 43 » » PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=48:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 44 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 47 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 48 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl:relcl _ _ 49 asking ask VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 48 xcomp _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 score score NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 plays play VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 parataxis _ _ 54 down down ADP RP _ 53 compound:prt _ _ 55 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 53 obj _ _ 56 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 60 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 move move NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 parataxis _ _ 62 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 cop _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 64 check check VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 xcomp _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 66 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 conj _ _ 67 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obj _ _ 69 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=40:punct ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come in** | present | Tall tales | two sizes | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **die** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the course *= course* | | | | | of thirst; literally *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **mean** | present | | | | | after a match | thirsty *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | puzzle | a scratch | | | | about a gaping cut | tree rules | | 5 | **gape** | gerund | | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the course *= course* | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **keep** | present | | | | a mate | | | tree rules | | 8 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | the score | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **play down** | present | | something | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme | | 10 | **is a** | present | | the wise move | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **check** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | a adult | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: 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:medicine:077-olympiad-odd-one-out-order-and-tall-tales.lesson:3`. **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): R6-punct-agree ×4, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×2. **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: [Olympiad: odd one out, the right order…, 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/77-olympiad-odd-one-out-order-and-tall-tales/2/) - next →: [Olympiad: odd one out, the right order…, 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/77-olympiad-odd-one-out-order-and-tall-tales/4/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/77-olympiad-odd-one-out-order-and-tall-tales/)