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title: What would probably happen if Albie had no rules at all about sweets? — Warm parents and strict parents · tree and pragmatics
description: What would probably happen if Albie had no rules at all about sweets? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 493 «Warm parents and strict parents» 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 7 · ★ · Warm parents and strict parents

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What would probably happen if Albie had no rules at all about sweets?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Albie · **What happens:** happen, have · **To what, where:** rules, all

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 493 «Warm parents and strict parents» 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/493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t7:1
# text = What would probably happen if Albie had no rules at all about sweets?
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	_	7	mark	_	_
6	Albie	Albie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	nmod	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Albie | no rules |  | all |  | about sweets | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

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

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He'd feel sick more often, and his teeth would suffer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t7:o1:1
# text = He'd feel sick more often, and his teeth would suffer
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	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	often	often	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
11	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	suffer	suffer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | would | He |  |  |  |  | often, sick *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **suffer** | would | his teeth |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His mates would share their sweets with him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t7:o2:1
# text = His mates would share their sweets with him
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | would | His mates | mates's sweets |  |  |  | with him *= he* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He'd learn to love vegetables more than any of the sweets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t7:o3:1
# text = He'd learn to love vegetables more than any of the sweets
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	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	love	love	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	vegetables	vegetable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | would | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **love** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | vegetables |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He'd never eat a single sweet again at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents:t7:o4:1
# text = He'd never eat a single sweet again at all
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	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sweet	sweet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **eat** | would | He | a single sweet |  | all | again |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Patient |

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