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title: Peter said, "Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will"… — Honest with yourself: admitting you were wrong · tree and pragmatics
description: Peter said, "Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will" (Matthew 26:33), and that night denied Jesus three times; afterwards he wept, was humble, and Jesus forgave him and gave him his work back (John 21:15-17); "Know yourself" was carved at Delphi. Who acts: Peter, all, night, Jesus. A 
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# Honest with yourself: admitting you were wrong, sentence 18

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Peter said, "Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will" (Matthew 26:33), and that night denied Jesus three times; afterwards he wept, was humble, and Jesus forgave him and gave him his work back (John 21:15-17); "Know yourself" was carved at Delphi.

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**Who acts:** Peter, all, night, Jesus · **What happens:** say, fall away, deny, weep, be, forgive · **To what, where:** account, Jesus, Peter, work, yourself, Delphi · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the lesson «Honest with yourself: admitting you were wrong» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Peter, all, night, Jesus), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:religion-ethics:097-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong.lesson:18
# text = Peter said, "Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will" (Matthew 26:33), and that night denied Jesus three times; afterwards he wept, was humble, and Jesus forgave him and gave him his work back (John 21:15-17); "Know yourself" was carved at Delphi.
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = religion-ethics
# lesson = 097-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong.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 ×3, R2-punct-next ×1, R3-conj-first ×1, R6-punct-agree ×3, R8-pos-agree ×1
1	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=9:punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	_
5	Even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=8:nsubj|HaikuPos=PRON:DT:PronType=Tot
8	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	advcl	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nmod	_	_
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
15	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=20:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:``:_
19	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	20	punct	_	_
20	Matthew	matthew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	parataxis	_	_
21	26:33	26:33	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	20	flat	_	_
22	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	20	punct	_	_
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	Agree=R1-cc-next|Haiku=2:cc
25	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	26	det	_	_
26	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
27	denied	deny	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
28	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	_
29	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	30	nummod	_	_
30	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obl:unmarked	_	_
31	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
32	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
33	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
34	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	parataxis	_	_
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	Agree=R2-punct-next|Haiku=34:punct
36	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	cop	_	_
37	humble	humble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	conj	_	_
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	Agree=R1-cc-next|Haiku=37:cc
40	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	nsubj	_	_
41	forgave	forgive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	conj	_	Agree=R3-conj-first|Haiku=37:conj
42	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	obj	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	Agree=R1-cc-next|Haiku=41:cc
44	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	conj	_	_
45	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	iobj	_	_
46	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	47	nmod:poss	_	_
47	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obj	_	_
48	back	back	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	_
49	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	50	punct	_	_
50	John	John	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	parataxis	_	_
51	21:15-17	21:15-17	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	50	flat	_	_
52	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	50	punct	_	_
53	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
54	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	55	punct	_	_
55	Know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	conj	_	_
56	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	55	obj	_	_
57	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	55	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=59:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:``:_
58	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	59	aux:pass	_	_
59	carved	carve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
60	at	at	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
61	Delphi	Delphi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	59	obl	_	_
62	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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No stored speech act for this sentence.

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Peter |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fall away** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | all |  |  | account of you |  | away *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **deny** | past | that night | Jesus |  |  | time |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent jesus=Eventuality |
| 4 | **weep** | past | Peter |  |  |  |  | afterwards *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is** | past | Peter *not said here* |  |  |  |  | humble *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **forgive** | past | Jesus | Peter |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 7 | **give** | past | Jesus *not said here* | Peter's work | Peter |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient work=Theme |
| 8 | **know** *in a quote* | infinitive | Peter *not said here* | yourself |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer yourself=Stimulus |
| 9 | **carve** | past · passive |  |  |  | Delphi |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V» |
| 10 | **account** *in a quote* |  |  | you |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 11 | **work** |  | Peter |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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): R1-cc-next ×3, R2-punct-next ×1, R3-conj-first ×1, R6-punct-agree ×3, 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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