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title: A judge follows up: «Is forgiving someone the same as forgetting?» — What Christians believe: prayer, forgi… · tree and pragmatics
description: A judge follows up: «Is forgiving someone the same as forgetting?» Test 10 · ★ of lesson 22 «What Christians believe: prayer, forgiveness, grace and heaven» 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 choi
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# Test 10 · ★ · What Christians believe: prayer, forgiveness, grace and he…

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A judge follows up: «Is forgiving someone the same as forgetting?»

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** judge · **What happens:** follow up, forgive, forget · **To what, where:** someone

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 22 «What Christians believe: prayer, forgiveness, grace and heaven» 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/22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven:t10:1
# text = A judge follows up: «Is forgiving someone the same as forgetting?»
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	follows	follow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	forgiving	forgive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	obj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obj	_	_
12	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	forgetting	forget	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow up** | present | a judge |  |  |  |  |  | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **forgive** *in a quote* | present · progressive | a judge *not said here* | someone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **forget** *in a quote* | gerund | a judge *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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Yes, real forgiving wipes your memory

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven:t10:o1:1
# text = Yes, real forgiving wipes your memory
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	forgiving	forgive	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wipes	wipe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forgive** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wipe** | present |  | your memory |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent memory=Source |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, you can remember and still let go of revenge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven:t10:o2:1
# text = No, you can remember and still let go of revenge
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
9	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | can | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | still |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of revenge | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of revenge=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, if you remember, you have not forgiven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven:t10:o3:1
# text = Yes, if you remember, you have not forgiven
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	remember	remember	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	forgiven	forgive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **forgive** | present · perfect · passive |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, you must punish them first, and only then forget it happened

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven:t10:o4:1
# text = No, you must punish them first, and only then forget it happened
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	punish	punish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **punish** | must | you | them *= they* |  |  |  | first *property* | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 2 | **forget** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **happen** | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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