--- title: man in the street asks me for money what do i do — Money in town and staying safe in crowds · tree and pragmatics description: man in the street asks me for money what do i do Test 16 · ★ of lesson 276 «Money in town and staying safe in crowds» 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/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/t16/) [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/) / [Money in town and staying safe in crowds](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/) / t16 # Test 16 · ★ · Money in town and staying safe in crowds man in the street asks me for money what do i do **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** man, i · **What happens:** ask, do · **To what, where:** me, money This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 276 «Money in town and staying safe in crowds» 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/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t16:1 # text = man in the street asks me for money what do i do 1 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 obj _ _ 10 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | man in the street | | me | | | for money | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 2 | **do** | present · do-support | i | money | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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} Give him your wallet so he can choose ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t16:o1:1 # text = Give him your wallet so he can choose 1 Give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 wallet wallet NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 so so SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | your wallet | him *= he* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient wallet=Theme | | 2 | **choose** | can | he | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Go with him to a cash machine ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t16:o2:1 # text = Go with him to a cash machine 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 cash cash NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 machine machine NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | a cash machine | | with him *= he* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to machine=Initial\_Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Stay with your adult and let them decide ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t16:o3:1 # text = Stay with your adult and let them decide 1 Stay stay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 decide decide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | with your adult | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with adult=Location | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **decide** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Run off and leave your adult ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t16:o4:1 # text = Run off and leave your adult 1 Run run VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 off off ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 leave leave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run off** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **leave** | infinitive | you *not said here* | your adult | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adult=Theme | **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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