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title: Why is respecting other people's traditions good for you too? — Respecting the festivals and tradition… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why is respecting other people's traditions good for you too? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 309 «Respecting the festivals and traditions of classmates» 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 7 · ★ · Respecting the festivals and traditions of classmates

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Why is respecting other people's traditions good for you too?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** respect · **To what, where:** traditions

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 309 «Respecting the festivals and traditions of classmates» 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/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:t7:1
# text = Why is respecting other people's traditions good for you too?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	respecting	respect	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	traditions	tradition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
11	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **respect** | present · progressive |  | other people's traditions |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tradition=Stimulus |

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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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It makes your own festival more important than everyone else's, so you come first

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:t7:o1:1
# text = It makes your own festival more important than everyone else's, so you come first
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	_
10	else	else	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
16	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | your own festival |  |  |  | important *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material festival=Product |
| 2 | **come** | present | you |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It lets you skip school on every festival

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:t7:o2:1
# text = It lets you skip school on every festival
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	skip	skip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | present | It | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **skip** | infinitive | you *not said here* | school |  | every festival |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent school=Theme on festival=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It means you never have to celebrate anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:t7:o3:1
# text = It means you never have to celebrate anything
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	celebrate	celebrate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **have** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **celebrate** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | anything |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
When everyone respects each other, your own traditions are respected as well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates:t7:o4:1
# text = When everyone respects each other, your own traditions are respected as well
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	3	mark	_	_
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
3	respects	respect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
4	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	3	obj	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	traditions	tradition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	respected	respect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
12	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	11	advmod	_	_
13	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **respect** | present | everyone | each |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer each=Stimulus |
| 2 | **respect** | present · passive |  | your own traditions |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |

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