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title: mum's on the phone n i need her NOW (not an emergency) — Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes… · tree and pragmatics
description: mum's on the phone n i need her NOW (not an emergency) Test 13 · ★ of lesson 297 «Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes, interrupting and quiet places» 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 righ
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# Test 13 · ★ · Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes, interrupting and q…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
mum's on the phone n i need her NOW (not an emergency)

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** i · **What happens:** need · **To what, where:** her, phone n

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 297 «Phone calls, visiting, thank-you notes, interrupting and quiet places» 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/297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places:t13:1
# text = mum's on the phone n i need her NOW (not an emergency)
1	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	n	n	NOUN	NN	_	8	obl	_	_
7	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	NOW	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
11	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | i | her *= she* |  | the phone n | now | 's mum | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=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}

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Pull the phone away from her ear so she listens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places:t13:o1:1
# text = Pull the phone away from her ear so she listens
1	Pull	pull	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	listens	listen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | imperative | you *not said here* | the phone |  |  |  | away *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Theme |
| 2 | **listen** | present | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Shout until she hangs up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places:t13:o2:1
# text = Shout until she hangs up
1	Shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hangs	hang	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hang up** | present | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait for a pause or put a hand on her arm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places:t13:o3:1
# text = Wait for a pause or put a hand on her arm
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pause	pause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for a pause | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **put** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a hand |  | her arm |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme on arm=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Keep tapping her shoulder hard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:297-calls-visits-thank-yous-and-quiet-places:t13:o4:1
# text = Keep tapping her shoulder hard
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	tapping	tap	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tap** | gerund | you *not said here* | her shoulder |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent shoulder=Location |

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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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