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title: trick or treat, that house is all dark, knock anyway? — Holidays of the region · tree and pragmatics
description: trick or treat, that house is all dark, knock anyway? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 265 «Holidays of the region» 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 right.
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# Test 11 · ★ · Holidays of the region

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trick or treat, that house is all dark, knock anyway?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** trick · **What happens:** treat, be, knock

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 265 «Holidays of the region» 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/265-holidays-of-the-region/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t11:1
# text = trick or treat, that house is all dark, knock anyway?
1	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	treat	treat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	all	all	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	knock	knock	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
12	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treat** | infinitive | trick and that house *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | trick and that house |  |  |  |  | all, dark *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **knock** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

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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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Go round the back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t11:o1:1
# text = Go round the back
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	round	round	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the back |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme round back=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, dark means they're saving extra treats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t11:o2:1
# text = Yes, dark means they're saving extra treats
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	saving	save	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	_	_
8	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	treats	treat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | dark |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **save** | present · progressive | they | extra treats |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treat=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, only visit houses with their lights on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t11:o3:1
# text = No, only visit houses with their lights on
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	visit	visit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	on	on	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | imperative | you *not said here* | houses |  |  |  | with houses's lights | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **light** |  | houses *= house* |  |  |  |  |  | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, knock louder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:265-holidays-of-the-region:t11:o4:1
# text = Yes, knock louder
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	knock	knock	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

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