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title: Why would it be odd to wish "KhrystOs rodYvsya!" in July? — Only joking! Swearing — and Christmas… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why would it be odd to wish "KhrystOs rodYvsya!" in July? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 27 «Only joking! Swearing — and Christmas Eve» of the Ukrainian street 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 11 · ★ · Only joking! Swearing — and Christmas Eve

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Why would it be odd to wish "KhrystOs rodYvsya!" in July?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it · **What happens:** be, wish · **To what, where:** KhrystOs

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 27 «Only joking! Swearing — and Christmas Eve» of the Ukrainian street 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/ukrainian-street/27-only-joking-swearing-and-christmas-eve/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:27-only-joking-swearing-and-christmas-eve:t11:1
# text = Why would it be odd to wish "KhrystOs rodYvsya!" in July?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	odd	odd	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	wish	wish	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	KhrystOs	Khrysto	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	rodYvsya	rodYvsya	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	July	July	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | it |  |  |  |  | odd *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **wish** | to-infinitive |  | KhrystOs |  |  | july |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot khrysto=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It means good night and sleep well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:27-only-joking-swearing-and-christmas-eve:t11:o1:1
# text = It means good night and sleep well
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sleep	sleep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It |  |  |  | night |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sleep** | present |  |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is a birthday wish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:27-only-joking-swearing-and-christmas-eve:t11:o2:1
# text = It is a birthday wish
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a birthday wish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is only for Easter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:27-only-joking-swearing-and-christmas-eve:t11:o3:1
# text = It is only for Easter
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Easter	Easter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | for Easter | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It is a Christmas greeting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:27-only-joking-swearing-and-christmas-eve:t11:o4:1
# text = It is a Christmas greeting
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	greeting	greeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a Christmas greeting |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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.

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