--- title: corridor's packed, gonna shove thru — Excuse me, and good manners at the table · tree and pragmatics description: corridor's packed, gonna shove thru Test 14 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/t14/) [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/) / t14 # Test 14 · Excuse me, and good manners at the table corridor's packed, gonna shove thru **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** corridor · **What happens:** pack, shove This is test 14 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/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:127-excuse-me-and-table-manners:t14:1 # text = corridor's packed, gonna shove thru 1 corridor corridor NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 packed pack VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 gonna gonna X FW Foreign=Yes 6 dep _ _ 6 shove shove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 7 thru thru PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pack** | participle | corridor | | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **shove** | infinitive | corridor *not said here* | | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Push the small kids aside, they're light and won't really get hurt ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:127-excuse-me-and-table-manners:t14:o1:1 # text = Push the small kids aside, they're light and won't really get hurt 1 Push push VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 5 aside aside ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 light light ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 12 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 13 really really ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 14 get get AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push** | imperative | you *not said here* | the small kids | | | | aside *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | kids *= kid* | | | | | light *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **hurt** | future · passive | kids *= kid* *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | ### Option 2 {#o2} Shove, everyone does ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:127-excuse-me-and-table-manners:t14:o2:1 # text = Shove, everyone does 1 Shove shove NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 nsubj _ _ 4 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | everyone | Shove | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shove=Eventuality | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Say excuse me and wait, shoving can knock someone over ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:127-excuse-me-and-table-manners:t14:o3:1 # text = Say excuse me and wait, shoving can knock someone over 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 excuse excuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 shoving shove VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 nsubj _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 knock knock VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 10 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 9 obj _ _ 11 over over ADV RB _ 9 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **excuse** | infinitive | | me | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 3 | **wait** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **shove** | gerund | | | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **knock over** | can | | someone | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent someone=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Run through the gaps ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:127-excuse-me-and-table-manners:t14:o4:1 # text = Run through the gaps 1 Run run VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 through through ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 gaps gap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the gaps | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through gap=Trajectory | **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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