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title: wanna tell my joke while eating, mouth full — Respect for everyone, greetings, goodb… · tree and pragmatics
description: wanna tell my joke while eating, mouth full Test 14 · ★ of lesson 221 «Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and 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 right.
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# Test 14 · ★ · Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and the table

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
wanna tell my joke while eating, mouth full

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, my · **What happens:** tell, eat, joke · **To what, where:** joke, mouth · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 221 «Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and 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/221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t14:1
# text = wanna tell my joke while eating, mouth full
1	wanna	wanna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	dep	_	_
2	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | my joke |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent joke=Recipient |
| 2 | **eat** | gerund | you *not said here* | mouth |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouth=Patient |
| 3 | **joke** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom joke «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

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Swallow first, talking with food in your mouth can make you choke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t14:o1:1
# text = Swallow first, talking with food in your mouth can make you choke
1	Swallow	swallow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	csubj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	choke	choke	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **talk** | gerund |  |  |  | your mouth |  | with food | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with food=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **make** | can | talking | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **choke** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Laugh first and swallow after

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t14:o2:1
# text = Laugh first and swallow after
1	Laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	swallow	swallow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **swallow after** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Say it fast before you swallow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t14:o3:1
# text = Say it fast before you swallow
1	Say	say	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	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
4	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	swallow	swallow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 2 | **swallow** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Say it, but chew with your mouth shut

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t14:o4:1
# text = Say it, but chew with your mouth shut
1	Say	say	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	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	chew	chew	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	shut	shut	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 2 | **chew** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with your mouth; shut *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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