--- title: A shopkeeper says wǒ mài. What is she doing? — The four tones: same sound, different… · tree and pragmatics description: A shopkeeper says wǒ mài. What is she doing? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 2 «The four tones: same sound, different meaning» of the Chinese 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/2-the-four-tones/t9/) [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/) / [Chinese street](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/) / [The four tones: same sound, different…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/2-the-four-tones/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · The four tones: same sound, different meaning A shopkeeper says wǒ mài. What is she doing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** shopkeeper · **What happens:** say, do · **To what, where:** wǒ · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 2 «The four tones: same sound, different meaning» of the Chinese 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/chinese-street/2-the-four-tones/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A shopkeeper says wǒ mài. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:2-the-four-tones:t9:1 # text = A shopkeeper says wǒ mài. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 shopkeeper shopkeeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 wǒ wǒ X FW Foreign=Yes 3 obj _ _ 5 mài mài X FW Foreign=Yes 4 flat:foreign _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a shopkeeper | wǒ | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent wǒ=Topic | 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 she doing? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:2-the-four-tones:t9:2 # text = What is she doing? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 is be 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 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present · progressive | shopkeeper | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Scolding you ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:2-the-four-tones:t9:o1:1 # text = Scolding you 1 Scolding scold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scold** | gerund | | you | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Counting money ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:2-the-four-tones:t9:o2:1 # text = Counting money 1 Counting count VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | gerund | | money | | | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Selling ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:2-the-four-tones:t9:o3:1 # text = Selling 1 Selling sell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** | gerund | | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Buying ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:2-the-four-tones:t9:o4:1 # text = Buying 1 Buying buy VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | gerund | | | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | **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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