--- title: Charlie told his class he'd been to Disneyland; he hadn't, and now k… — Pretend, cover stories and lies that become habits · tree and pragmatics description: Charlie told his class he'd been to Disneyland; he hadn't, and now kids keep asking about the rides, so every answer needs a new lie, like a web that gets bigger and stickier. Who acts: Charlie, kids, answer, web. 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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 (Charlie, kids, answer, web), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:religion-ethics:085-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits.lesson:1 # text = Charlie told his class he'd been to Disneyland; he hadn't, and now kids keep asking about the rides, so every answer needs a new lie, like a web that gets bigger and stickier. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = religion-ethics # lesson = 085-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits.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 1 Charlie Charlie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 iobj _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 6 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 7 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 cop _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Disneyland Disneyland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 13 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=19:punct 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=19:advmod 17 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 18 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 19 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 xcomp _ _ 20 about about ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 rides ride NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 25 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 26 det _ _ 26 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 lie lie NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 like like ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 web web NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=19:ccomp 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 36 xcomp _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 stickier sticky ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 37 conj _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Charlie | | Charlie's class | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent class=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | past · perfect | Charlie | | | | | to Disneyland | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **have** | past | Charlie | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **keep** | present | kids | | | | now | | tree rules | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | kids *not said here* | | | | | about the rides | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about ride=Topic | | 6 | **need** | present | every answer | a new lie | | | | like a web | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot lie=Theme | | 7 | **get** | present | a web | | | | | big *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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:085-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits.lesson:1`. **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. **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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