--- title: friend says don't tell, she's hurting herself — White lies and kind silence · tree and pragmatics description: friend says don't tell, she's hurting herself Test 14 · ★ of lesson 196 «White lies and kind silence» 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/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/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/) / [White lies and kind silence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · White lies and kind silence friend says don't tell, she's hurting herself **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend · **What happens:** say, do, not tell, hurt · **To what, where:** friend · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 196 «White lies and kind silence» 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/196-white-lies-and-kind-silence/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:t14:1 # text = friend says don't tell, she's hurting herself 1 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 hurting hurt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 10 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | friend | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **hurt** | present · progressive | friend | friend | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer herself=Patient | 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} Tell everyone at school ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:t14:o1:1 # text = Tell everyone at school 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 1 iobj _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | everyone | school | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Ignore it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:t14:o2:1 # text = Ignore it 1 Ignore ignore VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ignore** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Keep it secret, you promised, and promises always come first ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:t14:o3:1 # text = Keep it secret, you promised, and promises always come first 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 promises promise NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 10 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 11 advmod _ _ 11 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 12 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | secret *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | you | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **come** | present | promises | | | | | always, first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Tell a trusted adult, her safety matters more ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:196-white-lies-and-kind-silence:t14:o4:1 # text = Tell a trusted adult, her safety matters more 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 trusted trust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 safety safety NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 matters matter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 9 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | a trusted adult | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | | 2 | **trust** | participle | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **matter** | present | adult's safety | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | **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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