--- title: Grandad's old saying «a man's word is his bond» means a promise coul… — Why honesty matters: trust holds everything toge… · tree and pragmatics description: Grandad's old saying «a man's word is his bond» means a promise could be relied on like a signed agreement; because people were known to keep their word, a deal could be sealed with just a handshake. Who acts: word, man, People. 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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 (word, man, People), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:religion-ethics:081-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together.lesson:18 # text = Grandad's old saying «a man's word is his bond» means a promise could be relied on like a signed agreement; because people were known to keep their word, a deal could be sealed with just a handshake. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = religion-ethics # lesson = 081-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together.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): R5-strong ×2, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 Grandad Grandad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ _ 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=14:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=12:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 bond bond NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 ccomp _ _ 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=14:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 14 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=14:obj 17 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 relied rely VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 ccomp _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=16:acl:relcl 20 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 like like ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 signed sign VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 amod _ _ 24 agreement agreement NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 because because SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 28 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 sealed seal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 conj _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 just just ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 handshake handshake NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 14 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* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | a man's word | man's bond | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **rely** | could · passive | | a promise | | a signed agreement | | | tree rules | | 5 | **sign** | participle | | | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **know** | past · passive | | people | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **keep** | to-infinitive | | People's word | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 8 | **seal** | could · passive | | a deal | | | | with a handshake | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with handshake=Instrument | | 9 | **word** *in a quote* | | a man | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **word** | | People | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=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:religion-ethics:081-why-honesty-matters-trust-holds-everything-together.lesson:18`. **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): R5-strong ×2, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1, 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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