--- title: Friend: «promise u won't tell, I'm running away tonight». What shoul… — When not to keep a friend's secret · tree and pragmatics description: Friend: «promise u won't tell, I'm running away tonight». What should you do? Test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 437 «When not to keep a friend's secret» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret/t1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [When not to keep a friend's secret](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★★★ · When not to keep a friend's secret Friend: «promise u won't tell, I'm running away tonight». What should you do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Friend, you · **What happens:** promise, not tell, run away, do · **To what, where:** u · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 437 «When not to keep a friend's secret» 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/437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Friend: «promise u won't tell, I'm running away tonight». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret:t1:1 # text = Friend: «promise u won't tell, I'm running away tonight». 1 Friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 5 u you PRON PRP Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 7 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 ccomp _ _ 13 away away ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 tonight tonight NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* *in a quote* | infinitive | Friend *not said here* | | u | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 2 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | Friend | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **run away** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Friend | | | | tonight | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* What should you do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret:t1:2 # text = What should you do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | should | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Tell a grown-up, because she could get hurt ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret:t1:o1:1 # text = Tell a grown-up, because she could get hurt 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 grown grown NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 because because SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 get get AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | a grown | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent grown=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **hurt** | could · passive | | she | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Keep the promise no matter what happens ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret:t1:o2:1 # text = Keep the promise no matter what happens 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ _ 7 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | the promise | | | | | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent promise=Theme matter=Attribute | | 2 | **happen** | present | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Go with her so she isn't alone ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret:t1:o3:1 # text = Go with her so she isn't alone 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 7 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 1 advmod _ _ 8 alone alone ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | with her *= she*; alone *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with she=Beneficiary | ### Option 4 {#o4} Help her pack ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret:t1:o4:1 # text = Help her pack 1 Help help VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 pack pack VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 2 | **pack** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | **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. 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