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title: Your cousin is up all night worrying about the new school. Which par… — The Sermon on the Mount · tree and pragmatics
description: Your cousin is up all night worrying about the new school. Which part of the sermon speaks to that? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 17 «The Sermon on the Mount» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was
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# Test 7 · ★★ · The Sermon on the Mount

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Your cousin is up all night worrying about the new school. Which part of the sermon speaks to that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, night, part · **What happens:** be, worry, speak · **To what, where:** night · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 17 «The Sermon on the Mount» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/17-the-sermon-on-the-mount/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your cousin is up all night worrying about the new school.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t7:1
# text = Your cousin is up all night worrying about the new school.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	up	up	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	worrying	worry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **is a** | present | Your cousin | all night |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **worry** | gerund | all night *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about the new school | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about school=Stimulus |

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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:* Which part of the sermon speaks to that?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t7:2
# text = Which part of the sermon speaks to that?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sermon	sermon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	speaks	speak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | which part of the sermon |  |  |  |  | to that | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to that=Co-Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Salt that loses its taste is thrown out and trampled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t7:o1:1
# text = Salt that loses its taste is thrown out and trampled
1	Salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	loses	lose	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	taste	taste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	trampled	trample	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present | Salt | Salt's taste |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent taste=Eventuality |
| 2 | **throw out** | present · passive |  | Salt |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **trample** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **taste** |  | Salt |  |  |  |  |  | nom taste «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Love your enemies and pray for them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t7:o2:1
# text = Love your enemies and pray for them
1	Love	love	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	enemies	enemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	pray	pray	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | imperative | you *not said here* | your enemies |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer enemy=Stimulus |
| 2 | **pray** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for enemies *= enemy* | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Take the plank out of your own eye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t7:o3:1
# text = Take the plank out of your own eye
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	plank	plank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | the plank |  | your own eye |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent plank=Theme out eye=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Do not worry; God cares for the birds and lilies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t7:o4:1
# text = Do not worry; God cares for the birds and lilies
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	worry	worry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	cares	care	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	lilies	lily	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **worry** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **care** | present | God |  |  |  |  | for the birds and lilies | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for bird=Theme |

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