--- title: Isaac's mum says, "You must forgive him right now, or you're unforgi… — Saying sorry and making amends: Zaccha… · tree and pragmatics description: Isaac's mum says, "You must forgive him right now, or you're unforgiving." What does the vicar teach? 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What does the vicar teach? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum, You · **What happens:** say, forgive, unforgiv, do · **To what, where:** Isaac, vicar teach · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 90 «Saying sorry and making amends: Zacchaeus pays back» 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/90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Isaac's mum says, "You must forgive him right now, or you're unforgiving." ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back:t8:1 # text = Isaac's mum says, "You must forgive him right now, or you're unforgiving." 1 Isaac Isaac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 mum mum 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 , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 forgive forgive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 right right ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 or or CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 unforgiving unforgiv VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Isaac's mum | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **forgive** *in a quote* | must | You | Isaac | | | now | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **unforgiv** *in a quote* | present · progressive | you | | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What does the vicar teach? ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back:t8:2 # text = What does the vicar teach? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 vicar vicar NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 teach teach NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | the vicar teach | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teach=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} You only forgive if they give you a present ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back:t8:o1:1 # text = You only forgive if they give you a present 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 forgive forgive VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forgive** | present | You | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **give** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | they | a present | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient present=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Forgiveness must be instant or it doesn't count, so Isaac should hurry up ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back:t8:o2:1 # text = Forgiveness must be instant or it doesn't count, so Isaac should hurry up 1 Forgiveness forgiveness NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 instant instant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 count count VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 Isaac Isaac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 hurry hurry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 15 up up ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | must | Forgiveness | | | | | instant *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **count** | present · do-support | Forgiveness | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **hurry up** | should | Isaac | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Forgiveness can be a journey; being honest about hurt is not unforgiving ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back:t8:o3:1 # text = Forgiveness can be a journey; being honest about hurt is not unforgiving 1 Forgiveness forgiveness NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 cop _ _ 8 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 hurt hurt NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 unforgiving unforgiving ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | can | Forgiveness | a journey | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | about hurt; honest *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **is** | present | a journey | | | | | unforgiving *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} You never need to forgive anyone ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back:t8:o4:1 # text = You never need to forgive anyone 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 forgive forgive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **need** | present | You | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **forgive** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | anyone | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme | **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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