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title: Big bro: «No more blaming, deal? If I did it, I own it.» What does «… — Trusting again · tree and pragmatics
description: Big bro: «No more blaming, deal? If I did it, I own it.» What does «own it» mean? Test 9 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.
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# Test 9 · Trusting again

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Big bro: «No more blaming, deal? If I did it, I own it.» What does «own it» mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Big bro, I · **What happens:** blame, deal, do, own, mean · **To what, where:** bro

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Big bro: «No more blaming, deal?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:455-trusting-again:t9:1
# text = Big bro: «No more blaming, deal?
1	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	No	no	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	blaming	blame	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	deal	deal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blame** *in a quote* | gerund | Big bro |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **deal** *in a quote* | infinitive | Big bro *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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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:* If I did it, I own it.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:455-trusting-again:t9:2
# text = If I did it, I own it.»
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	own	own	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | I | bro |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 2 | **own** | present | I | bro |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What does «own it» mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:455-trusting-again:t9:3
# text = What does «own it» mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	own	own	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
7	mean	mean	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own** *in a quote* | present · do-support |  | bro |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Admit you did it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:455-trusting-again:t9:o1:1
# text = Admit you did it
1	Admit	admit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **admit** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | past | you | it |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Buy it from a shop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:455-trusting-again:t9:o2:1
# text = Buy it from a shop
1	Buy	buy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | a shop |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from shop=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Break it all over again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:455-trusting-again:t9:o3:1
# text = Break it all over again
1	Break	break	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	over	over	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	again	again	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  | again | over *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Keep it as yours forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:455-trusting-again:t9:o4:1
# text = Keep it as yours forever
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	yours	your	PRON	PRP	Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
5	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | as yours; forever *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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