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title: my mate says in baseball u throw the bat after hitting to run faster… — Soccer, American football and baseball · tree and pragmatics
description: my mate says in baseball u throw the bat after hitting to run faster. right? Test 19 · ★ of lesson 248 «Soccer, American football and baseball» 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 19 · ★ · Soccer, American football and baseball

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
my mate says in baseball u throw the bat after hitting to run faster. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, u · **What happens:** say, throw, hit, run · **To what, where:** baseball, bat · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 248 «Soccer, American football and baseball» 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/248-soccer-american-football-and-baseball/#t19).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:248-soccer-american-football-and-baseball:t19:1
# text = my mate says in baseball u throw the bat after hitting to run faster. right?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	baseball	baseball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	throw	throw	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bat	bat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	hitting	hit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
16	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my mate |  |  | baseball |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **throw** | present | u | the bat |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bat=Theme |
| 3 | **hit** | gerund | u *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **run** | to-infinitive | u *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, as long as nobody is standing anywhere near you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:248-soccer-american-football-and-baseball:t19:o1:1
# text = Yes, as long as nobody is standing anywhere near you
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	8	cc	_	_
4	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	fixed	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	advmod	_	_
10	near	near	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | present · progressive | nobody |  |  |  |  | near you; anywhere *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near you=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, throw it hard toward first base

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:248-soccer-american-football-and-baseball:t19:o2:1
# text = Yes, throw it hard toward first base
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	throw	throw	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	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	base	base	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | toward first base; hard *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it helps you run

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:248-soccer-american-football-and-baseball:t19:o3:1
# text = Yes, it helps you run
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | it | you |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 2 | **run** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, drop the bat; throwing it can hurt people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:248-soccer-american-football-and-baseball:t19:o4:1
# text = No, drop the bat; throwing it can hurt people
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	drop	drop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bat	bat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	throwing	throw	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | imperative | you *not said here* | the bat |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bat=Theme |
| 2 | **throw** | gerund |  | bat |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **hurt** | can | throwing | people |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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