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title: Why might a stranger's wave not be for you? — Handshakes, waves and greetings around… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why might a stranger's wave not be for you? Test 5 · ★ 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 option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Handshakes, waves and greetings around the world

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Why might a stranger's wave not be for you?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** wave, stranger · **What happens:** not be, wave

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:t5:1
# text = Why might a stranger's wave not be for you?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	wave	wave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | might | a stranger's wave |  |  |  |  | for you | tree rules |
| 2 | **wave** |  | a stranger |  |  |  |  |  | nom wave «event transitive»: poss=agent |

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

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It is often meant for someone behind you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:t5:o1:1
# text = It is often meant for someone behind you
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	often	often	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	meant	mean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	_
7	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | for someone; often *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for someone=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Because only children wave at each other

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:t5:o2:1
# text = Because only children wave at each other
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wave	wave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	4	obl	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | present | children |  |  | each |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at each=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because waving is only for goodbyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:t5:o3:1
# text = Because waving is only for goodbyes
1	Because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	2	case	_	_
2	waving	waving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	goodbyes	goodbye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | for goodbyes; because waving | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because strangers never wave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:124-handshakes-waves-and-local-customs:t5:o4:1
# text = Because strangers never wave
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	strangers	stranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	wave	wave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **wave** | present | strangers |  |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: 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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