--- title: broke my promise to wash dad's car last week and nothing happened, «… — Promises to family · tree and pragmatics description: broke my promise to wash dad's car last week and nothing happened, «it worked last time, so it's fine». Is it? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 358 «Promises to family» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat/t6/) [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/) / [Promises to family](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Promises to family broke my promise to wash dad's car last week and nothing happened, «it worked last time, so it's fine». Is it? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nothing, car, my · **What happens:** break, wash, happen, work, be, promise · **To what, where:** promise, car This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 358 «Promises to family» 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/358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* broke my promise to wash dad's car last week and nothing happened, «it worked last time, so it's fine». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:t6:1 # text = broke my promise to wash dad's car last week and nothing happened, «it worked last time, so it's fine». 1 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 6 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 13 nsubj _ _ 13 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 « « PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 worked work VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 18 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 » » PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | past | | my promise | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer promise=Patient | | 2 | **wash** | to-infinitive | | dad's car | | | week | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Patient | | 3 | **happen** | past | nothing | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **work** *in a quote* | past | car | | | | time | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | car *not said here* | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **promise** | | my | | | | | | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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:* Is it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:t6:2 # text = Is it? 1 Is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | car | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yes, if nothing happened last time then it's fine ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:t6:o1:1 # text = Yes, if nothing happened last time then it's fine 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ _ 5 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | nothing | | | | time | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | nothing *not said here* | | | | then | fine *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, cars wash themselves in rain ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:t6:o2:1 # text = Yes, cars wash themselves in rain 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 cars car NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wash wash VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wash** | present | cars | cars *= car* | | rain | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, Dad was let down and trust gets thinner ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:t6:o3:1 # text = No, Dad was let down and trust gets thinner 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 let let VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 down down ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 trust trust NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 thinner thin ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let down** | past · passive | | Dad | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **get** | present | trust | | | | | thin *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Only if Dad doesn't ask ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:t6:o4:1 # text = Only if Dad doesn't ask 1 Only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 Dad Dad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | present · do-support | Dad | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «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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