--- title: What would probably happen if nobody had helped Mr Patel after the b… — Neighbours who don't speak and the fri… · tree and pragmatics description: What would probably happen if nobody had helped Mr Patel after the break-in? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 483 «Neighbours who don't speak and the friendly shopkeeper» 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 wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper/t7/) [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/) / [Neighbours who don't speak and the fri…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Neighbours who don't speak and the friendly shopkeeper What would probably happen if nobody had helped Mr Patel after the break-in? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** nobody · **What happens:** happen, help · **To what, where:** Mr This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 483 «Neighbours who don't speak and the friendly shopkeeper» 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/483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper:t7:1 # text = What would probably happen if nobody had helped Mr Patel after the break-in? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 probably probably ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 helped help VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 9 Mr Mr PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 Patel Patel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 flat _ _ 11 after after ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 break break NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 in in NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | probably *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **help** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | nobody | | Mr | | after the break in | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mr=Beneficiary | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He'd feel alone and the shop might struggle ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper:t7:o1:1 # text = He'd feel alone and the shop might struggle 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 alone alone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 struggle struggle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | would | He | | | | | alone *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **struggle** | might | the shop | | | | | | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} He'd be happier on his own ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper:t7:o2:1 # text = He'd be happier on his own 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 happier happy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would | He | | | his own | | happy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing would be different ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper:t7:o3:1 # text = Nothing would be different 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would | Nothing | | | | | different *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The thief would feel bad and bring the till back ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper:t7:o4:1 # text = The thief would feel bad and bring the till back 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 till till NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 back back ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | would | the thief | | | | | bad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **bring back** | infinitive | the thief *not said here* | the till | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent till=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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