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title: The vicar announces, very formally: «On All Souls' Day we shall read… — Missing someone: memory boxes, birthda… · tree and pragmatics
description: The vicar announces, very formally: «On All Souls' Day we shall read aloud the names of those departed this year.» Why? Test 7 of lesson 68 «Missing someone: memory boxes, birthdays and special days» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 7 · Missing someone: memory boxes, birthdays and special days

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The vicar announces, very formally: «On All Souls' Day we shall read aloud the names of those departed this year.» Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** vicar, we · **What happens:** announce, read, depart, name · **To what, where:** names, those · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 of lesson 68 «Missing someone: memory boxes, birthdays and special days» 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/68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The vicar announces, very formally: «On All Souls' Day we shall read aloud the names of those departed this year.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:t7:1
# text = The vicar announces, very formally: «On All Souls' Day we shall read aloud the names of those departed this year.»
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vicar	vicar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	announces	announce	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	formally	formally	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	On	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	Souls	Soul	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	Day	Day	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
14	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
17	aloud	aloud	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	19	nmod	_	_
22	departed	depart	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	acl	_	_
23	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	24	det	_	_
24	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **announce** *speech: other* | present | the vicar |  |  |  |  | formally *property* | vn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **read** *in a quote* | shall | we | the names of those |  |  | on all Souls's Day | aloud *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic |
| 3 | **depart** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  | year |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **name** *in a quote* |  |  | those |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:t7:2
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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To punish families who forgot to come

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:t7:o1:1
# text = To punish families who forgot to come
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	punish	punish	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **punish** | to-infinitive |  | families |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Patient |
| 2 | **forget** | past | families |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **come** | to-infinitive | families *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To check that nobody is missing from church

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:t7:o2:1
# text = To check that nobody is missing from church
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	missing	missing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | nobody |  |  | church |  | missing *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To remember them before God on a special day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:t7:o3:1
# text = To remember them before God on a special day
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	remember	remember	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	before	before	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | to-infinitive |  | them *= they* |  |  | before God; day |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To decide who goes to heaven this year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:t7:o4:1
# text = To decide who goes to heaven this year
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	decide	decide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** | present |  |  |  | heaven | year |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to heaven=Initial\_Location |

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