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title: Liam: «cheers for taking the blame, I'll do the same for u». What us… — Covering for a friend · tree and pragmatics
description: Liam: «cheers for taking the blame, I'll do the same for u». What usually happens? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 436 «Covering for a friend» 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 5 · ★★ · Covering for a friend

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Liam: «cheers for taking the blame, I'll do the same for u». What usually happens?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cheers, I · **What happens:** take, do, happen · **To what, where:** blame, same

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 436 «Covering for a friend» 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/436-covering-for-a-friend/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Liam: «cheers for taking the blame, I'll do the same for u».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:t5:1
# text = Liam: «cheers for taking the blame, I'll do the same for u».
1	Liam	Liam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	cheers	cheer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	appos	_	_
5	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	taking	take	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	blame	blame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	obj	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	u	u	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** *in a quote* | gerund | cheers *not said here* | the blame |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blame=Theme |
| 2 | **do** *in a quote* | future | I | the same |  |  |  | for u; Liam *vocative* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=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 usually happens?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:t5:2
# text = What usually happens?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The friend always pays you back the next time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:t5:o1:1
# text = The friend always pays you back the next time
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	pays	pay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay back** | present | the friend |  | you |  | time | always *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Asset |

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

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The friend learns nothing and you may be next

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:t5:o2:1
# text = The friend learns nothing and you may be next
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	learns	learn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | present | the friend | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | may | you |  |  |  |  | next *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The teacher thanks you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:t5:o3:1
# text = The teacher thanks you
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	thanks	thank	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present | the teacher |  | you |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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You get a medal for it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:436-covering-for-a-friend:t5:o4:1
# text = You get a medal for it
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	medal	medal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | You | a medal |  |  |  | for medal | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent medal=Theme for it=Source |

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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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