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title: What would have happened if Sophie's sister had said at once «sorry,… — «It was HIM!»: siblings blaming each o… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would have happened if Sophie's sister had said at once «sorry, I spilled ketchup on your top»? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 432 ««It was HIM!»: siblings blaming each other» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 6 · ★ · «It was HIM!»: siblings blaming each other

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What would have happened if Sophie's sister had said at once «sorry, I spilled ketchup on your top»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sister · **What happens:** happen, say, spill · **To what, where:** ketchup, top · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 432 ««It was HIM!»: siblings blaming each other» 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/432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:t6:1
# text = What would have happened if Sophie's sister had said at once «sorry, I spilled ketchup on your top»?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	10	obl	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	sorry	sorry	INTJ	UH	_	17	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
16	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	spilled	spill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	ccomp	_	_
18	ketchup	ketchup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
19	on	on	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would · perfect |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | Sophie's sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **spill** *in a quote* | past | Sophie's sister *= sister* | ketchup |  | your top |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ketchup=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Sophie would never speak to her again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:t6:o1:1
# text = Sophie would never speak to her again
1	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | would | Sophie |  | her *= she* |  | again |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Sophie would likely forgive a stain more easily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:t6:o2:1
# text = Sophie would likely forgive a stain more easily
1	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	forgive	forgive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stain	stain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
8	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forgive** | would | Sophie | a stain |  |  |  | easily, likely *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stain=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The top would wash clean by itself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:t6:o3:1
# text = The top would wash clean by itself
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	wash	wash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | would | the top |  |  |  |  | by top; clean *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Mum would ground her for a whole year for the stain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:432-it-was-him-siblings-blaming-each-other:t6:o4:1
# text = Mum would ground her for a whole year for the stain
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	stain	stain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

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