--- title: A 2016 study at University College London found the part of the brai… — Pretend, cover stories and lies that become habits · tree and pragmatics description: A 2016 study at University College London found the part of the brain that sounds an alarm reacted less to each repeated lie; Aristotle said we become what we repeatedly do. Who acts: 2016 study, brain, Aristotle, we. 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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 (2016 study, brain, Aristotle, we), 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:15 # text = A 2016 study at University College London found the part of the brain that sounds an alarm reacted less to each repeated lie; Aristotle said we become what we repeatedly do. # 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 ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 2016 2016 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 study study NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 University University PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 College College PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ _ 7 London London PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ _ 8 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 sounds sound VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 alarm alarm NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 reacted react VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=10:acl|HaikuPos=VERB:VBN:Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 18 advmod _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 23 det _ _ 22 repeated repeat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 amod _ _ 23 lie lie NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 Aristotle Aristotle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=8:conj 27 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 become become VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 29 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 32 obj _ _ 30 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 repeatedly repeatedly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | a 2016 study at University | the part of the brain | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent part=Attribute clause=Theme | | 2 | **sound** | present | the brain | a alarm | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location alarm=Theme | | 3 | **react** | past | | | | | | to each repeated lie; less *property* | vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to lie=Theme | | 4 | **repeat** | participle | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Aristotle | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **become** | present | we | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **do** | present | we | | | | | repeatedly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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. 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