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title: Kirsty's bro: «I broke the lamp, Mam, sorry.» Right away. What happe… — Forgiving · tree and pragmatics
description: Kirsty's bro: «I broke the lamp, Mam, sorry.» Right away. What happens in their house? Test 8 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 wrong.
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# Test 8 · Forgiving

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Kirsty's bro: «I broke the lamp, Mam, sorry.» Right away. What happens in their house?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I · **What happens:** break, happen · **To what, where:** lamp, house

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kirsty's bro: «I broke the lamp, Mam, sorry.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:454-forgiving:t8:1
# text = Kirsty's bro: «I broke the lamp, Mam, sorry.»
1	Kirsty	Kirsty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	Mam	Mam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	sorry	sorry	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** *in a quote* | past | I | the lamp |  |  |  | Kirsty's bro *vocative* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lamp=Patient |

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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:* Right away.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:454-forgiving:t8:2
# text = Right away.
1	Right	right	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* What happens in their house?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:454-forgiving:t8:3
# text = What happens in their house?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Double the trouble for owning up to it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:454-forgiving:t8:o1:1
# text = Double the trouble for owning up to it
1	Double	double	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	owning	own	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **double** | imperative | you *not said here* | the trouble |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent trouble=Patient |
| 2 | **own up** | gerund | you *not said here* |  | trouble |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

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

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Half the trouble — he helps clean up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:454-forgiving:t8:o2:1
# text = Half the trouble — he helps clean up
1	Half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	3	det:predet	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	clean	clean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | he | half trouble *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent trouble=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 2 | **clean up** | infinitive | half trouble *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He has to move out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:454-forgiving:t8:o3:1
# text = He has to move out
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **move out** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, because lamps are dead cheap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:454-forgiving:t8:o4:1
# text = Nothing, because lamps are dead cheap
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | lamps |  |  |  |  | cheap *property* | tree rules |

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