--- title: mate leaning back on his chair at dinner — Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank… · tree and pragmatics description: mate leaning back on his chair at dinner Test 17 · ★ of lesson 296 «Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners» 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/296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners/t17/) [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/) / [Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners/) / t17 # Test 17 · ★ · Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners mate leaning back on his chair at dinner **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate · **What happens:** lean back · **To what, where:** chair This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 296 «Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners» 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/296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners/#t17). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t17:1 # text = mate leaning back on his chair at dinner 1 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 leaning lean VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 3 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lean back** | gerund | mate *not said here* | | | his chair | | at dinner | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on chair=Location | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Tell him to sit properly, he could fall back ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t17:o1:1 # text = Tell him to sit properly, he could fall back 1 Tell tell 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 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 properly properly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 10 back back ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **sit** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | properly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **fall back** | could | he | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It's fine as long as the floor is flat and smooth ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t17:o2:1 # text = It's fine as long as the floor is flat and smooth 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 as as ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 smooth smooth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | the floor | | | | | flat, long *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | the floor *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It's fine if he holds the table ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t17:o3:1 # text = It's fine if he holds the table 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 holds hold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hold** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | he | the table | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Only adults fall off chairs ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners:t17:o4:1 # text = Only adults fall off chairs 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 adults adult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 off off ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 chairs chair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall off** | present | adults | chairs | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient chair=Extent | **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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