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title: Mason-Tyler's brother keeps taking the blame for him. What would lik… — The favourite, the black sheep, coveri… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mason-Tyler's brother keeps taking the blame for him. What would likely happen if it carried on? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 509 «The favourite, the black sheep, covering for each other and hand-me-downs» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 7 · ★★ · The favourite, the black sheep, covering for each other an…

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Mason-Tyler's brother keeps taking the blame for him. What would likely happen if it carried on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** brother, blame · **What happens:** keep, take, happen, carry on · **To what, where:** blame

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 509 «The favourite, the black sheep, covering for each other and hand-me-downs» 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/509-the-favourite-the-black-sheep-covering-and-hand-me-downs/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mason-Tyler's brother keeps taking the blame for him.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:509-the-favourite-the-black-sheep-covering-and-hand-me-downs:t7:1
# text = Mason-Tyler's brother keeps taking the blame for him.
1	Mason	Mason	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Tyler	Tyler	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	taking	take	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	blame	blame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Mason Tyler's brother |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | gerund | Mason Tyler's brother *not said here* | the blame |  |  |  | for brother | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent blame=Theme for he=Beneficiary |

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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:* What would likely happen if it carried on?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:509-the-favourite-the-black-sheep-covering-and-hand-me-downs:t7:2
# text = What would likely happen if it carried on?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **carry on** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | blame |  |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

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

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Mason-Tyler would keep feeling bad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:509-the-favourite-the-black-sheep-covering-and-hand-me-downs:t7:o1:1
# text = Mason-Tyler would keep feeling bad
1	Mason	Mason	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Tyler	Tyler	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	feeling	feel	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | would | Mason |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **feel** | gerund | Mason *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Mason-Tyler would feel great forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:509-the-favourite-the-black-sheep-covering-and-hand-me-downs:t7:o2:1
# text = Mason-Tyler would feel great forever
1	Mason	Mason	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Tyler	Tyler	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | would | Mason |  |  |  |  | forever, great *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Their parents would always know the truth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:509-the-favourite-the-black-sheep-covering-and-hand-me-downs:t7:o3:1
# text = Their parents would always know the truth
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | would | Their parents | the truth |  |  |  | always *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer truth=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The brother would get a prize

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:509-the-favourite-the-black-sheep-covering-and-hand-me-downs:t7:o4:1
# text = The brother would get a prize
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | the brother | a prize |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prize=Stimulus |

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