---
title: Hari's friend says, "Only Christians think promises are sacred." Wha… — Vows, oaths and promises in faith · tree and pragmatics
description: Hari's friend says, "Only Christians think promises are sacred." What is accurate? Test 10 of lesson 88 «Vows, oaths and promises in faith» 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.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith/t10/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Vows, oaths and promises in faith](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith/) / t10

# Test 10 · Vows, oaths and promises in faith

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Hari's friend says, "Only Christians think promises are sacred." What is accurate?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend, Christians, promises · **What happens:** say, think, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 10 of lesson 88 «Vows, oaths and promises in faith» 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/88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith/#t10).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* Hari's friend says, "Only Christians think promises are sacred."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith:t10:1
# text = Hari's friend says, "Only Christians think promises are sacred."
1	Hari	Hari	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	promises	promise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Hari's friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | Christians |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | promises |  |  |  |  | sacred *property* | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* What is accurate?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith:t10:2
# text = What is accurate?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | accurate *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Many faiths treat promises as sacred, including Hindus and Muslims

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith:t10:o1:1
# text = Many faiths treat promises as sacred, including Hindus and Muslims
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	faiths	faith	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	treat	treat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	promises	promise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	including	include	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	case	_	_
9	Hindus	Hindu	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	Muslims	Muslim	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treat** | present | Many faiths | promises |  |  |  | as sacred; include Hindus and Muslims | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent promise=Theme as sacred=Attribute |
| 2 | **include** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Hindus think promises don't count

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith:t10:o2:1
# text = Hindus think promises don't count
1	Hindus	Hindu	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	promises	promise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Hindus |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **count** | present · do-support | promises |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only Christians care about keeping promises; other faiths do not mind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith:t10:o3:1
# text = Only Christians care about keeping promises; other faiths do not mind
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	care	care	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	promises	promise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	faiths	faith	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
10	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	mind	mind	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **care** | present | Christians |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **keep** | gerund | Christians *not said here* | promises |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **mind** | present · do-support | other faiths |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No faith thinks promises matter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith:t10:o4:1
# text = No faith thinks promises matter
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	promises	promise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	matter	matter	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | no faith |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **matter** | present | promises |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

<!-- div src -->

**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Vows, oaths and promises in faith, test 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith/t9/)
- next →: [Vows, oaths and promises in faith, test 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith/t11/)
- ↑ back to [Vows, oaths and promises in faith](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith/)