--- title: Aisha: «I forgive you — and I'll have my fiver back, ta.» Is that fa… — Forgiving · tree and pragmatics description: Aisha: «I forgive you — and I'll have my fiver back, ta.» Is that fair? Test 4 of lesson 454 «Forgiving» 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/454-forgiving/t4/) [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/) / [Forgiving](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/454-forgiving/) / t4 # Test 4 · Forgiving Aisha: «I forgive you — and I'll have my fiver back, ta.» Is that fair? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, that · **What happens:** forgive, have back, be · **To what, where:** you, fiver This is test 4 of lesson 454 «Forgiving» 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/454-forgiving/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Aisha: «I forgive you — and I'll have my fiver back, ta.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:454-forgiving:t4:1 # text = Aisha: «I forgive you — and I'll have my fiver back, ta.» 1 Aisha Aisha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 forgive forgive VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 — - PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 12 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 fiver fiver NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 back back ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 ta ta NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forgive** *in a quote* | present | I | you | | | | Aisha *vocative* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 2 | **have back** *in a quote* | future | I | my fiver | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fiver=Patient | 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:* Is that fair? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:454-forgiving:t4:2 # text = Is that fair? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | that | | | | | fair *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Yes, forgiving doesn't cancel what's fair ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:454-forgiving:t4:o1:1 # text = Yes, forgiving doesn't cancel what's fair 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 forgiving forgive VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 nsubj _ _ 4 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 cancel cancel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forgive** | gerund | | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **cancel** | present · do-support | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | fair *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} No, she should ask for a whole tenner now ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:454-forgiving:t4:o2:1 # text = No, she should ask for a whole tenner now 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 tenner tenner NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | should | she | | | | now | for a whole tenner | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, forgiving means forgetting the money ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:454-forgiving:t4:o3:1 # text = No, forgiving means forgetting the money 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 forgiving forgive VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 nsubj _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 forgetting forget VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forgive** | gerund | | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **forget** *not said to happen* | gerund | | the money | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, but only after a year ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:454-forgiving:t4:o4:1 # text = Yes, but only after a year 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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