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untruthful

Who acts: telling, It, you, advert, He, friend · What happens: not tell, lie, be, say, finish, not do · To what, where: truth, untruthful claims, trust, untruthful excuse · Speech: someone speaks here

«untruthful» 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: untruthful in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Not telling the truth; lying.

advmodcsubjdetobjpunctpunctrootNotPARTtellingVERBtheDETtruthNOUN;PUNCTlyingVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NotnotPARTPolarity=Neg2 tellingadvmod
2tellingtellVERBVerbForm=Ger6 lyingcsubj
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 truthdet
4truthtruthNOUNNumber=Sing2 tellingobj
5;;PUNCT_2 tellingpunct
6lyinglieVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
7..PUNCT_6 lyingpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not tell speech: assertgerundthe truthvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient
2liegerundtellingvn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Usage: of a statement — kept apart, not parsed.

Not true.

advmodpunctrootNotPARTtrueADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NotnotPARTPolarity=Neg2 trueadvmod
2truetrueADJDegree=Posrootroot
3..PUNCT_2 truepunct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

It is untruthful to say you finished when you didn't.

nsubjcopmarkcsubjnsubjccompadvmodnsubjadvcladvmodpunctrootItPRONisAUXuntruthfulADJtoPARTsayVERByouPRONfinishedVERBwhenADVyouPRONdidVERBn'tPART.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 untruthfulnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 untruthfulcop
3untruthfuluntruthfulADJDegree=Posrootroot
4totoPART_5 saymark
5saysayVERBVerbForm=Inf3 untruthfulcsubj
6youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs7 finishednsubj
7finishedfinishVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 sayccomp
8whenwhenADVPronType=Int10 didadvmod
9youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs10 didnsubj
10diddoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 finishedadvcl
11n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg10 didadvmod
12..PUNCT_3 untruthfulpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentItuntruthful propertytree rules
2say speech: assertto-infinitivevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3finishpastyouvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4not dopastyouvn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The advert made untruthful claims about the toy.

detnsubjamodobjcasedetnmodpunctrootTheDETadvertNOUNmadeVERBuntruthfulADJclaimsNOUNaboutADPtheDETtoyNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 advertdet
2advertadvertNOUNNumber=Sing3 madensubj
3mademakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4untruthfuluntruthfulADJDegree=Pos5 claimsamod
5claimsclaimNOUNNumber=Plur3 madeobj
6aboutaboutADP_8 toycase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 toydet
8toytoyNOUNNumber=Sing5 claimsnmod
9..PUNCT_3 madepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1makepastthe advertuntruthful claimsabout the toyvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset claim=Product

Example 3

He was untruthful about where he had been.

nsubjcopmarkadvmodnsubjauxadvclpunctrootHePRONwasAUXuntruthfulADJaboutSCONJwhereADVhePRONhadAUXbeenVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 untruthfulnsubj
2wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 untruthfulcop
3untruthfuluntruthfulADJDegree=Posrootroot
4aboutaboutSCONJ_8 beenmark
5wherewhereADVPronType=Rel8 beenadvmod
6hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 beennsubj
7hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 beenaux
8beenbeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part3 untruthfuladvcl
9..PUNCT_3 untruthfulpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastHeuntruthful propertytree rules
2bepast · perfecthevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 4

Being untruthful can break a friend's trust.

copadvclauxdetnmod:posscaseobjpunctrootBeingAUXuntruthfulADJcanAUXbreakVERBaDETfriendNOUN'sPARTtrustNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BeingbeAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 untruthfulcop
2untruthfuluntruthfulADJDegree=Pos4 breakadvcl
3cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin4 breakaux
4breakbreakVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 frienddet
6friendfriendNOUNNumber=Sing8 trustnmod:poss
7's'sPART_6 friendcase
8trusttrustNOUNNumber=Sing4 breakobj
9..PUNCT_4 breakpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1isgerunduntruthful propertytree rules
2breakcana friend's trustvn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer trust=Patient
3trusta friendnom trust «possession intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 5

The judge said the witness had been untruthful.

detnsubjdetnsubjauxcopccomppunctrootTheDETjudgeNOUNsaidVERBtheDETwitnessNOUNhadAUXbeenAUXuntruthfulADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 judgedet
2judgejudgeNOUNNumber=Sing3 saidnsubj
3saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 witnessdet
5witnesswitnessNOUNNumber=Sing8 untruthfulnsubj
6hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 untruthfulaux
7beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part8 untruthfulcop
8untruthfuluntruthfulADJDegree=Pos3 saidccomp
9..PUNCT_3 saidpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpastthe judgevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2ispast · perfectthe witnessuntruthful propertytree rules

Example 6

Her untruthful excuse fooled nobody.

nmod:possamodnsubj:passobjpunctrootHerPRONuntruthfulADJexcuseNOUNfooledVERBnobodyPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HerherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 excusenmod:poss
2untruthfuluntruthfulADJDegree=Pos3 excuseamod
3excuseexcuseNOUNNumber=Sing4 foolednsubj:pass
4fooledfoolVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5nobodynobodyPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg4 fooledobj
6..PUNCT_4 fooledpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1foolparticiple · passiveHer untruthful excusetree rules
2excuseHer = shenom excuse «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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