--- title: Your friend says, «If I've done something bad, I'm just a bad person… — What Christians believe: prayer, forgi… · tree and pragmatics description: Your friend says, «If I've done something bad, I'm just a bad person, full stop.» What does the Christian idea of forgiveness say? Test 8 · ★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven/t8/) [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/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/) / [What Christians believe: prayer, forgi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · What Christians believe: prayer, forgiveness, grace and he… Your friend says, «If I've done something bad, I'm just a bad person, full stop.» What does the Christian idea of forgiveness say? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend, Christian idea · **What happens:** say, do, be · **To what, where:** something, bad person, Christian idea · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your friend says, «If I've done something bad, I'm just a bad person, full stop.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven:t8:1 # text = Your friend says, «If I've done something bad, I'm just a bad person, full stop.» 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 If if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 10 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 9 obj _ _ 11 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 15 just just ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 stop stop NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your friend | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · perfect | Your friend *= friend* | something | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Your friend *= friend* | a bad person and full stop | | | | | tree rules | 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:* What does the Christian idea of forgiveness say? ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven:t8:2 # text = What does the Christian idea of forgiveness say? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 forgiveness forgiveness NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 8 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | the Christian idea | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Christian idea *not said here* | | | | | of forgiveness | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} You can be forgiven and start again ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven:t8:o1:1 # text = You can be forgiven and start again 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 forgiven forgive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 7 again again ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forgive** | can · passive | | You | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **start** | infinitive | | | | | again | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} Once bad, always bad, nothing can change it ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven:t8:o2:1 # text = Once bad, always bad, nothing can change it 1 Once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 2 advmod _ _ 2 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 9 nsubj _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | can | nothing | it | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Bad people should stop going to church ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven:t8:o3:1 # text = Bad people should stop going to church 1 Bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | should | Bad people | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **go** | gerund | Bad people *not said here* | church | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Only good luck can make you good again ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven:t8:o4:1 # text = Only good luck can make you good again 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 8 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | can | good luck | you | | | again | good *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product | **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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