--- title: «his dad said walk slowly?? I'm not a snail» What did màn zǒu mean? — At the friend's home: what to say to t… · tree and pragmatics description: «his dad said walk slowly?? I'm not a snail» What did màn zǒu mean? Test 4 · ★ 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 choice was right. --- [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/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · At the friend's home: what to say to the parents «his dad said walk slowly?? I'm not a snail» What did màn zǒu mean? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dad, I, màn · **What happens:** say, walk, not be, mean · **To what, where:** snail · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 28 «At the friend's home: what to say to the parents» 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/28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «his dad said walk slowly?? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents:t4:1 # text = «his dad said walk slowly?? 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 6 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ?? ?? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | his dad | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **walk** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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:* I'm not a snail» What did màn zǒu mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents:t4:2 # text = I'm not a snail» What did màn zǒu mean? 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 snail snail NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 7 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 obj _ _ 8 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 9 màn màn X FW Foreign=Yes 11 nsubj _ _ 10 zǒu zǒu X FW Foreign=Yes 9 flat _ _ 11 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | present | I | a snail | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **mean** *in a quote* | past · do-support | màn | a snail | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Walk slowly, you're too noisy ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents:t4:o1:1 # text = Walk slowly, you're too noisy 1 Walk walk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 noisy noisy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | you | | | | | noisy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Come back again later ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents:t4:o2:1 # text = Come back again later 1 Come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 again again ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | again | late *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Take care going home ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents:t4:o3:1 # text = Take care going home 1 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 4 home home ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | care | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | | 2 | **go** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} You're being told off ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:28-at-the-friends-home-what-to-say-to-the-parents:t4:o4:1 # text = You're being told off 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 2 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell off** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | You | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | **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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