--- title: Your little brother says, "Mum cried in the kitchen, so it's all fal… — Big feelings in big people · tree and pragmatics description: Your little brother says, "Mum cried in the kitchen, so it's all falling apart, innit." Put him right. Test 2 · ★ of lesson 36 «Big feelings in big people» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/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/) / [Big feelings in big people](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Big feelings in big people Your little brother says, "Mum cried in the kitchen, so it's all falling apart, innit." Put him right. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** little brother, Mum, kitchen, you · **What happens:** say, cry, fall apart, innit, put · **To what, where:** kitchen, brother · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 36 «Big feelings in big people» 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/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your little brother says, "Mum cried in the kitchen, so it's all falling apart, innit." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:t2:1 # text = Your little brother says, "Mum cried in the kitchen, so it's all falling apart, innit." 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 brother brother 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 , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 all all ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 falling fall VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 18 apart apart ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 innit innit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your little brother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | Mum | | | the kitchen | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in kitchen=Location | | 3 | **fall apart** *in a quote* | present · progressive | kitchen | | | | | all, apart *property* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **innit** *in a quote* | infinitive | kitchen *not said here* | | | | | | 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:* Put him right. ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:t2:2 # text = Put him right. 1 Put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 right right ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | | brother | | | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} No, grown-ups cry from stress or tiredness too, and it's normal ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:t2:o1:1 # text = No, grown-ups cry from stress or tiredness too, and it's normal 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ups up NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 cry cry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 stress stress NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 tiredness tiredness NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 11 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 normal normal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | grown ups | | | stress or tiredness | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | tiredness | | | | | normal *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, crying always means the family is ending ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:t2:o2:1 # text = Yes, crying always means the family is ending 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 csubj _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 5 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 ending end VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | always *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **mean** | present | crying | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **end** | present · progressive | the family | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, and it's because he left his toys out ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:t2:o3:1 # text = Yes, and it's because he left his toys out 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 because because SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 toys toy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 out out ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | leave, out *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} No, grown-ups never cry, she must be chopping onions ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:t2:o4:1 # text = No, grown-ups never cry, she must be chopping onions 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ups up NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 cry cry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 10 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 cop _ _ 12 chopping chopping NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 onions onion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **cry** *speech: express* | present | grown ups | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | must | she | chopping onions | | | | | 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. 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