--- title: Ascertain the signification of the valediction màn zǒu, as uttered b… — At the friend's home: what to say to t… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the signification of the valediction màn zǒu, as uttered by a host. Exam question 3 of lesson 28 «At the friend's home: what to say to the parents» 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 choi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents/e3/) [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/) / [At the friend's home: what to say to t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · At the friend's home: what to say to the parents Ascertain the signification of the valediction màn zǒu, as uttered by a host. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, utter, signify · **To what, where:** signification, valediction This is exam question 3 of lesson 28 «At the friend's home: what to say to the parents» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents:e3:1 # text = Ascertain the signification of the valediction màn zǒu, as uttered by a host. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 signification signification NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 valediction valediction NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 màn màn X FW Foreign=Yes 6 conj _ _ 8 zǒu zǒu X FW Foreign=Yes 7 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 uttered utter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 parataxis _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the signification of the valediction | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signification=Topic | | 2 | **utter** *speech: other* | participle | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **signify** | | | the valediction | | | | | nom signification «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 {#o1} An instruction to the guest to proceed at reduced speed ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents:e3:o1:1 # text = An instruction to the guest to proceed at reduced speed 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 instruction instruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 guest guest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 proceed proceed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 reduced reduce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 amod _ _ 10 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **proceed** | to-infinitive | | | | reduced speed | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **reduce** | participle | | | | | | | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer | ### Option 2 {#o2} A reproach for the guest's tardiness ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents:e3:o2:1 # text = A reproach for the guest's tardiness 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 reproach reproach NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 guest guest NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 tardiness tardiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A wish for the guest's safe journey home ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents:e3:o3:1 # text = A wish for the guest's safe journey home 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 guest guest NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 9 home home ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **journey** | | the guest | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} A request that the guest remain for dinner ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents:e3:o4:1 # text = A request that the guest remain for dinner 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 guest guest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 acl _ _ 6 remain remain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | present | a request | | | | | for dinner | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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