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title: «ugh my hand's dead after one line, I hold it like a sword». What wo… — Handwriting: holding the pencil and jo… · tree and pragmatics
description: «ugh my hand's dead after one line, I hold it like a sword». What would you tell him? Test 2 of lesson 5 «Handwriting: holding the pencil and joining up» 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 righ
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# Test 2 · Handwriting: holding the pencil and joining up

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«ugh my hand's dead after one line, I hold it like a sword». What would you tell him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, you · **What happens:** hold, tell · **To what, where:** line, him · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 of lesson 5 «Handwriting: holding the pencil and joining up» 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/5-handwriting-holding-the-pencil-and-joining-up/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «ugh my hand's dead after one line, I hold it like a sword».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:5-handwriting-holding-the-pencil-and-joining-up:t2:1
# text = «ugh my hand's dead after one line, I hold it like a sword».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	ugh	ugh	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	hold	hold	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** *in a quote* | present | I | line |  |  |  | like a sword | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 tell him?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:5-handwriting-holding-the-pencil-and-joining-up:t2:2
# text = What would you tell him?
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	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | would | you |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

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

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Pinch it near the tip with thumb and finger and rest it on the middle finger

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:5-handwriting-holding-the-pencil-and-joining-up:t2:o1:1
# text = Pinch it near the tip with thumb and finger and rest it on the middle finger
1	Pinch	pinch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	near	near	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tip	tip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	thumb	thumb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	rest	rest	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	middle	middle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pinch** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | the tip |  | with thumb and finger | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Theme with thumb=Instrument |
| 2 | **rest** | infinitive | you *not said here* | finger |  | the middle finger |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on finger=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Use both hands at once to share the work, one pushing and one steering the pencil

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:5-handwriting-holding-the-pencil-and-joining-up:t2:o2:1
# text = Use both hands at once to share the work, one pushing and one steering the pencil
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nsubj	_	_
12	pushing	push	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nsubj	_	_
15	steering	steer	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	conj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	pencil	pencil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | both hands |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |
| 2 | **share** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the work |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **push** | gerund | one |  |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **steer** | gerund | one | the pencil |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pencil=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hold the very end of the pencil, far from the tip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:5-handwriting-holding-the-pencil-and-joining-up:t2:o3:1
# text = Hold the very end of the pencil, far from the tip
1	Hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pencil	pencil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tip	tip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | the end of the pencil |  | the tip |  | far *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grip harder with the whole fist so it doesn't slip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:5-handwriting-holding-the-pencil-and-joining-up:t2:o4:1
# text = Grip harder with the whole fist so it doesn't slip
1	Grip	grip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	harder	hard	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	fist	fist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	slip	slip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **slip** | present · do-support | Grip |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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