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title: You whine «wèishénme?» (why?) after a parent's bù xíng. What usually… — Yes and no — there is no single word · tree and pragmatics
description: You whine «wèishénme?» (why?) after a parent's bù xíng. What usually happens? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 4 «Yes and no — there is no single word» 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.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Yes and no — there is no single word

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You whine «wèishénme?» (why?) after a parent's bù xíng. What usually happens?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** You · **What happens:** whine, happen · **To what, where:** wèishénme

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 4 «Yes and no — there is no single word» 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/4-yes-and-no/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You whine «wèishénme?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:4-yes-and-no:t4:1
# text = You whine «wèishénme?»
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	whine	whine	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	wèishénme	wèishénme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whine** | present | You | wèishénme |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wèishénme=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* (why?) after a parent's bù xíng.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:4-yes-and-no:t4:2
# text = (why?) after a parent's bù xíng.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	bù	bù	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	xíng	xíng	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 3:* What usually happens?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:4-yes-and-no:t4:3
# text = What usually happens?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present |  |  |  |  |  | usually *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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You get double sweets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:4-yes-and-no:t4:o1:1
# text = You get double sweets
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	double	double	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | You | double sweets |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sweet=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It means «sorry» so it's fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:4-yes-and-no:t4:o2:1
# text = It means «sorry» so it's fine
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	sorry	sorry	INTJ	UH	_	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The parent changes their mind at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:4-yes-and-no:t4:o3:1
# text = The parent changes their mind at once
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present | the parent | their mind |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient |
| 2 | **mind** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It goes down as badly as anywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:chinese-street:4-yes-and-no:t4:o4:1
# text = It goes down as badly as anywhere
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	as	as	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go down** | present | It |  |  |  |  | badly, down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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