--- title: Jake broke Sam's headphones. Jake says, «I said sorry, what more do… — Saying sorry, and the sorry that is no… · tree and pragmatics description: Jake broke Sam's headphones. Jake says, «I said sorry, what more do you want?» What would make it right? Test 4 · ★ 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 op --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/477-saying-sorry-and-the-sorry-that-is-not-accepted/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/) / [Saying sorry, and the sorry that is no…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/477-saying-sorry-and-the-sorry-that-is-not-accepted/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Saying sorry, and the sorry that is not accepted Jake broke Sam's headphones. Jake says, «I said sorry, what more do you want?» What would make it right? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jake, you · **What happens:** break, say, want, make · **To what, where:** headphones, it · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Jake broke Sam's headphones. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:477-saying-sorry-and-the-sorry-that-is-not-accepted:t4:1 # text = Jake broke Sam's headphones. 1 Jake Jake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 headphones headphone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | past | Jake | Sam's headphones | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer headphone=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:* Jake says, «I said sorry, what more do you want?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:477-saying-sorry-and-the-sorry-that-is-not-accepted:t4:2 # text = Jake says, «I said sorry, what more do you want?» 1 Jake Jake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 7 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 obj _ _ 10 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 13 advmod _ _ 11 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | present | Jake | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Jake | | | | | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **want** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | *Sentence 3:* What would make it right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:477-saying-sorry-and-the-sorry-that-is-not-accepted:t4:3 # text = What would make it right? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 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 _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | would | | it | | | | right *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset what=Beneficiary it=Product | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Break something of his own ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:477-saying-sorry-and-the-sorry-that-is-not-accepted:t4:o1:1 # text = Break something of his own 1 Break break VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 1 obj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | imperative | you *not said here* | something | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Say sorry once more, louder ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:477-saying-sorry-and-the-sorry-that-is-not-accepted:t4:o2:1 # text = Say sorry once more, louder 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 3 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 advmod _ _ 4 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: apologize* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Help pay to replace them ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:477-saying-sorry-and-the-sorry-that-is-not-accepted:t4:o3:1 # text = Help pay to replace them 1 Help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 pay pay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 replace replace VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **replace** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nothing, sorry is always enough ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:477-saying-sorry-and-the-sorry-that-is-not-accepted:t4:o4:1 # text = Nothing, sorry is always enough 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 sorry sorry NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ _ 6 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Nothing sorry | | | | | always, enough *property* | tree rules | **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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