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title: The vicar announces, very formally: «Volunteers are sought to accomp… — Kindness to the dying and visiting the… · tree and pragmatics
description: The vicar announces, very formally: «Volunteers are sought to accompany our housebound members on Thursday afternoons.» What is he asking for? Test 3 of lesson 77 «Kindness to the dying and visiting the old» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Test 3 · Kindness to the dying and visiting the old

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The vicar announces, very formally: «Volunteers are sought to accompany our housebound members on Thursday afternoons.» What is he asking for?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** vicar · **What happens:** announce, seek, accompany, ask · **To what, where:** Volunteers, housebound members · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 of lesson 77 «Kindness to the dying and visiting the old» 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/77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The vicar announces, very formally: «Volunteers are sought to accompany our housebound members on Thursday afternoons.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:t3:1
# text = The vicar announces, very formally: «Volunteers are sought to accompany our housebound members on Thursday afternoons.»
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	:	_	11	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Volunteers	volunteer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	sought	seek	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	accompany	accompany	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	housebound	housebound	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	Thursday	Thursday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	afternoons	afternoon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	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 | **seek** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | Volunteers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **accompany** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive |  | our housebound members |  |  | afternoon |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent member=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:* What is he asking for?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:t3:2
# text = What is he asking for?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · progressive | vicar |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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People to stay home on Thursdays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:t3:o1:1
# text = People to stay home on Thursdays
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	home	home	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Thursdays	Thursday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | to-infinitive | People |  |  |  | thursday | home *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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People to visit old church members who can't go out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:t3:o2:1
# text = People to visit old church members who can't go out
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
8	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl:relcl	_	_
11	out	out	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | to-infinitive |  | old church members |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent member=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **not** **go out** | can | old church members |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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People to drive the vicar to the shops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:t3:o3:1
# text = People to drive the vicar to the shops
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	drive	drive	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	vicar	vicar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | to-infinitive | People | the vicar |  | the shops |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent vicar=Theme to shop=Trajectory |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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People to clean the church on Thursdays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:t3:o4:1
# text = People to clean the church on Thursdays
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	clean	clean	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Thursdays	Thursday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clean** | to-infinitive | People | the church |  |  | thursday |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent church=Patient |

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