--- title: grandad died, i don't wanna talk about it ever — Family changes and grief · tree and pragmatics description: grandad died, i don't wanna talk about it ever Test 15 · ★★ of lesson 214 «Family changes and grief» 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/214-family-changes-and-grief/t15/) [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/) / [Family changes and grief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/214-family-changes-and-grief/) / t15 # Test 15 · ★★ · Family changes and grief grandad died, i don't wanna talk about it ever **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** grandad, i · **What happens:** die, not talk This is test 15 · ★★ of lesson 214 «Family changes and grief» 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/214-family-changes-and-grief/#t15). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:214-family-changes-and-grief:t15:1 # text = grandad died, i don't wanna talk about it ever 1 grandad grandad NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 5 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 7 wanna wanna X FW Foreign=Yes 8 dep _ _ 8 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 11 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | past | grandad | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **not** **talk** | present · do-support | i | | | | ever | about it | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic | 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} Only talk to your pet ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:214-family-changes-and-grief:t15:o1:1 # text = Only talk to your pet 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 talk talk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | to your pet | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to pet=Co-Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Pretend it didn't happen ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:214-family-changes-and-grief:t15:o2:1 # text = Pretend it didn't happen 1 Pretend pretend VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pretend** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **happen** | past · do-support | it | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Never talk, it makes it worse ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:214-family-changes-and-grief:t15:o3:1 # text = Never talk, it makes it worse 1 Never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 talk talk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **talk** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **make** | present | it | it | | | | bad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material it=Product | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It's okay to wait, but talking with someone you trust helps ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:214-family-changes-and-grief:t15:o4:1 # text = It's okay to wait, but talking with someone you trust helps 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 okay okay ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 8 talking talk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 csubj _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 8 obl _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 trust trust VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | okay *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **wait** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **talk** | gerund | | | | | | with someone | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with someone=Co-Agent | | 4 | **trust** | present | you | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **help** | present | talking | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | **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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