--- title: What would happen to «The boy who won the race smiled» if you took o… — Relative clauses · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen to «The boy who won the race smiled» if you took out the relative clause? Test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Relative clauses» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/30-relative-clauses/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [Relative clauses](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/30-relative-clauses/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★★ · Relative clauses What would happen to «The boy who won the race smiled» if you took out the relative clause? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, you · **What happens:** happen, win, smile, take out · **To what, where:** race, relative clause This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Relative clauses» 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/30-relative-clauses/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:30-relative-clauses:t8:1 # text = What would happen to «The boy who won the race smiled» if you took out the relative clause? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 smiled smile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 17 out out ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 relative relative ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 clause clause NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **win** *in a quote* | past | the boy | the race | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality | | 3 | **smile** *in a quote* | past | the boy | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **take out** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | the relative clause | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} You'd still have a sentence, but not know which boy ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:30-relative-clauses:t8:o1:1 # text = You'd still have a sentence, but not know which boy 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 still still ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 11 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 12 det _ _ 12 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | would | You | a sentence | | | still | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Patient | | 2 | **not** **know** | infinitive | | which boy | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer boy=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} It would become a question ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:30-relative-clauses:t8:o2:1 # text = It would become a question 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | would | It | a question | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing, it says the same ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:30-relative-clauses:t8:o3:1 # text = Nothing, it says the same 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Nothing | the same | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent same=Topic | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} It would no longer have a verb ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:30-relative-clauses:t8:o4:1 # text = It would no longer have a verb 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 no no ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 5 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 verb verb NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | would | It | a verb | | | | long *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verb=Patient | **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. 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