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title: Mr Grimshaw: «Apology accepted. Now the weeding.» Why add the weeding? — Saying sorry, and the sorry that is no… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mr Grimshaw: «Apology accepted. Now the weeding.» Why add the weeding? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 477 «Saying sorry, and the sorry that is not accepted» 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 11 · ★ · Saying sorry, and the sorry that is not accepted

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Mr Grimshaw: «Apology accepted. Now the weeding.» Why add the weeding?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mr, you · **What happens:** accept, add · **To what, where:** weeding

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 477 «Saying sorry, and the sorry that is not accepted» 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/477-saying-sorry-and-the-sorry-that-is-not-accepted/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mr Grimshaw: «Apology accepted.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:477-saying-sorry-and-the-sorry-that-is-not-accepted:t11:1
# text = Mr Grimshaw: «Apology accepted.
1	Mr	Mr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	Grimshaw	Grimshaw	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Apology	apology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	accepted	accept	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** *in a quote* | past | Mr |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: 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:* Now the weeding.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:477-saying-sorry-and-the-sorry-that-is-not-accepted:t11:2
# text = Now the weeding.»
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	weeding	weeding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Why add the weeding?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:477-saying-sorry-and-the-sorry-that-is-not-accepted:t11:3
# text = Why add the weeding?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	add	add	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	weeding	weeding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the weeding |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weeding=Patient |

## The options {#options}

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

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Sorry plus making it right is stronger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:477-saying-sorry-and-the-sorry-that-is-not-accepted:t11:o1:1
# text = Sorry plus making it right is stronger
1	Sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	nsubj	_	_
2	plus	plus	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund | Sorry *not said here* | it |  |  |  | right *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
| 2 | **is** | present | Sorry |  |  |  |  | strong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He didn't accept the sorry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:477-saying-sorry-and-the-sorry-that-is-not-accepted:t11:o2:1
# text = He didn't accept the sorry
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	accept	accept	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sorry	sorry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **accept** | past · do-support | He | the sorry |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sorry=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Weeding is a punishment for all kids

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:477-saying-sorry-and-the-sorry-that-is-not-accepted:t11:o3:1
# text = Weeding is a punishment for all kids
1	Weeding	weeding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Weeding | a punishment |  |  |  | for all kids | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He wanted a helper in the garden forever, for free

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:477-saying-sorry-and-the-sorry-that-is-not-accepted:t11:o4:1
# text = He wanted a helper in the garden forever, for free
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	helper	helper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He | a helper |  | the garden |  | forever *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot helper=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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