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title: A friend asks why her Methodist church sings so many hymns. Best rea… — Churches of the English-speaking world I · tree and pragmatics
description: A friend asks why her Methodist church sings so many hymns. Best reason? Test 7 of lesson 28 «Churches of the English-speaking world I» 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 right.
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# Test 7 · Churches of the English-speaking world I

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A friend asks why her Methodist church sings so many hymns. Best reason?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend, Methodist church · **What happens:** ask, sing · **To what, where:** many hymns · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 of lesson 28 «Churches of the English-speaking world I» 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/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A friend asks why her Methodist church sings so many hymns.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i:t7:1
# text = A friend asks why her Methodist church sings so many hymns.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	Methodist	Methodist	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	sings	sing	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	hymns	hymn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | friend's Methodist church | many hymns |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hymn=Theme |

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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:* Best reason?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i:t7:2
# text = Best reason?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Charles Wesley wrote thousands of hymns for it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i:t7:o1:1
# text = Charles Wesley wrote thousands of hymns for it
1	Charles	Charles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Wesley	Wesley	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	hymns	hymn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past | Charles | thousands of hymns |  |  |  | for it | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent thousand=Result for it=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Pope ordered them to sing in 1054

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i:t7:o2:1
# text = The Pope ordered them to sing in 1054
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Pope	Pope	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	sing	sing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	1054	1054	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | past | the Pope |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Pope *not said here* |  |  | 1054 |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 1054=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hymns replace the Bible in Methodist churches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i:t7:o3:1
# text = Hymns replace the Bible in Methodist churches
1	Hymns	hymn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	replace	replace	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	Methodist	Methodist	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	churches	church	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **replace** | present | Hymns | the Bible |  | Methodist churches |  |  | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bible=Co-Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Methodists are not allowed to pray aloud, so they sing instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i:t7:o4:1
# text = Methodists are not allowed to pray aloud, so they sing instead
1	Methodists	methodist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	pray	pray	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	aloud	aloud	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	sing	sing	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  | Methodists |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **pray** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Methodists *not said here* |  |  |  |  | aloud *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | Methodists *= methodist* |  |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «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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