--- title: A friend laughed at Aroha in front of the class. A quiet sorry by th… — Trusting again · tree and pragmatics description: A friend laughed at Aroha in front of the class. A quiet sorry by the lockers — enough? Test 11 of lesson 455 «Trusting again» 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/455-trusting-again/t11/) [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/) / [Trusting again](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/455-trusting-again/) / t11 # Test 11 · Trusting again A friend laughed at Aroha in front of the class. A quiet sorry by the lockers — enough? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend · **What happens:** laugh · **To what, where:** Aroha This is test 11 of lesson 455 «Trusting again» 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/455-trusting-again/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A friend laughed at Aroha in front of the class. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:455-trusting-again:t11:1 # text = A friend laughed at Aroha in front of the class. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Aroha Aroha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | a friend | | | Aroha | | in front of the class | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in front=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:* A quiet sorry by the lockers — enough? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:455-trusting-again:t11:2 # text = A quiet sorry by the lockers — enough? 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sorry sorry NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lockers locker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 — - PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} No sorry is ever enough ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:455-trusting-again:t11:o1:1 # text = No sorry is ever enough 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 sorry sorry NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 5 advmod _ _ 5 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | no sorry | | | | ever | enough *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It's fair to ask for a sorry in front of the class ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:455-trusting-again:t11:o2:1 # text = It's fair to ask for a sorry in front of the class 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 csubj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sorry sorry NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | fair *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | | | | front of the class | | for a sorry | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Aroha should laugh at her back ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:455-trusting-again:t11:o3:1 # text = Aroha should laugh at her back 1 Aroha Aroha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 laugh laugh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | should | Aroha | | | Aroha's back | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, a quiet sorry is always enough, whatever happened ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:455-trusting-again:t11:o4:1 # text = Yes, a quiet sorry is always enough, whatever happened 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 sorry sorry NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 8 advmod _ _ 8 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a quiet sorry | | | | | always, enough *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **happen** | past | whatever | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: 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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