--- title: man in the park shouting and acting weird, go see? — Reading faces and voices · tree and pragmatics description: man in the park shouting and acting weird, go see? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 14 «Reading faces and voices» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/t13/) [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/) / [Reading faces and voices](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/14-faces-and-voices/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Reading faces and voices man in the park shouting and acting weird, go see? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** man · **What happens:** shout, act, go, see This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 14 «Reading faces and voices» 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/14-faces-and-voices/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:14-faces-and-voices:t13:1 # text = man in the park shouting and acting weird, go see? 1 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 park park NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 shouting shout VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 acting act VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 8 weird weird ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 11 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | man in the park | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **act** | gerund | man in the park *not said here* | | | | | weird *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **go** | infinitive | man in the park *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **see** | infinitive | man in the park *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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} No, move away and tell a trusted adult ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:14-faces-and-voices:t13:o1:1 # text = No, move away and tell a trusted adult 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 move move VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 trusted trust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 9 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move away** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | a trusted adult | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | | 3 | **trust** | participle | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, ask him what is wrong ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:14-faces-and-voices:t13:o2:1 # text = Yes, ask him what is wrong 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Stand close and watch him so you can tell the police ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:14-faces-and-voices:t13:o3:1 # text = Stand close and watch him so you can tell the police 1 Stand stand VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 watch watch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 so so SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | close *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **watch** | infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | can | you | the police | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent police=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, go and calm him down ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:14-faces-and-voices:t13:o4:1 # text = Yes, go and calm him down 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 calm calm VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 down down ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **calm down** | infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | **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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