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title: Nan from Newcastle: "Howay, pet, speak up, I cannit hear ye." ("Howa… — Spoken language: presenting and show-a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Nan from Newcastle: "Howay, pet, speak up, I cannit hear ye." ("Howay" means come on; "cannit" means can't.) What should you do? Test 5 of lesson 48 «Spoken language: presenting and show-and-tell» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 5 · Spoken language: presenting and show-and-tell

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Nan from Newcastle: "Howay, pet, speak up, I cannit hear ye." ("Howay" means come on; "cannit" means can't.) What should you do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Howay, I, cannit, you · **What happens:** speak up, cannit, hear, mean, come on, do · **To what, where:** ye · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 of lesson 48 «Spoken language: presenting and show-and-tell» 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/48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Nan from Newcastle: "Howay, pet, speak up, I cannit hear ye."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell:t5:1
# text = Nan from Newcastle: "Howay, pet, speak up, I cannit hear ye."
1	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Newcastle	Newcastle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Howay	Howay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl:relcl	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	cannit	cannit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
15	hear	hear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
16	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak up** *speech: other* *in a quote* | infinitive | Howay *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cannit** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **hear** *in a quote* | present | I *not said here* | ye |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer ye=Stimulus |

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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:* ("Howay" means come on; "cannit" means can't.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell:t5:2
# text = ("Howay" means come on; "cannit" means can't.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Howay	Howay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
7	on	on	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	cannit	cannit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
13	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Howay |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **come on** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **mean** | present | cannit |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What should you do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell:t5:3
# text = What should you do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	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 | **do** | should | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Stop the talk and sit down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell:t5:o1:1
# text = Stop the talk and sit down
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	sit	sit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | the talk |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality talk=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sit down** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Whisper so you don't seem rude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell:t5:o2:1
# text = Whisper so you don't seem rude
1	Whisper	whisper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	seem	seem	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **seem** | present · do-support | Whisper |  |  |  |  | rude *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Speak faster to get to the end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell:t5:o3:1
# text = Speak faster to get to the end
1	Speak	speak	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | to the end |  | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to end=Result |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Speak louder and clearer, to the back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell:t5:o4:1
# text = Speak louder and clearer, to the back
1	Speak	speak	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	xcomp	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	clearer	clear	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the back; loud *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to back=Co-Agent |

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