--- title: A girl in Melbourne gives a handshake so hard that her uncle winces.… — Handshakes, waves and greetings around… · tree and pragmatics description: A girl in Melbourne gives a handshake so hard that her uncle winces. What should she change? 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What should she change? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** give, wince, change · **To what, where:** handshake This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A girl in Melbourne gives a handshake so hard that her uncle winces. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:t2:1 # text = A girl in Melbourne gives a handshake so hard that her uncle winces. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Melbourne Melbourne PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 handshake handshake NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 winces wince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present | a girl in Melbourne | a handshake | | | | hard *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handshake=Theme | | 2 | **wince** | | girl | | | | | | nom wince «communication intransitive»: poss=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. *Sentence 2:* What should she change? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:t2:2 # text = What should she change? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | should | girl | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Shake with both hands at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:t2:o1:1 # text = Shake with both hands at once 1 Shake shake VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shake** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | with both hands | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer at once=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Stop shaking hands for ever ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:t2:o2:1 # text = Stop shaking hands for ever 1 Stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 shaking shake VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 xcomp _ _ 3 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **shake** | gerund | you *not said here* | hands | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Make her hand completely floppy ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:t2:o3:1 # text = Make her hand completely floppy 1 Make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 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 1 obj _ _ 4 completely completely ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 floppy floppy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | her hand | | | | floppy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hand=Product | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Grip firmly but not hard ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:t2:o4:1 # text = Grip firmly but not hard 1 Grip grip NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 firmly firmly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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