--- title: What would happen if nobody ever visited graves or remembered the de… — Burial, cremation, the wake and the gr… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if nobody ever visited graves or remembered the dead? Test 5 of lesson 63 «Burial, cremation, the wake and the grave» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave/t5/) [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/) / [Burial, cremation, the wake and the gr…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave/) / t5 # Test 5 · Burial, cremation, the wake and the grave What would happen if nobody ever visited graves or remembered the dead? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nobody · **What happens:** happen, visit, remember · **To what, where:** graves, dead This is test 5 of lesson 63 «Burial, cremation, the wake and the grave» 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/63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave:t5:1 # text = What would happen if nobody ever visited graves or remembered the dead? 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 _ 7 mark _ _ 5 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 nsubj _ _ 6 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 7 advmod _ _ 7 visited visit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 graves grave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? 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 | **visit** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | nobody | graves | | | ever | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grave=Co-Agent | | 3 | **remember** | past | nobody *not said here* | the dead | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent dead=Theme | 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} Nothing at all, remembering never helps ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave:t5:o1:1 # text = Nothing at all, remembering never helps 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 nsubj _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 remembering remember VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 6 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | gerund | Nothing *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **help** | present | Nothing | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} People would lose a place and a way to feel close to those they loved ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave:t5:o2:1 # text = People would lose a place and a way to feel close to those they loved 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl _ _ 11 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 11 obl _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | would | People | a place | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Eventuality | | 2 | **feel** | to-infinitive | People *not said here* | | | | | close *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **love** | past | People | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} The dead would come back to visit us ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave:t5:o3:1 # text = The dead would come back to visit us 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 8 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | would | the dead | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **visit** | to-infinitive | the dead *not said here* | us | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Co-Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Graves would turn into gardens by themselves ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave:t5:o4:1 # text = Graves would turn into gardens by themselves 1 Graves grave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 gardens garden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would | Graves | | | gardens | | by Graves *= grave* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme into garden=Source by themselves=Trajectory | **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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