--- title: What would happen if nobody ever said thank you for anything? — Life is precious: wonder and gratitude · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if nobody ever said thank you for anything? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 54 «Life is precious: wonder and gratitude» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude/t4/) [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/) / [Life is precious: wonder and gratitude](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Life is precious: wonder and gratitude What would happen if nobody ever said thank you for anything? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** nobody · **What happens:** happen, say, thank · **To what, where:** you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 54 «Life is precious: wonder and gratitude» 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/54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t4:1 # text = What would happen if nobody ever said thank you for anything? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 8 nsubj _ _ 6 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 7 advmod _ _ 7 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 8 thank thank VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | participle | | | | | ever | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **thank** *speech: thank* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | nobody | | you | | | for anything | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent you=Theme for anything=Attribute | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} People might notice less of what is good and feel less glad ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t4:o1:1 # text = People might notice less of what is good and feel less glad 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 notice notice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 amod _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 obj _ _ 12 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **notice** | might | People | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **feel** | present | People *not said here* | less | | | | glad *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent less=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Food would stop growing on farms ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t4:o2:1 # text = Food would stop growing on farms 1 Food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 growing grow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 farms farm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | would | Food | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **grow** | gerund | Food *not said here* | | | farms | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on farm=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing would ever go wrong again ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t4:o3:1 # text = Nothing would ever go wrong again 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 4 advmod _ _ 4 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | would | Nothing | | | | ever; again | wrong *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Everyone would be much happier ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t4:o4:1 # text = Everyone would be much happier 1 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 0 root _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 happier happy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would | | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | **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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