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title: Teacher: «What do you do if your parents say no to a game?» — Parents' rules for big games · tree and pragmatics
description: Teacher: «What do you do if your parents say no to a game?» Test 11 · ★ of lesson 404 «Parents' rules for big games» 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 11 · ★ · Parents' rules for big games

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Teacher: «What do you do if your parents say no to a game?»

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, parents · **What happens:** do, say · **To what, where:** no, game · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 404 «Parents' rules for big games» 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/404-parents-rules-for-big-games/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:404-parents-rules-for-big-games:t11:1
# text = Teacher: «What do you do if your parents say no to a game?»
1	Teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
5	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  | Teacher *vocative* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | your parents | no | a game |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent no=Topic to game=Recipient |

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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 {#o1}

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Get it at a friend's house and play it there instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:404-parents-rules-for-big-games:t11:o1:1
# text = Get it at a friend's house and play it there instead
1	Get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
12	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | a friend's house |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme at house=Asset |
| 2 | **play** | infinitive | you *not said here* | house |  | there |  | instead *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Accept it calmly and maybe ask again later with reasons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:404-parents-rules-for-big-games:t11:o2:1
# text = Accept it calmly and maybe ask again later with reasons
1	Accept	accept	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	calmly	calmly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | calmly *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | again | with reasons; late, maybe *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Download it secretly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:404-parents-rules-for-big-games:t11:o3:1
# text = Download it secretly
1	Download	download	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **download** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | secretly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Refuse to do any homework until they finally agree to it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:404-parents-rules-for-big-games:t11:o4:1
# text = Refuse to do any homework until they finally agree to it
1	Refuse	refuse	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	agree	agree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	to	to	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 | **refuse** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **do** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | any homework |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Eventuality |
| 3 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | they |  | homework |  |  | finally *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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