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title: «said my prayers, Mum» but you didn't. Mum: «What did you pray for,… — Confession, prayer and making amends a… · tree and pragmatics
description: «said my prayers, Mum» but you didn't. Mum: «What did you pray for, love?» Best move? Test 8 · ★★ 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; Mova's choice 
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Confession, prayer and making amends at church

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«said my prayers, Mum» but you didn't. Mum: «What did you pray for, love?» Best move?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, my · **What happens:** say, not do, pray · **To what, where:** prayers, Mum · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «said my prayers, Mum» but you didn't.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church:t8:1
# text = «said my prayers, Mum» but you didn't.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	prayers	prayer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past |  | my prayers and Mum |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent prayer=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **do** | past | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pray** *in a quote* |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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:* Mum: «What did you pray for, love?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church:t8:2
# text = Mum: «What did you pray for, love?»
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	pray	pray	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	appos	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pray** *in a quote* | past · do-support | you | Mum |  |  |  | for love | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* Best move?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church:t8:3
# 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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Make one up fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church:t8:o1:1
# text = Make one up fast
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	obj	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make up** | imperative | you *not said here* | one |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme one=Pivot |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Say it's private between you and God

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church:t8:o2:1
# text = Say it's private between you and God
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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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 |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | between you; private *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Pretend to fall asleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church:t8:o3:1
# text = Pretend to fall asleep
1	Pretend	pretend	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Own up and say a short prayer with her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church:t8:o4:1
# text = Own up and say a short prayer with her
1	Own	own	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | a short prayer |  |  |  | with her *= she* | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent prayer=Theme with she=Manner |

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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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