--- title: Best friend: «Everyone thinks I told your secret. I didn't. YOU did»… — When someone else takes your punishment · tree and pragmatics description: Best friend: «Everyone thinks I told your secret. I didn't. YOU did». What saves the friendship? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 345 «When someone else takes your punishment» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment/t4/) [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/) / [When someone else takes your punishment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★ · When someone else takes your punishment Best friend: «Everyone thinks I told your secret. I didn't. YOU did». What saves the friendship? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Best friend, I, YOU · **What happens:** think, tell, not do, do, save · **To what, where:** secret, friendship · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 345 «When someone else takes your punishment» 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/345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Best friend: «Everyone thinks I told your secret. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment:t4:1 # text = Best friend: «Everyone thinks I told your secret. 1 Best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 amod _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 6 nsubj _ _ 6 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 9 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | Best friend | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Best friend *= friend* | your secret | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent secret=Recipient | 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. *Sentence 2:* I didn't. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment:t4:2 # text = I didn't. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** | past | I | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 3:* YOU did». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment:t4:3 # text = YOU did». 1 YOU you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | YOU | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 4:* What saves the friendship? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment:t4:4 # text = What saves the friendship? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 saves save VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 friendship friendship NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **save** | present | | the friendship | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friendship=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Admit it to everyone and say sorry ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment:t4:o1:1 # text = Admit it to everyone and say sorry 1 Admit admit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 1 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **admit** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | it | everyone | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to everyone=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: apologize* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Say she must have told too ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment:t4:o2:1 # text = Say she must have told too 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 1 ccomp _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | must · perfect | she | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Tell another secret to distract ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment:t4:o3:1 # text = Tell another secret to distract 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 distract distract VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | another secret | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent secret=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **distract** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Stop talking to everyone ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment:t4:o4:1 # text = Stop talking to everyone 1 Stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 talking talk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 xcomp _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **talk** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | to everyone | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to everyone=Co-Agent | **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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