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title: «The Lord's Prayer is just asking for stuff,» says an older boy. Wha… — Sunday service, hymns and the Lord's P… · tree and pragmatics
description: «The Lord's Prayer is just asking for stuff,» says an older boy. What is a fuller answer? Test 10 of lesson 23 «Sunday service, hymns and the Lord's Prayer» 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 · Sunday service, hymns and the Lord's Prayer

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«The Lord's Prayer is just asking for stuff,» says an older boy. What is a fuller answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Prayer, older boy · **What happens:** ask, say, be · **To what, where:** fuller answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 of lesson 23 «Sunday service, hymns and the Lord's Prayer» 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/23-sunday-service-hymns-and-the-lords-prayer/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «The Lord's Prayer is just asking for stuff,» says an older boy.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:23-sunday-service-hymns-and-the-lords-prayer:t10:1
# text = «The Lord's Prayer is just asking for stuff,» says an older boy.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	Prayer	Prayer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	ccomp	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
13	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	16	amod	_	_
16	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | present · progressive | the Lord's Prayer |  |  |  |  | for stuff | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a older boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

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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:* What is a fuller answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:23-sunday-service-hymns-and-the-lords-prayer:t10:2
# text = What is a fuller answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fuller	full	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a fuller answer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, it only asks God for things like food, money and presents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:23-sunday-service-hymns-and-the-lords-prayer:t10:o1:1
# text = Yes, it only asks God for things like food, money and presents
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	presents	present	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | it |  | God |  |  | for things like food and money and presents | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent god=Recipient |

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

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It also praises God, asks forgiveness and protection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:23-sunday-service-hymns-and-the-lords-prayer:t10:o2:1
# text = It also praises God, asks forgiveness and protection
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	also	also	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	praises	praise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **praise** | present | It | God |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Theme |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present |  | forgiveness and protection |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent forgiveness=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, it only praises God and asks nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:23-sunday-service-hymns-and-the-lords-prayer:t10:o3:1
# text = No, it only praises God and asks nothing
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	praises	praise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **praise** | present | it | God |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Theme |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present |  | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nothing=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is only about forgiving other people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:23-sunday-service-hymns-and-the-lords-prayer:t10:o4:1
# text = It is only about forgiving other people
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	forgiving	forgive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forgive** | present · progressive | It | other people |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |

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