--- title: A 2010 study found most people told few lies or none on a given day,… — Pretend, cover stories and lies that become habits · tree and pragmatics description: A 2010 study found most people told few lies or none on a given day, and a small group told half of all the lies; "Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong" (Exodus 23:2). Who acts: 2010 study, most people, small group, crowd. 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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 (2010 study, most people, small group, crowd), 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:17 # text = A 2010 study found most people told few lies or none on a given day, and a small group told half of all the lies; "Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong" (Exodus 23:2). # 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): R1-cc-next ×1, R5-strong ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 2010 2010 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 study study NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 amod _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 lies lie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ Agree=R1-cc-next|Haiku=9:cc 11 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 9 conj _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 amod _ _ 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=11:nmod 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 group group NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 22 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 21 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 26 det:predet _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 lies lie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 " " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ _ 29 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 in in SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 35 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 acl _ _ 36 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 obj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=35:advmod|HaikuPos=ADV:RB:_ 37 " " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ 38 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 39 punct _ _ 39 Exodus exodus NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 appos _ _ 40 23:2 23:2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 39 flat _ _ 41 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 39 punct _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 2010 study | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | most people | few lies | | | day | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lie=Recipient | | 3 | **give** | participle | | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | a small group | half of all lies | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent half=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **follow** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | the crowd | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crowd=Theme | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | gerund | the crowd *not said here* | wrong | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrong=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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