--- title: What would happen if you went back 1,000 years and chatted to an Eng… — Where English came from · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if you went back 1,000 years and chatted to an English farmer? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 22 «Where English came from» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/22-where-english-came-from/t3/) [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/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [Where English came from](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/22-where-english-came-from/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Where English came from What would happen if you went back 1,000 years and chatted to an English farmer? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** happen, go back, chat This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 22 «Where English came from» of the language 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/language/22-where-english-came-from/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:22-where-english-came-from:t3:1 # text = What would happen if you went back 1,000 years and chatted to an English farmer? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 1,000 1000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 chatted chat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 English English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go back** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | | | | year | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **chat** *speech: other* | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | to a English farmer | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 {#o1} You would both speak modern English with no trouble ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:22-where-english-came-from:t3:o1:1 # text = You would both speak modern English with no trouble 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 both both ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 modern modern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | would | You | modern English | | | | with no trouble; both *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} He would only use sign language ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:22-where-english-came-from:t3:o2:1 # text = He would only use sign language 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | would | He | sign language | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent language=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} You would understand every single word he said ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:22-where-english-came-from:t3:o3:1 # text = You would understand every single word he said 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 5 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **understand** | would | You | every single word | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he | every single word *not said here* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} You would struggle to understand each other ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:22-where-english-came-from:t3:o4:1 # text = You would struggle to understand each other 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 struggle struggle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 5 obj _ _ 7 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 fixed _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **struggle** | would | You | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **understand** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | each | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer each=Stimulus | **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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