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title: knocked over my mate's lego on purpose, sorry is cringe — Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry · tree and pragmatics
description: knocked over my mate's lego on purpose, sorry is cringe Test 13 · ★ of lesson 126 «Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry» of the everyday 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 13 · ★ · Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry

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knocked over my mate's lego on purpose, sorry is cringe

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** knock over, be · **To what, where:** lego, purpose, knocked cringe

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 126 «Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry» of the everyday 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/everyday/126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:t13:1
# text = knocked over my mate's lego on purpose, sorry is cringe
1	knocked	knock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
2	over	over	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	lego	lego	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
10	sorry	sorry	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	cringe	cringe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock over** | participle |  | my mate's lego |  | purpose |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent lego=Theme on purpose=Destination |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | knocked cringe |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Blame his brother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:t13:o1:1
# text = Blame his brother
1	Blame	blame	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blame** | imperative | you *not said here* | his brother |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Knock down some of his other things too so that it's fair on both sides

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:t13:o2:1
# text = Knock down some of his other things too so that it's fair on both sides
1	Knock	knock	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	down	down	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
9	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	13	mark	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	sides	side	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock down** | imperative | you *not said here* | some |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent some=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | you *not said here* |  |  | both sides |  | fair *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Never say sorry, it's weak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:t13:o3:1
# text = Never say sorry, it's weak
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | weak *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Say sorry and help fix it, or he may stop playing with you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:t13:o4:1
# text = Say sorry and help fix it, or he may stop playing with you
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	help	help	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
12	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	xcomp	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: apologize* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **help** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **fix** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 4 | **stop** | may | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 5 | **play** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with you | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with you=Co-Agent |

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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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