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title: An Indian family friend greets you with palms together. Which answer… — More greetings and making introductions · tree and pragmatics
description: An Indian family friend greets you with palms together. Which answer is fine? Test 6 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 6 · ★ · More greetings and making introductions

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An Indian family friend greets you with palms together. Which answer is fine?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Indian family friend, answer · **What happens:** greet, be · **To what, where:** you

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* An Indian family friend greets you with palms together.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t6:1
# text = An Indian family friend greets you with palms together.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	Indian	Indian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	greets	greet	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	palms	palm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	together	together	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **greet** *speech: greet* | present | a Indian family friend |  | you |  |  | with palms; together *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which answer is fine?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t6:2
# text = Which answer is fine?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which answer |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A fist bump straight into their palms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t6:o1:1
# text = A fist bump straight into their palms
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fist	fist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	bump	bump	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	palms	palm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bump** | present | a fist |  |  | their palms |  | straight *property* | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into palm=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Turning away, since you do not know the custom and might get it wrong

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t6:o2:1
# text = Turning away, since you do not know the custom and might get it wrong
1	Turning	turn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	csubj	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	custom	custom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
12	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn away** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | you | the custom |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer custom=Stimulus |
| 3 | **get** | might | Turning | custom |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A bow from the waist like in Japan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t6:o3:1
# text = A bow from the waist like in Japan
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	waist	waist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Palms together and "Namaste", or a friendly hello

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:125-greetings-and-introductions:t6:o4:1
# text = Palms together and "Namaste", or a friendly hello
1	Palms	palm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	together	together	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Namaste	namaste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	hello	hello	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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