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title: A Muslim classmate asks: «why do you go to church on Sunday, not Sat… — The Ten Commandments · tree and pragmatics
description: A Muslim classmate asks: «why do you go to church on Sunday, not Saturday like the Jews?» Test 4 of lesson 7 «The Ten Commandments» 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.
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# Test 4 · The Ten Commandments

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A Muslim classmate asks: «why do you go to church on Sunday, not Saturday like the Jews?»

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Muslim classmate, you · **What happens:** ask, go · **To what, where:** church · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 of lesson 7 «The Ten Commandments» 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/7-the-ten-commandments/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t4:1
# text = A Muslim classmate asks: «why do you go to church on Sunday, not Saturday like the Jews?»
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Muslim	Muslim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
18	like	like	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	Jews	Jew	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a Muslim classmate |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you |  |  | church | saturday; sunday | like the Jews | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to church=Initial\_Location |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Sunday is the only day of the week that churches are allowed to open

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t4:o1:1
# text = Sunday is the only day of the week that churches are allowed to open
1	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	churches	church	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	parataxis	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	open	open	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Sunday | the only day |  |  | week |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **allow** | present · passive |  | that |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **open** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | that *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Jews and Christians both keep Friday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t4:o2:1
# text = Jews and Christians both keep Friday
1	Jews	Jew	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	both	both	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Friday	Friday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Jews and Christians |  |  |  | friday | both *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Most Christians keep Sunday, the day Jesus rose from the dead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t4:o3:1
# text = Most Christians keep Sunday, the day Jesus rose from the dead
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Most Christians |  |  |  | sunday |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **rise** | past | Jesus |  |  | the dead | day |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from dead=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Bible forbids church on Saturday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t4:o4:1
# text = The Bible forbids church on Saturday
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	forbids	forbid	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forbid** | present | the Bible | church |  |  | saturday |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer church=Theme |

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