--- title: The way out is to own up early, use honest words for the same goal (… — Pretend, cover stories and lies that become habits · tree and pragmatics description: The way out is to own up early, use honest words for the same goal ("she can't come to the phone right now"), and tell someone you trust when "I'm fine" isn't true. Who acts: way out, lie, you. 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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 (way out, lie, you), 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:4 # text = The way out is to own up early, use honest words for the same goal ("she can't come to the phone right now"), and tell someone you trust when "I'm fine" isn't true. # 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): R3-conj-first ×1, R5-strong ×2, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=3:det 2 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 out out NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 own own VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 11 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 goal goal NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=12:nmod 17 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 22 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 right right ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 now now ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 28 " " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ 29 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 22 punct _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ Agree=R3-conj-first|Haiku=10:conj 33 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 32 obj _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 trust trust VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 44 advmod _ _ 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 44 advcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=44:nsubj 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 advcl _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | way out | | | | | early, own *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **use** | infinitive | way out *not said here* | honest words | | | | for the same goal | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent word=Theme for goal=Eventuality | | 3 | **not** **come** *in a quote* | can | lie | | | the phone | now | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to phone=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | way out *not said here* | | someone | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient | | 5 | **trust** | present | you | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | way out *= out* | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **is** | present | way out *not said here* | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | 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:4`. **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): R3-conj-first ×1, R5-strong ×2, R7-rel-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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