--- title: «just say sorry, then you can do it again». Why is that wrong? — Leaving someone out · tree and pragmatics description: «just say sorry, then you can do it again». Why is that wrong? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 347 «Leaving someone out» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/347-leaving-someone-out/t11/) [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/) / [Leaving someone out](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/347-leaving-someone-out/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Leaving someone out «just say sorry, then you can do it again». Why is that wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, that · **What happens:** say, do, be · **To what, where:** sorry, it · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 347 «Leaving someone out» 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/347-leaving-someone-out/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «just say sorry, then you can do it again». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:347-leaving-someone-out:t11:1 # text = «just say sorry, then you can do it again». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 just just ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 again again ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | sorry | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** *in a quote* | can | you | it | | | then; again | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | 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:* Why is that wrong? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:347-leaving-someone-out:t11:2 # text = Why is that wrong? 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 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | that | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Only grown-ups say sorry ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:347-leaving-someone-out:t11:o1:1 # text = Only grown-ups say sorry 1 Only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ups up NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | grown ups | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Sorries don't matter ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:347-leaving-someone-out:t11:o2:1 # text = Sorries don't matter 1 Sorries sorry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 matter matter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | Sorries | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A real sorry means trying not to do it again ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:347-leaving-someone-out:t11:o3:1 # text = A real sorry means trying not to do it again 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sorry sorry NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 trying try VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 again again ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | a real sorry | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **try** *not said to happen* | gerund | a real sorry *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **not** **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a real sorry *not said here* | sorry | | | again | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} Sorry works every time ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:347-leaving-someone-out:t11:o4:1 # text = Sorry works every time 1 Sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 nsubj _ _ 2 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | present | Sorry | | | | time | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=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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