--- title: A dreich wet Sunday with nothing to do feels endless. A day at the b… — Why time flies and why it drags · tree and pragmatics description: A dreich wet Sunday with nothing to do feels endless. A day at the beach flies past. Both days have how many hours? 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Both days have how many hours? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dreich wet Sunday, day, days · **What happens:** do, feel, fly, have This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 110 «Why time flies and why it drags» of the world 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/world/110-why-time-flies-and-why-it-drags/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A dreich wet Sunday with nothing to do feels endless. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:110-why-time-flies-and-why-it-drags:t6:1 # text = A dreich wet Sunday with nothing to do feels endless. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 dreich dreich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Sunday Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ _ 9 feels feel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 endless endless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | to-infinitive | a dreich wet Sunday with nothing *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **feel** | present | a dreich wet Sunday with nothing | | | | | endless *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | 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:* A day at the beach flies past. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:110-why-time-flies-and-why-it-drags:t6:2 # text = A day at the beach flies past. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 flies fly VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 past past ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | present | a day at the beach | | | | | past *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | *Sentence 3:* Both days have how many hours? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:110-why-time-flies-and-why-it-drags:t6:3 # text = Both days have how many hours? 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 5 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | both days | | | | hour | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} More hours on the beach day ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:110-why-time-flies-and-why-it-drags:t6:o1:1 # text = More hours on the beach day 1 More more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} It changes with the weather ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:110-why-time-flies-and-why-it-drags:t6:o2:1 # text = It changes with the weather 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 changes change VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | present | It | | | | | with the weather | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} More hours on the dull day ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:110-why-time-flies-and-why-it-drags:t6:o3:1 # text = More hours on the dull day 1 More more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 dull dull ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} 24 hours each ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:110-why-time-flies-and-why-it-drags:t6:o4:1 # text = 24 hours each 1 24 24 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 2 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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