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title: you sold the bike you'd promised your sister. she's crying. what's f… — Promises to friends and to yourself · tree and pragmatics
description: you sold the bike you'd promised your sister. she's crying. what's fair? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 359 «Promises to friends and to yourself» 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 wrong.
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Promises to friends and to yourself

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you sold the bike you'd promised your sister. she's crying. what's fair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, she · **What happens:** sell, promise, cry, be · **To what, where:** bike, sister

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 359 «Promises to friends and to yourself» 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/359-promises-to-friends-and-to-yourself/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:359-promises-to-friends-and-to-yourself:t6:1
# text = you sold the bike you'd promised your sister. she's crying. what's fair?
1	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	promised	promise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
15	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past | you | the bike |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bike=Theme |
| 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | would | you | the bike *not said here* | your sister |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent sister=Theme |
| 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | present · progressive | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Give her the money and say sorry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:359-promises-to-friends-and-to-yourself:t6:o1:1
# text = Give her the money and say sorry
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
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** | imperative | you *not said here* | the money | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient money=Theme |
| 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 {#o2}

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Say she can have your next bike instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:359-promises-to-friends-and-to-yourself:t6:o2:1
# text = Say she can have your next bike instead
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	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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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 | **have** | can | she | your next bike |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bike=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Say she's too little for a bike anyway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:359-promises-to-friends-and-to-yourself:t6:o3:1
# text = Say she's too little for a bike anyway
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	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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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* |  |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | for a bike; little *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Keep the money, it was your bike after all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:359-promises-to-friends-and-to-yourself:t6:o4:1
# text = Keep the money, it was your bike after all
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | the money |  |  | after all |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past | money | your bike |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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