--- title: Overheard: «Absolutely knackered, love, been on my feet since six.»… — When grown-ups are tired or worried · tree and pragmatics description: Overheard: «Absolutely knackered, love, been on my feet since six.» What does she mean? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 34 «When grown-ups are tired or worried» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/t2/) [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/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [When grown-ups are tired or worried](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · When grown-ups are tired or worried Overheard: «Absolutely knackered, love, been on my feet since six.» What does she mean? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** overhear, knacker, be, mean · **To what, where:** love, feet This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 34 «When grown-ups are tired or worried» of the adult life 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/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Overheard: «Absolutely knackered, love, been on my feet since six.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried:t2:1 # text = Overheard: «Absolutely knackered, love, been on my feet since six.» 1 Overheard overhear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Absolutely absolutely ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 knackered knacker VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 cop _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 13 since since ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **overhear** | participle | | | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **knacker** *in a quote* | past | | love and my feet | | | since six | absolutely *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | participle | | | | my feet | | | 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 she mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried:t2:2 # text = What does she mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | she | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} She hurt her knee at work ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried:t2:o1:1 # text = She hurt her knee at work 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hurt hurt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 knee knee NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | past | She | her knee | | work | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer knee=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} She has been asleep since six ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried:t2:o2:1 # text = She has been asleep since six 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 cop _ _ 4 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 since since ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present · perfect | She | | | | since six | asleep *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} She wants to go running now ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried:t2:o3:1 # text = She wants to go running now 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | She | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **run** | gerund | She *not said here* | | | | now | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} She is extremely tired ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried:t2:o4:1 # text = She is extremely tired 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 extremely extremely ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | | | extremely, tired *property* | tree rules | **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. - ← previous: [When grown-ups are tired or worried, test 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/t1/) - next →: [When grown-ups are tired or worried, test 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/t3/) - ↑ back to [When grown-ups are tired or worried](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/)