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title: in the library w my mate, wanna tell him smth funny. can i just say… — Quiet places and solemn moments · tree and pragmatics
description: in the library w my mate, wanna tell him smth funny. can i just say it? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 224 «Quiet places and solemn moments» 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 10 · ★ · Quiet places and solemn moments

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in the library w my mate, wanna tell him smth funny. can i just say it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, i · **What happens:** tell, say · **To what, where:** smth, him, library · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 224 «Quiet places and solemn moments» 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/224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments:t10:1
# text = in the library w my mate, wanna tell him smth funny. can i just say it?
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	library	library	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
4	w	with	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	6	case	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	wanna	wanna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	9	dep	_	_
9	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	iobj	_	_
11	smth	smth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
14	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
15	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	just	just	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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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* | smth | him *= he* | the library with my mate |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | can | i | smth |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

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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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Whisper it, or wait till you're outside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments:t10:o1:1
# text = Whisper it, or wait till you're outside
1	Whisper	whisper	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	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wait	wait	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 2 | **wait** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | outside *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, say it at normal volume, it's only one joke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments:t10:o2:1
# text = Yes, say it at normal volume, it's only one joke
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	volume	volume	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	only	only	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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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 |  | normal volume |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** | present | volume | one joke |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Phone him and talk out loud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments:t10:o3:1
# text = Phone him and talk out loud
1	Phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	loud	loud	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk out** | infinitive | Phone |  |  |  |  | loud, out *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Shout it so he hears across the room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments:t10:o4:1
# text = Shout it so he hears across the room
1	Shout	shout	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	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hears	hear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	across	across	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 2 | **hear** | present | he |  |  | the room |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |

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