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title: Why should you sit down when chatting for a long time with someone i… — More greetings and making introductions · tree and pragmatics
description: Why should you sit down when chatting for a long time with someone in a wheelchair? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 125 «More greetings and making introductions» 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 wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★ · More greetings and making introductions

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Why should you sit down when chatting for a long time with someone in a wheelchair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** sit down, chat

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 125 «More greetings and making introductions» 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/125-greetings-and-introductions/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t5:1
# text = Why should you sit down when chatting for a long time with someone in a wheelchair?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
7	chatting	chat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	wheelchair	wheelchair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit down** | should | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **chat** *speech: other* | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  | time | with someone | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with someone=Co-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 {#o1}

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Because standing too close to a wheelchair is not allowed by the rules

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t5:o1:1
# text = Because standing too close to a wheelchair is not allowed by the rules
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
2	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	csubj:pass	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wheelchair	wheelchair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | gerund |  | close |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer close=Stimulus |
| 2 | **not** **allow** | present · passive | standing |  |  |  |  | by the rules | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING» |

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

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So you talk at the same eye level, as you would with anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t5:o2:1
# text = So you talk at the same eye level, as you would with anyone
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	talk	talk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	level	level	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | present | you |  |  | the same eye level |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because they cannot hear people who stand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t5:o3:1
# text = Because they cannot hear people who stand
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	stand	stand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hear** | can | they | people |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus |
| 2 | **stand** | present | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because it is the only way to see the wheels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t5:o4:1
# text = Because it is the only way to see the wheels
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wheels	wheel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | the only way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive |  | the wheels |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wheel=Stimulus |

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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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