--- title: Dad mutters, "Bloody hospital letters," and his voice goes wobbly ab… — Big feelings in big people · tree and pragmatics description: Dad mutters, "Bloody hospital letters," and his voice goes wobbly about Gran's check-up. What is under the grumpy words? Test 3 · ★ 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](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/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Big feelings in big people Dad mutters, "Bloody hospital letters," and his voice goes wobbly about Gran's check-up. What is under the grumpy words? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dad, voice · **What happens:** mutter, go, be · **To what, where:** Bloody hospital letters, grumpy words This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Dad mutters, "Bloody hospital letters," and his voice goes wobbly about Gran's check-up. ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:t3:1 # text = Dad mutters, "Bloody hospital letters," and his voice goes wobbly about Gran's check-up. 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 mutters mutter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Bloody bloody ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 hospital hospital NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 14 wobbly wobbly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ _ 15 about about ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 16 Gran Gran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 check check NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 up up NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mutter** *speech: assert* | present | Dad | Bloody hospital letters | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Topic | | 2 | **go** | present | Dad's voice | | | | | about Gran's check up; wobbly *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about up=Location | 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 is under the grumpy words? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:t3:2 # text = What is under the grumpy words? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 under under ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 grumpy grumpy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | the grumpy words | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He hates the postman ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:t3:o1:1 # text = He hates the postman 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hates hate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 postman postman NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hate** | present | He | the postman | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer postman=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} He thinks the letters are funny ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:t3:o2:1 # text = He thinks the letters are funny 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | He | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | the letters | | | | | funny *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He is frightened for Gran ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:t3:o3:1 # text = He is frightened for Gran 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Gran Gran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **frighten** | present · passive | | He | | | | for Gran | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} He is bored with Gran ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:36-big-feelings-in-big-people:t3:o4:1 # text = He is bored with Gran 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 bored bored ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Gran Gran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | with Gran; bored *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. 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