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title: lil bro grabbed the razor, should i snatch it — Sharp things, small objects and little… · tree and pragmatics
description: lil bro grabbed the razor, should i snatch it Test 15 · ★ of lesson 112 «Sharp things, small objects and little ones» of the everyday 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 15 · ★ · Sharp things, small objects and little ones

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lil bro grabbed the razor, should i snatch it

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lil bro, i · **What happens:** grab, snatch · **To what, where:** razor

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This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 112 «Sharp things, small objects and little ones» of the everyday 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/everyday/112-sharp-things-and-little-ones/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:112-sharp-things-and-little-ones:t15:1
# text = lil bro grabbed the razor, should i snatch it
1	lil	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	razor	razor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	snatch	snatch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past | lil bro | the razor |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent razor=Theme |
| 2 | **snatch** | should | i | razor |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Let him keep it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:112-sharp-things-and-little-ones:t15:o1:1
# text = Let him keep it
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Calmly ask an adult or swap it for a toy, don't grab the blade

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:112-sharp-things-and-little-ones:t15:o2:1
# text = Calmly ask an adult or swap it for a toy, don't grab the blade
1	Calmly	calmly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	swap	swap	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	grab	grab	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | a adult |  |  | calmly *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
| 2 | **swap** | infinitive | you *not said here* | adult |  |  |  | for a toy | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme for toy=Co-Theme |
| 3 | **not** **grab** | infinitive · do-support | you *not said here* | the blade |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blade=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Snatch it off him quickly by the blade before he cuts himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:112-sharp-things-and-little-ones:t15:o3:1
# text = Snatch it off him quickly by the blade before he cuts himself
1	Snatch	snatch	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	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	case	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	cuts	cut	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
12	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snatch** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | off him *= he*; by the blade; quickly *property* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme off he=Source |
| 2 | **cut** | present | he | himself *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Chase him round the house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:112-sharp-things-and-little-ones:t15:o4:1
# text = Chase him round the house
1	Chase	chase	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	round	round	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  | the house |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme round house=Trajectory |

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