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title: friend: «gimme my game back, you said a week, it's been a MONTH». Be… — Promises to family · tree and pragmatics
description: friend: «gimme my game back, you said a week, it's been a MONTH». Best move? Test 7 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 7 · ★ · Promises to family

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friend: «gimme my game back, you said a week, it's been a MONTH». Best move?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend · **What happens:** gimme back, say, be · **To what, where:** game, MONTH · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* friend: «gimme my game back, you said a week, it's been a MONTH».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:t7:1
# text = friend: «gimme my game back, you said a week, it's been a MONTH».
1	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	gimme	gimme	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	18	cop	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	MONTH	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gimme back** *in a quote* | infinitive | friend *not said here* | my game |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | friend |  |  |  | week |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | friend | a MONTH |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Best move?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:t7:2
# text = Best move?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Say he gave it to you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:t7:o1:1
# text = Say he gave it to you
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **give** | past | he | it | you |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to you=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ask for another week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:t7:o2:1
# text = Ask for another week
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | week |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Say you lost it somewhere and you'll look for it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:t7:o3:1
# text = Say you lost it somewhere and you'll look for it
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **lose** | past | you | it |  |  |  | somewhere *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 3 | **look** | future | you |  |  |  |  | for it | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme |

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

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Give it back today and say sorry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:358-promises-to-little-brothers-gran-dad-and-the-cat:t7:o4:1
# text = Give it back today and say sorry
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
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	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give back** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  | today |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: apologize* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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