--- title: What would happen if a child greeted nobody and talked over a granny… — Words that hurt — what they mean, neve… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a child greeted nobody and talked over a granny at dinner? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 24 «Words that hurt — what they mean, never to be said» 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 cho --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/24-words-that-hurt/t11/) [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/) / [Words that hurt — what they mean, neve…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/24-words-that-hurt/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Words that hurt — what they mean, never to be said What would happen if a child greeted nobody and talked over a granny at dinner? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** happen, greet, talk · **To what, where:** child This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 24 «Words that hurt — what they mean, never to be said» 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/24-words-that-hurt/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:24-words-that-hurt:t11:1 # text = What would happen if a child greeted nobody and talked over a granny at dinner? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 greeted greet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 8 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 11 over over ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 granny granny NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **greet** *speech: greet* *a condition, not said to happen* | participle · passive | | a child | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **talk** | past | | | | | | over a granny at dinner | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} She might say "méi jiàoyǎng", blaming his family ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:24-words-that-hurt:t11:o1:1 # text = She might say "méi jiàoyǎng", blaming his family 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 méi méi X FW _ 6 compound _ _ 6 jiàoyǎng jiàoyǎng NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 blaming blame VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | might | She | méi jiàoyǎng | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent jiàoyǎng=Topic | | 2 | **blame** | gerund | She *not said here* | his family | | | | | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} She'd give him a red envelope ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:24-words-that-hurt:t11:o2:1 # text = She'd give him a red envelope 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 envelope envelope NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | would | She | a red envelope | him *= he* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient envelope=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} She'd say "zhēn guāi!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:24-words-that-hurt:t11:o3:1 # text = She'd say "zhēn guāi!" 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 zhēn zhēn X FW Foreign=Yes 3 obj _ _ 6 guāi guāi X FW Foreign=Yes 5 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | She | zhēn | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent zhēn=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} She'd say "xīnnián kuàilè" ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:24-words-that-hurt:t11:o4:1 # text = She'd say "xīnnián kuàilè" 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 xīnnián xīnnián X FW Foreign=Yes 6 compound _ _ 6 kuàilè kuàilè PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | She | xīnnián kuàilè | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent kuàilè=Topic | **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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