fibbing Who acts: Fibbing, fibber, you, He, dog, I · What happens: tell, be, fib, eat, say, stop · To what, where: small lies, someone, fibs, vegetables, homework, me · Speech: someone speaks here
«fibbing» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: fibbing in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.
Fibbing is telling small lies, usually about unimportant things.
nsubj aux amod obj punct advmod case amod obl punct root Fibbing NOUN is AUX telling VERB small ADJ lies NOUN , PUNCT usually ADV about ADP unimportant ADJ things NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fibbing fibbing NOUN Number=Sing 3 telling nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 telling aux 3 telling tell VERB VerbForm=Ger root root 4 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 5 lies amod 5 lies lie NOUN Number=Plur 3 telling obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 10 things punct 7 usually usually ADV _ 10 things advmod 8 about about ADP _ 10 things case 9 unimportant unimportant ADJ Degree=Pos 10 things amod 10 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 3 telling obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 telling punct
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1 tell speech: assert present · progressive Fibbing small lies about unimportant things vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent lie=Recipient about thing=Topic
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.
Meaning 2 A fibber is someone who tells fibs.
det nsubj cop nsubj acl:relcl obj punct root A DET fibber NOUN is AUX someone PRON who PRON tells VERB fibs NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 fibber det 2 fibber fibber NOUN Number=Sing 4 someone nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 someone cop 4 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind root root 5 who who PRON PronType=Rel 6 tells nsubj 6 tells tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 someone acl:relcl 7 fibs fib NOUN Number=Plur 6 tells obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 someone punct
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1 is a present a fibber someone tree rules 2 tell speech: assert present fibs vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fib=Recipient
Example 1 Are you fibbing about eating your vegetables?
aux nsubj mark advcl nmod:poss obj punct root Are AUX you PRON fibbing VERB about SCONJ eating VERB your PRON vegetables NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 fibbing aux 2 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 3 fibbing nsubj 3 fibbing fib VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 about about SCONJ _ 5 eating mark 5 eating eat VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 fibbing advcl 6 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 vegetables nmod:poss 7 vegetables vegetable NOUN Number=Plur 5 eating obj 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 fibbing punct
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1 fib present · progressive you tree rules 2 eat gerund you not said here your vegetables vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vegetable=Patient
Example 2 He was fibbing when he said the dog ate his homework.
nsubj aux advmod nsubj advcl det nsubj ccomp nmod:poss obj punct root He PRON was AUX fibbing VERB when ADV he PRON said VERB the DET dog NOUN ate VERB his PRON homework NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 fibbing nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 fibbing aux 3 fibbing fib VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 when when ADV PronType=Int 6 said advmod 5 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 said nsubj 6 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 fibbing advcl 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 dog det 8 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 9 ate nsubj 9 ate eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 said ccomp 10 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 homework nmod:poss 11 homework homework NOUN Number=Sing 9 ate obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 fibbing punct
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1 fib past · progressive He tree rules 2 say speech: assert past he vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 eat past the dog dog's homework vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Patient
Example 3 Stop fibbing and tell me what happened.
xcomp cc conj iobj nsubj ccomp punct root Stop VERB fibbing VERB and CCONJ tell VERB me PRON what PRON happened VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Stop stop VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 fibbing fib VERB VerbForm=Ger 1 Stop xcomp 3 and and CCONJ _ 4 tell cc 4 tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Stop conj 5 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 4 tell iobj 6 what what PRON PronType=Int 7 happened nsubj 7 happened happen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 tell ccomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 1 Stop punct
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1 stop imperative you not said here vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality 2 fib gerund you not said here tree rules 3 tell speech: assert infinitive you not said here me vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic 4 happen past vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 4 I caught my brother fibbing about brushing his teeth.
nsubj nmod:poss obj acl mark advcl nmod:poss obj punct root I PRON caught VERB my PRON brother NOUN fibbing VERB about SCONJ brushing VERB his PRON teeth NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 caught nsubj 2 caught catch VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 brother nmod:poss 4 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 2 caught obj 5 fibbing fib VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 brother acl 6 about about SCONJ _ 7 brushing mark 7 brushing brush VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 fibbing advcl 8 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 teeth nmod:poss 9 teeth tooth NOUN Number=Plur 7 brushing obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 caught punct
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1 catch past I my brother vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Theme 2 fib gerund my brother not said here tree rules 3 brush gerund my brother not said here his teeth vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tooth=Theme
Example 5 She admitted she had been fibbing.
nsubj nsubj aux aux ccomp punct root She PRON admitted VERB she PRON had AUX been AUX fibbing VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 admitted nsubj 2 admitted admit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 fibbing nsubj 4 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 fibbing aux 5 been be AUX Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 6 fibbing aux 6 fibbing fib VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 admitted ccomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 admitted punct
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1 admit speech: other past She vn confess-37.10 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 fib past · perfect · progressive she tree rules
Example 6 Fibbing gets you into more trouble in the end.
nsubj obj case amod obl case det nmod punct root Fibbing VERB gets VERB you PRON into ADP more ADJ trouble NOUN in ADP the DET end NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fibbing fib VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 gets nsubj 2 gets get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 2 gets obj 4 into into ADP _ 6 trouble case 5 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 6 trouble amod 6 trouble trouble NOUN Number=Sing 2 gets obl 7 in in ADP _ 9 end case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 end det 9 end end NOUN Number=Sing 6 trouble nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 gets punct
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1 fib gerund tree rules 2 get present you more trouble in the end vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus
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