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title: «lol he's a free reader so he's done with reading, innit». Right? — Reading for pleasure and the reading b… · tree and pragmatics
description: «lol he's a free reader so he's done with reading, innit». Right? Test 8 of lesson 16 «Reading for pleasure and the reading book at home» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 8 · Reading for pleasure and the reading book at home

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«lol he's a free reader so he's done with reading, innit». Right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** be, do, innit · **To what, where:** free reader

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This is test 8 of lesson 16 «Reading for pleasure and the reading book at home» of the English course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «lol he's a free reader so he's done with reading, innit».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t8:1
# text = «lol he's a free reader so he's done with reading, innit».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	reader	reader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | he | a free reader |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** *in a quote* | present · passive | he |  |  |  |  | with reading | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **innit** *in a quote* | infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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*Sentence 2:* Right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t8:2
# text = Right?
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, free readers don't take books home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t8:o1:1
# text = Yes, free readers don't take books home
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	readers	reader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	home	home	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **take** | present · do-support | free readers | books |  |  |  | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, free readers still read every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t8:o2:1
# text = No, free readers still read every day
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	readers	reader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	read	read	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | present | free readers |  |  |  | still; day |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, free readers have learned everything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t8:o3:1
# text = Yes, free readers have learned everything
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	readers	reader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	learned	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | present · perfect | free readers | everything |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, free readers go back to book bands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t8:o4:1
# text = No, free readers go back to book bands
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	readers	reader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	bands	band	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go back** | present | free readers |  |  |  |  | to book bands *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to band=Result |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **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 text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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