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title: did u hear Finn crushed a girl's hand so hard shaking it "her finger… — Handshakes, waves and greetings around… · tree and pragmatics
description: did u hear Finn crushed a girl's hand so hard shaking it "her fingers snapped". what's probs exaggerated Test 16 · ★ of lesson 124 «Handshakes, waves and greetings around the world» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 16 · ★ · Handshakes, waves and greetings around the world

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did u hear Finn crushed a girl's hand so hard shaking it "her fingers snapped". what's probs exaggerated

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** u, Finn, fingers · **What happens:** hear, crush, shake, snap, be, exaggerate · **To what, where:** hand, probs · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 124 «Handshakes, waves and greetings around the world» 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/124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:t16:1
# text = did u hear Finn crushed a girl's hand so hard shaking it "her fingers snapped". what's probs exaggerated
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	Finn	Finn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	crushed	crush	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
12	shaking	shake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
17	snapped	snap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
20	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	22	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
22	probs	prob	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	parataxis	_	_
23	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | u |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **crush** | past | Finn | a girl's hand |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |
| 3 | **shake** | gerund | Finn *not said here* | hand |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **snap** *in a quote* | past | Finn's fingers |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **is a** | present |  | probs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **exaggerate** | participle |  | probs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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That her hand hurt after it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:t16:o1:1
# text = That her hand hurt after it
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | past | her hand |  |  |  | after it |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Snapped fingers; but squeezing hard really can hurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:t16:o2:1
# text = Snapped fingers; but squeezing hard really can hurt
1	Snapped	snap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
5	squeezing	squeeze	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
6	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snap** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **squeeze** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **hurt** | can | squeezing | Snapped fingers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That the teacher asked him to stop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:t16:o3:1
# text = That the teacher asked him to stop
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | that teacher |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | that teacher *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That a handshake should be firm but gentle and never squeeze hard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:t16:o4:1
# text = That a handshake should be firm but gentle and never squeeze hard
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	handshake	handshake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	firm	firm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	squeeze	squeeze	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | should | that handshake |  |  |  |  | firm *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | that handshake *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **squeeze** | present | that handshake *not said here* |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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