<def-root>A <fen>Speaker</fen> communicates about a <fen>Topic</fen> in such a way as to mislead an <fen>Addressee</fen>, either by telling outright lies or by presenting a message in a misleading form.
<ex><fex name="Speaker">I</fex> <t>lied</t> <fex name="Addressee">to you</fex> <fex name="Topic">about your Christmas present</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The person who uses language in the written or spoken modality to convey a deceptive Message to the Addressee.
<ex><fex name="Speaker">Politicians</fex> do nothing but <m>tell</m> <t>lies</t> about money.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The person that receives a Message from the Speaker.
<ex>You're <t>kidding</t> <fex name="Addressee">me</fex>!</ex>
<ex>Satan <t>lies</t> <fex name="Addressee">to everyone, including himself</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root><fen>Topic</fen> is the entity to which the proposition or propositions relate, that they are about.
<ex>You <t>deceived</t> me <fex name="Topic">about the location of the diamonds</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The location at which the deception occurs.</def-root>
<def-root>The time at which the deception occurs.</def-root>
<def-root>The (communicative) action performed by the <fen>Speaker</fen> in order to deceive the <fen>Addressee</fen>.</def-root>
<def-root>The length of <fex name="Time">Time</fex> that the <fex name="Speaker">Speaker</fex> spends on the <fex name="Topic">Topic</fex>.</def-root>
<def-root>The goal of the <fex name="Speaker">Speaker</fex>'s deceit of the <fen>Addressee</fen></def-root>
<def-root>The extent to which the <fex name="Speaker">Speaker</fex> deceives the <fex name="Addressee">Addressee</fex> about the <fex name="Topic">Topic</fex>.</def-root>
<def-root>This FE describes how often the <fen>Speaker</fen> discusses the <fen>Topic</fen> with the <fen>Addressee</fen>.</def-root>
Communication
Front_for
COD: tell a lie or lies
COD: speak or act evasively.
COD: an intentionally false statement
COD: cause to have a wrong impression about someone or something.
FN: deceive playfully
COD: give a false or misleading account of.
COD: the action of deceiving.
FN: act of deception or misleading
FN: act of speaking evasively
FN: jokingly deceive.
FN: say something untrue to be funny.
COD: use ambiguous or evasive language.
COD: trick, deceive, or dupe.
FN: act of producing ambiguous or evasive language.
COD: 1. a trivial lie.
COD: talk nonsense in an attempt to deceive.
COD: deceive someone playfully
COD: deliberately mislead or misrepresent the truth to.
COD: tell a fib.
FN: to deceive
COD: deceive or trick.
FN: a person known to deceive.
COD: hide or disguise one's true motives or feelings.
FN: one who misrepresents him or herself.
FN: to not be revealing the truth
FN: communicate the truth, a lie, etc (support only)