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title: little cousin asks «if u can be forgiven every time, why not do stuf… — Confession, prayer and making amends a… · tree and pragmatics
description: little cousin asks «if u can be forgiven every time, why not do stuff?». What's the wise answer? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 365 «Confession, prayer and making amends at church» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Confession, prayer and making amends at church

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little cousin asks «if u can be forgiven every time, why not do stuff?». What's the wise answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** little cousin, wise answer · **What happens:** ask, forgive, not do, be · **To what, where:** u, stuff · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 365 «Confession, prayer and making amends at church» 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/365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* little cousin asks «if u can be forgiven every time, why not do stuff?».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church:t7:1
# text = little cousin asks «if u can be forgiven every time, why not do stuff?».
1	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	forgiven	forgive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	11	appos	_	_
16	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | little cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **forgive** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | can · passive |  | u |  |  | time |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | stuff |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Eventuality |

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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:* What's the wise answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church:t7:2
# text = What's the wise answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the wise answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Because each wrong still hurts someone and you must put it right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church:t7:o1:1
# text = Because each wrong still hurts someone and you must put it right
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	acl	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
6	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	right	right	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | present | each | someone |  |  | still |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Patient |
| 2 | **put** | must | you | it |  |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Good point, do what you like

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church:t7:o2:1
# text = Good point, do what you like
1	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:outer	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | infinitive | Good point |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **like** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because you only get three goes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church:t7:o3:1
# text = Because you only get three goes
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	_
6	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | you | three |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer three=Stimulus |
| 2 | **go** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because the priest will run out of forgiveness one day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church:t7:o4:1
# text = Because the priest will run out of forgiveness one day
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | future | the priest |  |  | forgiveness | day |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out forgiveness=Trajectory |

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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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