--- title: Why is it fine to stop a book you do not enjoy? — The library and books · tree and pragmatics description: Why is it fine to stop a book you do not enjoy? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 259 «The library and books» 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/259-library-and-books/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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [The library and books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/259-library-and-books/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · The library and books Why is it fine to stop a book you do not enjoy? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** be, stop, not enjoy · **To what, where:** book This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 259 «The library and books» 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/259-library-and-books/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:t8:1 # text = Why is it fine to stop a book you do not enjoy? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 expl _ _ 4 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 csubj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 enjoy enjoy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive | | a book | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality book=Eventuality | | 3 | **not** **enjoy** | present · do-support | you | a book *not said here* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer book=Stimulus | 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} The library will be angry if you finish it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:t8:o1:1 # text = The library will be angry if you finish it 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 library library NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 finish finish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | future | the library | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **finish** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | library | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector it=Eventuality | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Reading should be fun, and there are many other books ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:t8:o2:1 # text = Reading should be fun, and there are many other books 1 Reading read VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 fun fun ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 8 expl _ _ 8 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | gerund | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | should | | | | | | fun *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **does** | present | many other books | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Books are always better in the middle ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:t8:o3:1 # text = Books are always better in the middle 1 Books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Books | | | the middle | | always, good *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} You have to read it again anyway next year in class ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:t8:o4:1 # text = You have to read it again anyway next year in class 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 8 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | You | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **read** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | it | | class | again; year | anyway *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | **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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