--- title: «my cousin says if u wish hard enough ur mum comes back». Right? — When a parent has died · tree and pragmatics description: «my cousin says if u wish hard enough ur mum comes back». Right? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 518 «When a parent has died» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/518-when-a-parent-has-died/t1/) [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/) / [When a parent has died](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/518-when-a-parent-has-died/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★★ · When a parent has died «my cousin says if u wish hard enough ur mum comes back». Right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, u, mum · **What happens:** say, wish, come back · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 518 «When a parent has died» 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/518-when-a-parent-has-died/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «my cousin says if u wish hard enough ur mum comes back». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:t1:1 # text = «my cousin says if u wish hard enough ur mum comes back». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 u you PRON PRP Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 8 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 9 enough enough ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 10 ur your PRON PRP$ Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 13 back back ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | my cousin | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **wish** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | u | | | | | enough, hard *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **come back** *in a quote* | present | ur's mum | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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:* Right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:t1:2 # text = Right? 1 Right right INTJ UH _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} No, people who die don't come back ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:t1:o1:1 # text = No, people who die don't come back 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 die die VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 7 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | present | people | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **not** **come back** | present · do-support | people | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, but only on Mother's Day ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:t1:o2:1 # text = Yes, but only on Mother's Day 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 Mother Mother PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 Day Day PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} No, but she might send a sign on your birthday ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:t1:o3:1 # text = No, but she might send a sign on your birthday 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 birthday birthday NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | might | she | a sign | | your birthday | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, if you wish on your birthday ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:518-when-a-parent-has-died:t1:o4:1 # text = Yes, if you wish on your birthday 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 birthday birthday NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** | present | you | | | your birthday | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | **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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