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title: Gran: «comics rot your brain, give her a proper book.» What would yo… — Reading for pleasure and the reading b… · tree and pragmatics
description: Gran: «comics rot your brain, give her a proper book.» What would you say? Test 3 of lesson 16 «Reading for pleasure and the reading book at home» of the English 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 3 · Reading for pleasure and the reading book at home

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Gran: «comics rot your brain, give her a proper book.» What would you say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** comics, you · **What happens:** rot, give, say · **To what, where:** brain, proper book, her · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 of lesson 16 «Reading for pleasure and the reading book at home» of the English 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/english/16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Gran: «comics rot your brain, give her a proper book.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t3:1
# text = Gran: «comics rot your brain, give her a proper book.»
1	Gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	comics	comic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	rot	rot	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	iobj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rot** *in a quote* | present | comics | your brain |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | comics *not said here* | a proper book | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient book=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:* What would you say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t3:2
# text = What would you say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Comics are real reading, and she can have other books too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t3:o1:1
# text = Comics are real reading, and she can have other books too
1	Comics	comic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	too	too	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Comics | real reading |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | can | she | other books |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Comics are only for very little children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t3:o2:1
# text = Comics are only for very little children
1	Comics	comic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Comics |  |  |  |  | for little children | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Gran's right, the pictures do the work so children stop thinking for themselves

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t3:o3:1
# text = Gran's right, the pictures do the work so children stop thinking for themselves
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
13	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	xcomp	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | the pictures | the work |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality |
| 2 | **stop** | present | children |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | children *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for children *= child* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Gran's right, comics have no words worth learning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t3:o4:1
# text = Gran's right, comics have no words worth learning
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	comics	comic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	learning	learning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Gran's right comics | no words |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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