--- title: mum is mowing the lawn, can i stand close n watch — Safe and kind in gardens and forests · tree and pragmatics description: mum is mowing the lawn, can i stand close n watch Test 10 · ★ of lesson 229 «Safe and kind in gardens and forests» 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/229-gardens-and-forests/t10/) [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/) / [Safe and kind in gardens and forests](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/229-gardens-and-forests/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Safe and kind in gardens and forests mum is mowing the lawn, can i stand close n watch **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum, i · **What happens:** mow, stand · **To what, where:** lawn, close n watch This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 229 «Safe and kind in gardens and forests» 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/229-gardens-and-forests/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t10:1 # text = mum is mowing the lawn, can i stand close n watch 1 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 mowing mow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 lawn lawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 10 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 n n X FW _ 12 compound _ _ 12 watch watch NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mow** | present · progressive | mum | the lawn | | | | | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lawn=Patient | | 2 | **stand** | can | i | close n watch | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer watch=Stimulus | 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} Yes, watching is safe if u don't touch it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t10:o1:1 # text = Yes, watching is safe if u don't touch it 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 watching watch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 csubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 u you PRON PRP Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 9 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 touch touch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | gerund | | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | watching | | | | | safe *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **touch** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | u | it | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, if you stand in front of it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t10:o2:1 # text = Yes, if you stand in front of it 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stand stand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | present | you | | | front of front | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in front=Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, keep far away, it can throw stones ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t10:o3:1 # text = No, keep far away, it can throw stones 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 10 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **throw** | can | it | stones | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Only if you wear your trainers n long socks ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:229-gardens-and-forests:t10:o4:1 # text = Only if you wear your trainers n long socks 1 Only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wear wear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 trainers trainer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 n n VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 socks sock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **n** | present | your trainers | long socks | | | | | tree rules | **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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