--- title: promised to watch lil bro at the park but my mates are calling — Promises · tree and pragmatics description: promised to watch lil bro at the park but my mates are calling Test 13 · ★ of lesson 199 «Promises» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/199-promises/t13/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Promises](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/199-promises/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Promises promised to watch lil bro at the park but my mates are calling **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mates · **What happens:** promise, watch, call · **To what, where:** lil bro, park · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 199 «Promises» 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/199-promises/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t13:1 # text = promised to watch lil bro at the park but my mates are calling 1 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 lil little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 park park NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 mates mate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 12 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **watch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | lil bro | | the park | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bro=Theme | | 3 | **call** | present · progressive | my mates | | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Go, he'll be ok ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t13:o1:1 # text = Go, he'll be ok 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 6 ok ok ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | future | he | | | | | ok *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Keep your promise and stay with him ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t13:o2:1 # text = Keep your promise and stay with him 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 stay stay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | your promise | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme | | 2 | **stay** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | with him *= he* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with he=Location | | 3 | **promise** | | your | | | | | | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Ask a stranger at the park to watch him while you play ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t13:o3:1 # text = Ask a stranger at the park to watch him while you play 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 iobj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 park park NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 while while SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 play play VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | a stranger | the park | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent stranger=Recipient | | 2 | **watch** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **play** | present | you | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Tell him to follow you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:199-promises:t13:o4:1 # text = Tell him to follow you 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **follow** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | you | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | **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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