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title: What would happen if Mum turned "You must go to bed" into "You might… — Active and passive voice, modal verbs · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if Mum turned "You must go to bed" into "You might go to bed"? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 32 «Active and passive voice, modal verbs» 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 5 · ★★ · Active and passive voice, modal verbs

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What would happen if Mum turned "You must go to bed" into "You might go to bed"?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mum, You · **What happens:** happen, turn, go · **To what, where:** bed · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 32 «Active and passive voice, modal verbs» 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/32-active-and-passive-voice-modal-verbs/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:32-active-and-passive-voice-modal-verbs:t5:1
# text = What would happen if Mum turned "You must go to bed" into "You might go to bed"?
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	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	Mum	Mum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	into	into	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **turn** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** *in a quote* | must | You |  |  | bed |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **go** *in a quote* | might | You |  |  | bed |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It would turn an order into a maybe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:32-active-and-passive-voice-modal-verbs:t5:o1:1
# text = It would turn an order into a maybe
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	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	obl	_	_
8	maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | would | It | a order |  | a |  | maybe *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent order=Theme into a=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It would change it to the past tense

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:32-active-and-passive-voice-modal-verbs:t5:o2:1
# text = It would change it to the past tense
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	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	past	past	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	tense	tense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | would | It | it |  |  |  | to the past tense | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It would make it a stronger order

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:32-active-and-passive-voice-modal-verbs:t5:o3:1
# text = It would make it a stronger order
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	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | would | It | it |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset it=Beneficiary order=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It would mean the same thing exactly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:32-active-and-passive-voice-modal-verbs:t5:o4:1
# text = It would mean the same thing exactly
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	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | would | It | the same thing |  |  |  | exactly *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic |

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