--- title: want the ketchup, its way over there — Excuse me, and good manners at the table · tree and pragmatics description: want the ketchup, its way over there Test 10 of lesson 127 «Excuse me, and good manners at the table» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Excuse me, and good manners at the table](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/) / t10 # Test 10 · Excuse me, and good manners at the table want the ketchup, its way over there **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** want · **To what, where:** ketchup This is test 10 of lesson 127 «Excuse me, and good manners at the table» 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/127-excuse-me-and-table-manners/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:127-excuse-me-and-table-manners:t10:1 # text = want the ketchup, its way over there 1 want want VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 ketchup ketchup NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ _ 7 over over ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | imperative | you *not said here* | the ketchup | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot ketchup=Theme | 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} Wait until everyone has left ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:127-excuse-me-and-table-manners:t10:o1:1 # text = Wait until everyone has left 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 until until SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 5 nsubj _ _ 4 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **leave** | present · perfect | everyone | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Ask someone to pass it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:127-excuse-me-and-table-manners:t10:o2:1 # text = Ask someone to pass it 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 1 obj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | someone | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **pass** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | someone *not said here* | it | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} Climb onto your chair to get it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:127-excuse-me-and-table-manners:t10:o3:1 # text = Climb onto your chair to get it 1 Climb climb VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 onto onto ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | your chair | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto chair=Trajectory | | 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | chair | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Stand up and reach across the table ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:127-excuse-me-and-table-manners:t10:o4:1 # text = Stand up and reach across the table 1 Stand stand VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 reach reach VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 across across ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand up** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **reach** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | the table | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent across table=Path | **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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