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.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 telling | advmod |
| 2 | telling | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 lying | csubj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 truth | det |
| 4 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 telling | obj |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 2 telling | punct |
| 6 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 lying | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not tell speech: assert | gerund | the truth | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient | |||||
| 2 | lie | gerund | telling | vn 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.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 true | advmod |
| 2 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 true | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
It is untruthful to say you finished when you didn't.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 untruthful | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 untruthful | cop |
| 3 | untruthful | untruthful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 say | mark |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 untruthful | csubj |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 finished | nsubj |
| 7 | finished | finish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | ccomp |
| 8 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 did | advmod |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 did | nsubj |
| 10 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 finished | advcl |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 did | advmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 untruthful | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | untruthful property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | to-infinitive | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | finish | past | you | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | not do | past | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
The advert made untruthful claims about the toy.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 advert | det |
| 2 | advert | advert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | nsubj |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | untruthful | untruthful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 claims | amod |
| 5 | claims | claim | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 made | obj |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 toy | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 toy | det |
| 8 | toy | toy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 claims | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | the advert | untruthful claims | about the toy | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset claim=Product |
Example 3
He was untruthful about where he had been.
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 untruthful | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 untruthful | cop |
| 3 | untruthful | untruthful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 8 been | mark |
| 5 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 8 been | advmod |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 been | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 been | aux |
| 8 | been | be | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 untruthful | advcl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 untruthful | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | untruthful property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | past · perfect | he | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 4
Being untruthful can break a friend's trust.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 untruthful | cop |
| 2 | untruthful | untruthful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 break | advcl |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 break | aux |
| 4 | break | break | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 friend | det |
| 6 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 trust | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 friend | case |
| 8 | trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 break | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 break | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | untruthful property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | break | can | a friend's trust | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer trust=Patient | |||||
| 3 | trust | a friend | nom trust «possession intransitive»: poss=agent |
Example 5
The judge said the witness had been untruthful.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 judge | det |
| 2 | judge | judge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 witness | det |
| 5 | witness | witness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 untruthful | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 untruthful | aux |
| 7 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 untruthful | cop |
| 8 | untruthful | untruthful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 said | ccomp |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the judge | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past · perfect | the witness | untruthful property | tree rules |
Example 6
Her untruthful excuse fooled nobody.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 excuse | nmod:poss |
| 2 | untruthful | untruthful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 excuse | amod |
| 3 | excuse | excuse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fooled | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | fooled | fool | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 fooled | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 fooled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fool | participle · passive | Her untruthful excuse | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | excuse | Her = she | nom excuse «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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