--- title: grandad cant hear me well, should i shout — Greeting friends and relatives · tree and pragmatics description: grandad cant hear me well, should i shout Test 10 of lesson 122 «Greeting friends and relatives» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/122-greeting-friends-and-relatives/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Greeting friends and relatives](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/122-greeting-friends-and-relatives/) / t10 # Test 10 · Greeting friends and relatives grandad cant hear me well, should i shout **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** grandad cant, i · **What happens:** hear, shout · **To what, where:** me This is test 10 of lesson 122 «Greeting friends and relatives» 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/122-greeting-friends-and-relatives/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t10:1 # text = grandad cant hear me well, should i shout 1 grandad grandad NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 cant cant NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ 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 shout shout VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | infinitive | grandad cant | me | | | | well *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | should | i | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Speak fast so it's quick ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t10:o1:1 # text = Speak fast so it's quick 1 Speak speak VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **is** | present | it | | | | | quick *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Face him and speak clearly and a bit louder ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t10:o2:1 # text = Face him and speak clearly and a bit louder 1 Face face 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 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 speak speak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 clearly clearly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **face** | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Destination | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | you *not said here* | | | | | clearly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, shout as loud as you can, that is the only way he will hear ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t10:o3:1 # text = Yes, shout as loud as you can, that is the only way he will hear 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 shout shout VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 as as ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | loud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | that | the only way | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **hear** | future | he | the only way *not said here* | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} Whisper close to his ear ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:122-greeting-friends-and-relatives:t10:o4:1 # text = Whisper close to his ear 1 Whisper whisper VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | close *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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